Through the collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the students of Italian Schools abroad have been involved in the Ambarabà Ricicloclò and Riciclick educational projects promoted by RICREA, the non-profit National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Steel Packaging which forms part of the CONAI system.
Ambarabà Ricicloclò, co-promoted with the Andersen magazine, invited the students of Italian Primary Schools abroad to use the Italian language creatively, using a play on words to create limericks on the theme of recycling steel packaging. Riciclick is a photographic contest for students of Italian lower Secondary Schools abroad, who are called upon to shoot a picture in accordance to the theme “I REFUSE!” with the App Riciclick.
“Environmental education is a modern-day priority and this type of project extends its scope by combining considerations on the recycling of resources with those on language. The involvement of Italian schools abroad, which constitute the core of the Italian Educational System in the World, and the active and creative participation of students comprises a precious piece of our work aimed at promoting the Italian language and culture at international level” said Counsellor Valentina Setta, Head of the 5th Office of the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The Italian Schools abroad which jointly won the Ambarabà Ricicloclò contest are: the Istituto Italiano Statale Comprensivo in Athens (4th grade class), the Scuola d’Italia G. Marconi in New York (5th grade class) and the Italian School of Jeddah (3rd grade class). The winning limericks are illustrated in a dedicated volume by artist Enrico Macchiavello.
The winners of RiciClick contest are: first place to Ayla Ahdab of the 3rd grade class A of the Italian School of Jeddah with the photo “Il vero goal” (“The Real Goal”); second place to Federico Chizzoni of the 1st grade class A of the Scuola I. Calvino in Moscow with the photo “Acciaio nel cielo” (“Steel in the Sky”); third place to Mataas Javier Maldonado from Olivos School and Villa Adelina in Argentina with the photo “L’uomo del riciclo” (“The Recycle Man”).
