Planned activities in detail


FRIDAY 30th - MORNING

9.00 am - Scali Mazzini - Marciana Marina
SEIF for children - Workshops organised by Legambiente Arcipelago Toscano

Launch of recreational and educational activities for children and young people by Legambiente - Tuscan Archipelago section.

10.00 am - SailsSpiegate@Isola of Elba
Beach of Souls - Marciana Marina

Presentation of the 2023 edition of Vele Spiegate on the Island of Elba. Cleaning the Beach of Souls in Marciana Marina. Training session on issues related to plastic at sea for the participants of the "SAIL&EXPLORE" school and the citizens who are interested.


FRIDAY 30th - AFTERNOON

3.00 pm - Scali Mazzini - Marciana Marina

SEIF for children - Workshops organised by Legambiente Arcipelago Toscano
Continuation of recreational and educational activities for children and young people by Legambiente - Tuscan Archipelago section.

3.00 pm - 5.00 pm Diving with SEIF
Elba Diving Centre, Marciana Marina

Launch of the educations diving sessions for SEIF (reservation required, by writing to: segreteria@seaessence.eu)


FRIDAY 30th - EARLY EVENING

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Marciana Marina

6.00 pm - Opening session and corporate welcome
7.00 pm - Workshop: Change the climate Change the sea

The sea is an extraordinary testament to what is happening on our planet and is playing a key role in what is happening to it. Pollution and overexploitation of the seas and oceans cause an increasing number of issues, such as the acute threat to species diversity, acidification of the seas and the increase in plastic waste. In addition to fishing and the industrial exploitation of marine resources, climate change is also causing extra pressure on the ecosystems. The ever-increasing global population will be even more dependent on marine resources in the future.

Goal 14 aims to significantly reduce all types of marine pollution by 2030 and to reduce ocean acidification to a minimum. Marine and coastal ecosystems will need to be managed and protected sustainably, and fishing will need to be regulated effectively.

  • Maria Siclari, the General Director of Ispra: Posidonia will save the sea, the MED project
  • Alfredo Reder, the CMCC Foundation, the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change: how coastal landscapes are changing in the era of climate change
  • Enrico Giovannini, Scientific Director of Asvis: protecting life under the sea, goal 14 to 2030
  • Johanna Wiedling and Roman Lehner - Sail&Explore.
  • Pietro Gentili - the Elba Island Youth Forum
  • Santo Altavilla, Commander of the Port Authority of Portoferraio

Moderator: Giacomo Talignani , Journalist and Writer


FRIDAY 30th - EVENING

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Marciana Marina

9.30 pm - Show

  • AQUADUEO show, a very liquid planet. Music with the Osiris Band


SATURDAY 1st - MORNING

9.00 am - Scali Mazzini - Marciana Marina

SEIF for children - Workshops organised by Legambiente Arcipelago Toscano
Continuation of recreational and educational activities for children and young people by Legambiente - Tuscan Archipelago section.

10.00 am - Along Tuscany and its Archipelago
Scali Mazzini, Marciana Marina

Presentation of the project by Massimo Canino

The journalist Massimo Canino is intending to make Tuscany, its archipelago and its sea better known through the project Along Tuscany and its Archipelago, to raise public awareness of the issues related to the environment and respect for the sea. The sailing boat used for the tour will be the AMEL SUPER MARAMU, which will become a real "newsroom boat", with a television screen inside, also replicated on deck.


SATURDAY 1st - AFTERNOON

3.00 pm - 5.00 pm Diving with SEIF

Elba Diving Centre, Marciana Marina
Launch of the educational diving sessions for SEIF (reservation required, by writing to: segreteria@seaessence.eu)

3.30 pm - CreaSEIF
Scali Mazzini, Marciana Marina

Folk Dance Workshop - curated by Viola Centi

The company of Viola Centi, Director of the show "Tarantella", which will be on stage on 1st July at 9.30 pm, is providing the opportunity to take part in a choreographic workshop before the show. This is not just any workshop, it is a journey to rediscover what moves each of us through the rhythms of folk dance. What's more, the workshop will give participants the opportunity to be included in the show. (reservation required, by writing to: segreteria@seaessence.eu )


SATURDAY 1st - EARLY EVENING

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Marciana Marina

6 pm workshop: The Economy of the Sea

The Blue Economy acts by revolutionising activities such as fishing, construction and maritime transport, seaside tourism and more. The Blue Economy model aims to create a sustainable economic system through technological innovation and the development of physical principles.

