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Inaugurations of green areas, debates, collective plantings and much more. Maran: “Event that enhances collaboration between public and private, fundamental for an increasingly green Milan"
Milan, September 24 2019 – The city is ready to go green for the second edition of Milan Green Week, the event within the Yes Milano schedule which from 26 to 29 September will bring initiatives, debates, workshops and new areas to experience in all the municipalities of the city. This year too there will be hundreds of widespread events organized by the Municipality of Milan and by the many public and private entities that contribute with commitment and passion to the care of the city's greenery. The event, coordinated by the Green Department together with MIAMI Scarl, manager of the public green maintenance service, is made possible by the collaboration of the technical sponsors Covivio and ENGIE Italia.
Adults and children are invited to participate and contribute to making the days of Milan Green Week even more beautiful: from the inauguration of the new inclusive playground in via Martinetti to the party for the start of work on a new shared garden created with students in via della Rondine, from the planting of new plants along the banks of the Lambro river as part of the Ersaf and Legambiente project to the Milano Clever Solutions conference to make citizens aware of the benefits of green roofs and walls, from the installation of the statue of Rachele Bianchi donated to the city at the inauguration of the new green areas of Piazzale Accursio and the redeveloped Russoli park, passing through the bicycle rides through the woods of Porto di Mare promoted by Italia Nostra, which has been working with commitment and wisdom since 2017 on the regeneration of Cassinis Park. Furthermore, this year too, the Cascine Aperte exhibition will be held, with thirty farms between Milan and Monza opening their doors to the public for a weekend full of events and parties to discover the city's rural heritage.  https://www.cascineapertemilano.it/
And Milan Green Week naturally embraces the Plastic Free campaign promoted by the Municipality: in addition to cloth bags, pens, notepads and maps, for the first time during some events promoted by the Administration 1000 water bottles will be given away as gifts. 
“Milan Green Week has become an unmissable appointment in the calendar of the many events that animate the city during the year – declares the Green Councilor Pierfrancesco Maran –. Attention to greenery and respect for the environment are increasingly important issues for the Administration and for the many citizens and associations that contribute to the care of the city. With this event full of widespread initiatives and inaugurations, we also want to enhance the collaboration between public and private, which thanks to the contracts promoted by the Administration allows us to have more beautiful parks, squares and green areas. Everyone's involvement will be an increasingly fundamental element in the coming years, which will see the creation of 20 new parks and 3 million new trees in the metropolitan city".  
Here are the main events scheduled:
  
Thursday September 26st  
We start with three inaugurations made possible thanks to the collaboration between the public and private sectors, which in recent years, through the contracts stipulated as part of the "Care and adopt public green areas" project, have made hundreds of public areas of the city more beautiful and decorous. . 
•    The Russoli Park, Romolo area, will be inaugurated after the redevelopment works carried out by Italgas, which brought new equipment, an accessible play area, dog area and shrubs to the 10 thousand square meter area of ​​via Carlo Bo.
•    We will celebrate the creation by Levissima of the new fitness path inside the Sempione park. The intervention is linked to the collection of PET bottles collected during the last edition of the Milan Marathon. 
•    From 26 to 29 September, thanks to IGPDecaux, the tram stop shelter in Piazza della Repubblica will become totally green thanks to the installation of evergreen plants and vegetation on the roof and on the frame of the structure. 
 
