Timeline

16 Jul 2022

Lake day Trasimeno

Flash Mob Lake start here, 2nd edition, and beach litter

15 Jul 2022

Press conference Goletta dei Laghi lake Trasimeno and Piediluco

Participatory Process: event addressed to stakeholders and presentation trading course (Action B.2)

14 Jul 2022

Lake day Trasimonto, 2nd edition

Bike ride and sunset aperitif in san Feliciano with informative moment on Blue Lakes by Arpa Umbria and Legambiente

12 Jul 2022

Press Tour Lake Piediluco

Demonstrative sampling at Lake Piediluco and Round table with partners project representatives aimed at journalists.

1 Jul 2022

Workshop "Garda Ecosystem". Desenzano del Garda

The workshop, organized as part of the project and in synergy with the launch of Legambiente's annual Goletta dei Laghi campaign, is aimed at municipalities and local administrations involved in working groups

1 Jul 2022

Workshop Ecosistema Garda and Lake day at Desenzano del Garda

Involvement of all stakeholders to discuss integrated actions needed. In the afternoon, beach litter.

30 Jun 2022

Third Monitoring Visit

Meeting on line between Monitor and project partners about the activities progress

24 Jun 2022

LIFE Blue Lakes Presentation at Forum delle Acque, Villalago Piediluco (TR)

Valentina Stufara from Arpa Umbria discusses the microplastic monitoring work on Piediluco, which was added as a pilot project lake in 2022, and Francesco Fatone from the Marche Polytechnic University talks about water as a complex system, service, economic factor, quality as well as quantity.

20 Jun 2022

LIFE Blue lakes poster at Sync and presentation monitoring activities on lakes

The First Symposium for YouNg Chemists: Innovation and Sustainability (SYNC2022) is an International conference that takes over the legacy of the Young Researchers Conference (Convegno Giovani Ricercatori, CGR), an event which has been organized every two years since 2002 by the Department of Chemistry of the University of Rome La Sapienza.

30 Mai 2022

First non-stop circumnavigation of Lake Constance in laser dinghies

Two 18-year-olds Elias Fauser and Max Gasser have circumnavigated Lake Constance in Laser class sailboats

30 Mai 2022

LIFE Blue Lakes On-line Seminar - Green Week Partner Event

Annual opportunity to discuss European environmental policy with policymakers, leading environmentalists and stakeholders from Europe and beyond.

26 Mai 2022

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at the Platform Meeting of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

"Circular Economy: from waste to efficiency. Exchange of experiences, transfer of best practices and innovative solutions for waste management and efficient use of resources".

20 Mai 2022

LIFE Blue Lakes at school: awards event at Lake Bracciano

In Lazio Region the project concluded the first edition of the Contest. Regional representatives of Legambiente celebrated the winning classes by presenting prizes to all pupils.(Action D.2)

20 Mai 2022

LIFE Blue Lakes at school: awards event at Lake Trasimeno

In Umbria Region the project concluded the first edition of the Contest. Regional representatives of Legambiente celebrated the winning classes by presenting prizes to all pupils.(Action D.2)

19 Mai 2022

LIFE Blue Lakes at school: awards event at Lake Garda

In Lombardia Region the project concluded the first edition of the Contest. Regional representatives of Legambiente celebrated the winning classes by presenting prizes to all pupils. (Action D.2)

19 Mai 2022

Latest sampling of microplastics at Lake Trasimeno

This spring sampling concludes the two-year LIFE Blue Lakes sampling campaign that began in July 2020 (Action B.2)

19 Mai 2022

Permanent Observatory Water Uses

Speeches by Leonardo Gatta (ABDAC) (Action B.6)

18 Mai 2022

Annual meeting 2022 WWF Thurgau (CH)

Lecture LCF at annual general meeting 2022 WWF Thurgau (CH): presentation "Microplastics in Lake Constance"

13 Mai 2022

Lake Constance Clean-up Day

Premiere of the Lake Constance wide Clean-up Day

12 Mai 2022

Monitoring of microplastics in Lake Orta

Monitoring of microplastics in Lake Orta conducted by Legambiente Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta, ENEA and Arpa Piemonte, aimed at sharing the "Blue Lakes" protocol, kicks off today.

