Summer in Mediterranean towns and villages is usually a whirlwind of events designed to entertain, nourish and delight, while inviting people to wander through sunlit stone streets and countless shades of blue.
Not in Pollica, an icon of Mediterranean living and a hub for ecological experimentation whose model has been studied as far away as Japan and even at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Pollica is not just another seaside destination. It is also a place of the soul, a piece of history in which an extraordinarily powerful and innovative future can already be seen.
It is not simply a holiday destination or a backdrop to our stories. No. Pollica is our story.
Pollica speaks to children about Parmenides and the Eleatic school; to agritech startups and regenerative farmers; to guardians of knowledge and activists committed to integral ecology; to teachers about transdisciplinary educational models; to entrepreneurs about sustainability; and to everyone about how learning for change concerns both this territory and all of us.
Then it reshuffles everything until the disruptive energy of this place becomes unmistakably clear: a place that changes everything in order to preserve what truly matters. A process so rare that it has become part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage through its iconic Mediterranean Diet — a way of life that is, in every sense, Mediterranean.
With this spirit, Pollica’s seasonal program becomes a collective narrative that gives voice to all the stories making up this living territory and to the people who bring it to life.
The program begins with activities on July 7, 8 and 9 and the Festa del Mediterraneo, strongly supported by Mayor Stefano Pisani. Pollica celebrates the International Day of the Mediterranean Sea, established on July 8, 2014, with a marathon of events dedicated to “Mediterranean Living.”
Activities take place in Marina di Acciaroli, with the Campagna Amica Village and Coldiretti’s farmers, fishermen and farmer-chefs. In other words, the celebration begins with the most important voices: those who are at the heart of this Mediterranean journey towards sustainability and the future.
The program continues with art and the inauguration of Porto d’Arte Contemporanea; Oscar Green and the Young Farmers of Coldiretti; music as a language of the Mediterranean with Roberto Colella, Franco Arminio, Livio and Manfredi, and Compagnia Daltrocanto; Feuromed — the Festival and Summer School of diplomacy for the future of the Mediterranean; and the Convivio dei Patrimoni Italiani for Bassa Romagna, which includes a fundraising initiative to restore gardens and vegetable gardens in municipalities affected by the floods.
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