Friday September 27st 
•    Green roofs and walls in Milan: The conference “Nature solution in the city: in courtyards, on roofs and on walls” promoted by Milan Clever Solutions illustrates the potential and benefits of green roofs and walls in the city, destined to multiply in the coming years also thanks to the new rules envisaged in the Territorial Government Plan currently being approved. We will also talk about green walls already present in the area, which on 28 September can be visited thanks to the guided tours promoted by Ambiente Italia and Roofmatters in collaboration with AIAPP and the Order of Architects of Milan.
•    A new shared garden in Lorenteggio: Municipality 6, in collaboration with UISP sportpertutti, will start work for the creation of a new garden in via della Rondine which will be looked after by local students. The intervention falls within the so-called "Blue Park" and anticipates the broader regeneration expected in the area in the coming years in the "Calchi Taeggi" urban plan. For the occasion, Municipality 6 will give a water bottle to each student. 
•    Educational gardens in Milanese schools: the Municipality of Milan, through the Food Policy and Education sectors and with the support of the Catella Foundation, promotes a comparison between the innovative and consolidated experiences of vegetable gardens in the city's schools as a playful and constructive method of environmental awareness among the youngest.
•    A route to get to know the Montestella Park: CAI SEM and Ambienteacqua Onlus, in partnership with the Municipality of Milan, will create a route in stages in collaboration with local associations to raise awareness of the beauty, history and fauna of one of the places green symbols of Milan. 
•    Placing of the statue of Rachele Bianchi: the first public monument depicting a woman and created by a sculptor is placed in via Vittori Pisani, a few steps from Piazza della Repubblica. The bronze was donated to the city of Milan by the artist's son, Giuseppe Bariona. 
Saturday 28rd September 
•    Shared planting along the banks of the Lambro river: Ersaf and Legambiente, as part of the ReLambro project, invite citizens to plant 200 new plants typical of the Lombard flora to strengthen the ecological corridor created in recent years. 
•    Named Passeggiata Monsignor Vergani: the pedestrian area located between Viale Monza and Via Don Bigiogera will be named after a very important figure for the Precotto neighborhood in the years in which he was parish priest at the church of San Michele Arcangelo.
•    Inauguration of the inclusive play area in via Martinetti: the “Giochi al Centro” project promoted by the Municipality of Milan and the Fondazione Comunità Milano brings a new play area accessible to all children in Municipality 7.
•    Guided tours of the Cassinis Park in Porto di Mare: an afternoon of cycling for adults and children among the woods of the park which is being reborn thanks to the great work of Italia Nostra.
•    Named Lambretta Park: the green area located between via Caduti di Marcinelle and via Caduti in Missione di Pace  will be officially named Lambretta Park, in memory of the world-famous scooter which until 1972 was built in the former Innocenti factories located next to the area.
•    Delivery of the railway toll booth in via San Cristoforo: after years of neglect and abandonment, the former toll booth will be returned to the citizens as provided for in the agreement for the redevelopment of the railway yards. Following a public tender drawn up by Municipality 6 this summer, the toll booth and the surrounding green area will be assigned to an association or group of associations that will take care of their recovery and refunctionalization.
•    Visits to the new green spaces in San Vittore: the "Words in circulation in the city" process started last year continues to expand and make the green spaces within the prison more usable, with the direct involvement of those who experience prison daily basis. 
•    Inauguration of the playground via Fratelli Zoia 105: the redevelopment of the area abandoned for decades, which began last year, is enriched with a new piece with the birth of a new playground. During the day the garden will be animated by stalls of associations and entertainment for children. 
•    Free compost for everyone: the A2A Group, through Amsa, also participates in the Milan Green Week, distributing tons of organic compost produced by A2A Ambiente to citizens free of charge in various points of the city. https://www.amsa.it/comunicati/milano-green-week

Sunday September 29th
•    Inauguration and delivery of new urban gardens in Lampugnano: forty new vegetable plots created between the Gallaratese and Trenno districts will be used for organic cultivation and assigned by Municipality 8 to non-profit organizations and residents of Milan as required by the regulation.
•    Inauguration of the new dog area in Piazzale Accursio: after having redeveloped the green areas of Piazza Duca D'Aosta and Piazza Scala, the SeMiniAmo project promoted by the Municipality of Milan and  Zack Goodman has arrived in Piazzale Accursio, where an innovative area has been created dogs. Furthermore, 5 roundabout areas between via Stephenson and via Musatti have been redeveloped.
•    Inauguration of the new look of the Cooperation Square: thanks to the collaboration agreement between the Municipality and the Consorzio Cooperative Workers, the Solidarnosc Cooperative, the Noicoop Association and with the technical sponsorship of Ivas, the square will have a new identity, with furnishings and common gardens. The project, winner of a national competition announced for this purpose, will be carried out in the previous two days with the involvement of the inhabitants of the neighborhood and the result will be celebrated on Sunday until the evening with performances and activities for adults and children. 
•    Party for the 90th anniversary of the Aurora Arci Fishermen's Union: the company that has been involved in activities within the Cave Park for years and which contributed to the reclamation of Cava Cabassi invites citizens to celebrate 90 years of concrete activity on the territory and the presentation of the book dedicated to them.

There are still many events that will enliven the city during the four days of Milan Green Week. Covivio promotes the event "Reinventing Cities: regeneration, sustainability and innovation for the cities of the future" to talk about its "Vitae", the winning project of the international call for environmental regeneration launched by the Municipality of Milan and C40 which will revive a portion of via Serio with a highly sustainable intervention. ENGIE Italia  proposes "PIUPERMENOCO2", a Forum on the topic of climate change, in collaboration with the Polytechnic, ANCI and Euromedia Research, to give a concrete impulse on what citizens, companies and public administrations can do to ensure a future for the planet (#piusiamomenopesiamo). Life Gate will show the first results of LifeGate PlasticFreeLess, the project which, thanks to the installation of a plastic-capturing Seabin, is helping to keep the dock clean. Dozens of events are planned as part of Cascine Aperte, from the presentation of the musical project at Cascina Casottello promoted by the Sunugal association with CIQ to the presentation of the regeneration project planned for Cascina Sella Nuova recently entrusted to a series of associations led by Thara Rpthas, passing through the picnic in Cascina Merlata organized by Euromilano. Workshops, debates and walks surrounded by nature are also promoted by the Municipality at the Aurelia Josz Botanical Museum and at Villa Lonati, where citizens will be able to participate in an exchange of seeds and plants. And the "green" philosophy also necessarily marries with the passion for two wheels: BikeTourMilano.it takes citizens around to discover Leonardo's itinerary while FIAB Milano Ciclobby invites you to take a bike ride through the shared gardens of the city. 
The entire Milan Green Week program is available on  https://milanogreenweek.eu/