3 Mai 2022

2nd Capacity Building Workshop

The seminar presents approaches to reduce microplastics in transport infrastructure and finally why macroplastics are a main driver for (micro)plastic pollution and how practical and regulatory solutions may look like (Action B.7)

3 Mai 2022

Latest sampling of microplastics at Lake Bracciano

This spring sampling concludes the two-year LIFE Blue Lakes sampling campaign that began in July 2020 (Action B.2)

28 Apr 2022

Microplastics at school

ARPA Umbria meets students in Amelia (Tr) and Legambiente goes to Tuoro sul Trasimeno (Pg)

23 Apr 2022

"Outdoor festival Chiemsee"

LIFE Blue Lakes Information stand in the framework of the "outdoor festival Chiemsee" in the town Übersee at Lake Chiemsee.

22 Mrz 2022

"Microplastics in karst aquifers" Blue Lakes and Italian speleological society together on World Water Day

Sampling of microplastics at the Bussento sinkhole and its resurgence in Morigerati, Cilento National Park (Action D.3)

17 Mrz 2022

Sampling at Lake Bracciano

Annual (wintry) sampling by ENEA useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

2 Mrz 2022

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

Annual (wintry) sampling by ARPA Umbria useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

1 Mrz 2022

First sampling at Lake Piediluco

Following the two pilot areas at Lake Trasimeno and Lake Bracciano, seasonal appointments will be held at Piediluco with sampling to be conducted along four transects on surface waters and two on the water column (Action B.2).

24 Feb 2022

LAKE LAB...for a day: students and researchers at Lake Bracciano with the "HdueO an under 18 poster" project.

Activities being carried out by ENEA researchers as part of the LIFE Blue Lakes project: monitoring microplastics in the waters and beaches of Lake Bracciano.

21 Dez 2021

UNIVPM presents Blue Lakes results to integrated water service managers.

A space to discuss the mid-term results of our LIFE Blue Lakes project, with specific reference to water infrastructure, hosted by Utilitalia's Microplastics Working Group. Prof. Francesco Fatone speaks.

20 Dez 2021

Sampling at Lake Bracciano

Annual (autumnal) sampling by ENEA useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

16 Dez 2021

Presentation Lake Trasimeno's Paper

Participatory Process: event addressed to URAT consortium, Trasimeno Union of restaurateurs and hoteliers (Action D.1)

11 Dez 2021

Lago D'Orta Plastic Revolution

Training and awareness day organized by the Asilo Bianco Association. Enea and representatives of the local Legambiente club spoke.

2 Dez 2021

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

Annual (autumnal) sampling by ARPA Umbria useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

29 Nov 2021

Permanent Observatory Water Uses

Speeches by Leonardo Gatta (ABDAC) and Francesco Fatone (UNIVPM) (Action B.6)

25 Nov 2021

Presentation Lake Bracciano's Paper

Participatory Process: event addressed to stakeholders (Action B.1)

18 Nov 2021

Presentation Lake Garda's Paper

Participatory Process: event addressed to stakeholders (Action B.1)

30 Okt 2021

Speleo Kamaraton 2021, international caving gathering

ENEA speaks on the sampling of microplastics in inland waters.

28 Okt 2021

"Monday" goes on stage Oct 28, 29, 30 in Rome

Three evenings in Rome theater showcase microplastics (Action D.2)

28 Okt 2021

Univpm and Legambiente at Ecomondo 2021

Two highlights on results and prospects of the LIFE Blue Lakes project

5 Okt 2021

Water Forum Legambiente

Dissemination opportunity to share experiences and strategies to reduce the impact of waste in inland waters addressing to national audience and stakeholders

25 Sep 2021

Lake day Trasimeno

Beach Litter at Castiglione Del Lago, Old Eleuteri Airport

24 Sep 2021

Lake day Trasimeno

Beach Litter at Castiglione Del Lago, Old Eleuteri Airport

24 Sep 2021

Lake day Trasimeno

Beach Litter at Passignano Sul Trasimeno, Pidocchietto Park

24 Sep 2021

Water Forum in Piemonte Region

Networking opportunity to share experiences and strategies to reduce the impact of waste in inland waters (Action D.3)