The most technologically advanced fields of application of Blue thinking involve producing renewable energy obtained from the sea, and from off-shore wind power to floating photovoltaic panels. Wind and thermal energy from waves and tides could generate a quarter of the EU electricity in 2050. Equally important is the bioeconomy, involving fish and algae production and biotechnologies.

Below these there is a vast array of activities related to the marine sector such as sustainable fishing, port activities, seaside tourism and the entire naval sector. The European Commission is actually proposing to renew the standards for recycling ships, dismantling mining platforms and designing fishing equipment.

Each of these activities certainly cannot ignore their commitment to preserve the marine ecosystem, which is why other sectors involved in the Blue Economy identified by the European Union include the preservation of living and non-living marine biodiversity, responsible fishing and conscious coastal tourism.

The Blue Economy is therefore set up as an evolutionary branch of the green economy.

  • Ermete Realacci , President of the Symbola Foundation
  • Stefano Ciafani, President of Legambiente
  • Francesca Santoro, Senior Program Officer for IOC/UNESCO and Global Manager of Ocean Literacy for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
  • Barbara Bonciani, Councillor for the Port of the Municipality of Livorno
  • Federica Biondo, Director of Federpesca
  • Luciano Serra, President of ASSONAT
  • The Crazy Team presents the marine turbine project (by Marciana Marina middle school as part of the Oltre La Robotica Award)

Moderator: Antonio Piemontese, Journalist


SATURDAY 1st - EVENING

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Marciana Marina

9.30 pm - TARANTELLA - Folk rhythms on the go

Show by Viola Centi. Tarantella is the story of a journey, of men who are adrift, it is the tales of men at the port. It is a modern adaptation of Ulysses' epic Nostos, between the Italian shores as a landing place, while the folk dances of the deep south mark the ritual time.


SATURDAY 2nd - MORNING

9.00 am - Scali Mazzini - Marciana Marina

SEIF for children - Workshops organised by Legambiente Arcipelago Toscano

Continuation of recreational and educational activities for children and young people by Legambiente - Tuscan Archipelago section.

10.00 am - Walking with SEIF
Hiking activity on one of the trails of the "Via dell'Essenza"

An excursion on the "Via dei Lentischi", from Marciana Marina to Sant'Andrea, one of the trails of the "Via dell'Essenza". On this occasion, there will be a presentation about developments regarding La Via dell'Essenza, a project which was created by the Acqua dell'Elba Foundation in collaboration with the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, with the aim of enhancing the natural beauty of the island while fully respecting nature.

Speakers:

  • Tuscan Archipelago National Park
  • Legambiente Archipelago
  • Vele Spiegate
  • Davide Fiz - Creator of the Smartwalking project


SUNDAY 2nd - AFTERNOON

3.00 pm - Scali Mazzini - Marciana Marina

SEIF for children - Workshops organised by Legambiente Arcipelago Toscano

Continuation of recreational and educational activities for children and young people by Legambiente - Tuscan Archipelago section.

3.00 pm - 5.00 pm Diving with SEIF
Elba Diving Centre, Marciana Marina

Launch of the educational diving sessions for SEIF (reservation required, by writing to: segreteria@seaessence.eu)

3.30 pm - SEIF under the sea.
Port of Marciana Marina

On board AMEL SUPER MARAMU, there will be a workshop on Plankton and underwater life for all ages. By Marta Musso, "Donna di Mare" UNESCO 2022


SUNDAY 2nd - EARLY EVENING

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Marciana Marina

6.00 pm - Workshop: The Stories that Change the Sea

The aim of the workshop is to convey a message as simple as it is fundamental: there can be no transition towards a new model of environmental, economic and social development without a powerful cultural change. The role that each of us can have on a daily basis in building a better future is just as important as the overall policies and strategies put in place by institutions and companies on a global scale. During the evening, we will tell these stories: the tales of people and experiences who, with their actions and behaviour, have "changed the sea", whether in a big or small way.

  • Marta Musso, young marine biologist, Donna di Mare 2022
  • Maria Rapini, General Secretary of Mare Vivo
  • Maria Cristina Galli - Deputy Director of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts
  • Davide Fiz - Creator of the Smartwalking project
  • Pietro Gentili, the Elba Island Youth Forum

Moderator: Massimo Canino, Journalist

Conclusions of the Festival

  • Eugenio Giani, President of the Tuscany Region


SUNDAY 2nd - EVENING

9.30 pm - Show

  • Alessandro Vanoli presents "La Storia del Mare" (the History of the Sea), a show recited and directed by Alessandro Vanoli, taken from his work of the same name.