The final event of the ninth edition of Natural..mente School, the environmental education project promoted by Boeing, Leonardo, Avio Aero, the Apulian Aerospace District, the Polytechnic of Bari and the University of Salento, with the aim of educating young people to entrepreneurship and sustainability.
Natural..mente School in the new edition 2016 / 2017 has been radically renewed to be included in the MIUR programs of Alternating School-Work, mandatory for all secondary schools of second degree. The didactic project allowed the participating students to get the recognition of about 80 hours of school-work alternation. In this renewed edition, Natural .. School - Start Up School Lab Edition opened the doors to interregional dialogue, involving not only Puglia but also Campania, through the provinces of Caserta and Naples.
The guys were involved in a Business Game functional to the development of the idea of a sustainable start-up, both from an environmental and economic point of view, and whose products and services were to concern the aeronautics and aerospace sector.
"In this year's edition, completely renewed, we wanted to combine sustainability, the pillar of environmental education, with technological innovation, drivers and stimulus for our future generations”Declared Antonio De Palmas, President of Boeing Italy and Southern Europe. "Thanks to initiatives such as this and the partnership with other two aerospace companies such as Leonardo and Avio Aero, we continue to bring added value to communities where Boeing is present and operates".
"Leonardo's involvement in the initiative has a dual purpose, on the one hand, to raise the awareness of the new generations, to which Leonardo looks closely at on issues related to sustainable development and the protection of the environment - underlines Alessio Facondo, Head of the Aerostructures Division of Leonardo - on the other hand, to offer a further stimulus to consolidate the dialogue with the territory in which the company is active. Together with Boeing and Avio Aero, the initiative's partner, we would also like to underline the importance of technological innovation, a priority theme for a rapidly evolving sector such as the aerospace sector and a real driving force for growth for the local economy".
"This edition of Natural..mente Scuola focuses on two fundamental themes for Avio Aero: the first is the essential combination of technological innovation and sustainability. The second is the importance of the bond of value between the company and the territory in which it operates. Bringing new generations closer to these issues is essential to train those who will be tomorrow's professionals”Declared Riccardo Procacci, President and CEO of Avio Aero.
The project, which for years has been sponsored by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, has involved in this new edition about 2.000 students, 70 teachers and 55 schools in Puglia and Campania. During the previous eight editions, the initiative has seen the participation of over 35.000 students from lower and upper secondary schools.
Natural..mente School has obtained, in every edition, major institutional supports: from the moral patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO to the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, from the Puglian Aerospace District to the Puglia Region up to the Ministry of Education, University and Research that has offered its support, through the Regional School Office for Puglia.