21 Sep 2021

Stellschrauben für Gemeinden zur Reduzierung von (Mikro-)Plastik

GNF-LCF Online event

15 Sep 2021

Presentation Lake Bracciano's Paper

As part of the Bracciano Lake Contract process, videoconference meeting for a plenary summary of the Lake Charter focus of which the Bracciano and Martignano Park Authority is a supporter. (Action B.1)

11 Sep 2021

"Monday" goes on stage

Show born from the collaboration between ENEA and the Dynamis Company, which is being staged at Gradisca (GO). (Action D.2)

27 Jul 2021

Lake day Bracciano

Bracciano, Workshop on microplastics and ongoing participatory pathway organized in collaboration with the Bracciano-Martignano Regional Natural Park Authority

22 Jul 2021

Sampling at Lake Bracciano

sampling by ENEA to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

20 Jul 2021

Press conference Goletta dei Laghi, Presentation Lake Trasimeno's Paper

Participatory Process: event addressed to stakeholders (Action B.1)

18 Jul 2021

Lake day Trasimeno

Trasimonto - Bike ride and sunset aperitif in san Feliciano with informative moment on Blue Lakes by Arpa Umbria and Legambiente

17 Jul 2021

"Monday" goes on stage

Show born from the collaboration between ENEA and the Dynamis Company, which is being staged at the Pergine Valsugana Festival (TN). (Action D.2)

16 Jul 2021

Lake day Trasimeno

Flash Mob lake start here Passignano sul Trasimeno

15 Jul 2021

Lake day Trasimeno

Beach Litter Tuoro sul Trasimeno

15 Jul 2021

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

Annual (summer) sampling by ARPA Umbria useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

13 Jul 2021

Lake day Garda

Desenzano del Garda: meeting with researchers and microplastic sampling for knowledge transfer and operational methods with Arpa Lombardia technicians

13 Jul 2021

Presentation Lake Garda's Paper

Participatory Process: event addressed to stakeholders (Action B.1)

11 Jul 2021

Lake day Garda

Manerba in the locality Bus de la Paul. Walk through the Rocca di Manerba park to the small church of San Giorgio, discovering the natural beauty of the place

10 Jul 2021

Lake day Garda

Toscolano Maderno, workshop "Fresh waters. What's underneath? Wealth and fragility of Italian inland waters.

9 Jul 2021

Presentation Lake Paper

Lake Como and Lecco. Travelling campaign to promote the Lake Charter at Lake Como

9 Jul 2021

Project presentation. Microplastics in food and bioplastics in compost, a challenge in the circular economy

Plastics and microplastics in food and non-food waste, their management in the disposal stages, and possible solutions for greater sustainability. Stefania Di Vito from legambiente spokes

7 Jul 2021

Lake Maggiore. Microplastics sampling and transferring activities

Verbania, Lake Maggiore. Microplastics sampling and transfer of knowledge and operating methods with Arpa Piemonte technicians

6 Jul 2021

Presentation Lake Paper

Traveling campaign to promote the Lake Charter at Lake Maggiore: event addressed to stakeholders (Action B.1)

2 Jul 2021

Presentation Lake Bracciano's Paper

In synergy with the participatory process of the Lake Contract, everyone contributes to its definition, sharing ideas and projects (Action B.1)

1 Jul 2021

1st Capacity Building Workshop

The first online workshop focuses on a general introduction to the problem of microplastics and the Life Blue Lakes project (Action B.7)

30 Jun 2021

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at the XXV AIOL (Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology) Congress

Presentation during the special session dedicated to "Microplastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: state of knowledge, approaches and governance experiences"

28 Jun 2021

Presentation Lake Trasimeno's Paper

Participatory Process: on line event addressed to stakeholders (Action B.1)

15 Jun 2021

British Plastics Federation Marine Litter online seminar

Stefania Di Vito from scientific office of Legambiente Onlus presented LIFE Blue Lakes Project at British Plastics Federation Marine Litter online seminar to explore ways to prevent plastic waste from entering seas, lakes and rivers.
In partnership with PlasticsEurope

10 Jun 2021

3rd Workshop Lake Trasimeno's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to associations and citizens (Action B.1)

10 Jun 2021

Univpm visits to sewage treatment plants.

Technical visits at the Limone Tremosine and Peschiera del Garda sewage treatment plants and in sampling at the Garda Molinet drinking water treatment plants.

