The foreign students attending language and cultural courses at the
ACCADEMIA ITALIANA continue with their collaboration with Legambiente. These
civic engagements provide the students with an understanding of community
and culture enhancing them during their Study Abroad Program.
The students are involved in various activities with local non profit
organizations to identify community needs and to provide services which help to
improve community development.
The students from San Diego took an active part in a project
in cooperation with Legambiemte which had organised a series of four
projects.
The first meeting took place during the students' Italian lesson :
the volunteers from the association presented Legambiente Onlus, it's
campaigns, history and values. The students were also introduced to the
activities they would be involved in.
Then on 15 June 'Clean The Med' . Here the students took
part in the cleaning, monitoring and analysis of debris from one of the
cities Beaches ' The Baia'. The students picked up plastic bags, plastic
and glass bottles,empty cans and cigarette ends from the picnic area.
The students were all enthusiastic for taking part in this ecological
project.
Connor a student from The University of San Diego, in California,told us
abou his involvement in this project together with Legambiente Onlus and the
Fisherman's Club Salerno.
To follow on 22 June, the students visited the Archeological Park
in Pontecagnano (Salerno) accompanied by Cristina and Moreno from the Circolo
OcchiVerdi Legambiente Pontecagnano. After being told the history of the Park
and the archaeological ruins ,the students also visited the social vegetable
gardens and orchards in the area then took part in a workshop where they learnt
to plant and cultivate fruit and vegetables . Planting basil and tomatoes.
The last appointment was on Friday 23 June when the students went to the
Oasi Dunale di Paestum which is directly in front of the old wall on the west
side of the ancient city of Paestum.
Here the students met the President of the Association Pasquale who was
,from the very start, able to attract the students interest increased by the
magnificent atmosphere. Pasquale told them all about the history of the Oasis
and of the different environments you can see there.
The Oasis covers an area of 20 acres and includes three different types
of environment: A small beachy area with typical plants that grow in sandy
areas, then the area of Mediterranean vegetation bushes and plants common
to this area and the third area
a wood consisting mainly of Pine trees hence the name 'Pineta'.
Legambiente organize the cleaning and up-keep of the Oasis by permission
of the local council of Capaccio Paestum. The sandy dunes are home to some rare
examples of flowers and plants. The vegetation, called PSAMMOFILA. offers the
perfect surrounding for various organisims.
A large part of the Oasis made up of the most ancient sandy dunes is home
to the 'Pineta' where we can see examples of the domestic pine '
D'Aleppo'.
These were all planted by man in the 50s to protect the the
cultivated areas from the salty winds blowing in from the sea.
The undergrowth is very poor in vegetation because of the little
sunlight that is able to shine through and also bacause the ground is
almost
totaly covered in dead pines which have fallen off the trees therefore
this causes the ground to become sterile of vegetation except in a few
clearings where little plants have been able to push through the soil.
At the end of their visit the students dived into the beautiful blue
water of the Cilento Coast.
Apart from these various projects the students were involved in a
language program at the ACCEDEMIA ITALIANA which concluded with a closing
ceremony and celebration for having reached their objectives.
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