8 Jun 2021

2nd Workshop Lake Trasimeno's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to economic activities and private stakeholders (Action B.1)

7 Jun 2021

1st Workshop LakeTtrasimeno's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to the local administrations (Action B.1)

27 Mai 2021

3rd Workshop Lake Garda's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to associations and citizens (Action B.1)

26 Mai 2021

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

Spring sampling at Lake Trasimeno closes the first cycle of microplastics monitoring carried out by Arpa Umbria on water and sediments. The four appointments since the project began were held in July 2020, December 2020, March 2021 and the last one on May 26 and 27, 2021.

25 Mai 2021

2nd Workshop Lake Garda's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to economic activities and private stakeholders (Action B.1)

21 Mai 2021

#Lifeis30

The students of Lakes Bracciano and Trasimeno also celebrated 30 years of the Life program, a European Union funding tool through which conservation actions have been co-financed through 1,800 projects since 1992.

21 Mai 2021

1st Workshop Lake Garda's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to the local administrations (Action B.1)

21 Mai 2021

3rd Workshop Lake Bracciano's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to associations and citizens (Action B.1)

20 Mai 2021

2nd Workshop Lake Bracciano's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to economic activities and private stakeholders (Action B.1)

19 Mai 2021

1st Workshop Lake Bracciano's Paper

Participatory Process: Workshop addressed to the local administrations (Action B.1)

18 Mai 2021

Second Monitoring Visit

Meeting on line between Monitor and project partners about the activities progress

13 Mai 2021

Demonstrative sampling at Lake Bracciano

Demonstrative sampling at Lake Bracciano for monitoring visit: meeting between monitor, ENEA and Legambiente.

4 Mai 2021

Spring Sampling at Lake Bracciano

Fourth annual (spring) sampling by ENEA to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

15 Apr 2021

Networking with LIFE Imagine

Legambiente representatives met the representatives of the IMAGINE integrated project, also financed through the LIFE programme.

15 Mrz 2021

Guest lecture BLUE LAKES at the SURFRIDER Foundation Bodensee

The Lake Constance Foundation presented the LIFE Blue Lakes project at the Surfrider Foundation

10 Mrz 2021

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

Third annual (wintry) sampling by ARPA Umbria useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

2 Mrz 2021

Webinar starting Participatory process Lake Trasimeno

Online meeting with stakeholders to describe the project and begin shared writing of the Lake Paper (Action B.1)

24 Feb 2021

Sampling at Lake Bracciano

Third annual (wintry) sampling by ENEA and Legambiente useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

23 Feb 2021

Webinar starting Participatory process Lake Garda

Online meeting with stakeholders to describe the project and begin shared writing of the Lake Paper (Action B.1)

22 Feb 2021

Webinar starting Participatory process Lake Bracciano

Online meeting with stakeholders to describe the project and begin shared writing of the Lake Paper (Action B.1)

18 Feb 2021

Coordination meeting

Meeting on a on line platform (Teams) to share information with all the partners about the development of project actions looking toward the First Annual Monitoring Report (Action E.2)

15 Dez 2020

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at Osservatorio Permanente sugli utilizzi idrici

Discussion on working together to achieve project goals: white paper on lakes, framework directive on inland water pollution levels, opening an institutional table at the Ministry of Environment to include the eligibility limit in national legislation. (Action B.6 working panel)

3 Dez 2020

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

Second sampling by Arpa Umbria in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment (Action B.2)

27 Nov 2020

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at Global Lake Marathon

Attended Global Nature Fund at Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency (LBDCA), Hungary, organizes a 24-hour long online conference marathon for the protection and sustainable management of lakes and lake basins in the world.

24 Nov 2020

Sampling at Lake Bracciano

Second annual (autumnal) sampling by ENEA and Legambiente useful in order to take lake surface water and beach sediment. (Action B.2)

28 Okt 2020

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at Ecomondo

Polytechnic University of Marche Region joined the initiative and presented currently in progress project's activities

9 Okt 2020

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at Blue Med

The project's experience at the initiative "Towards a healthy plastic-free Mediterranean Sea". Legambiente, ENEA, Polytechnic University of Marche Region and PlasticsEurope joined the initiative.

8 Okt 2020

Coordination meeting

Meeting on a on line platform (Teams) to share information with all the partners about the development of project actions looking toward the First Annual Monitoring Report (Action E.2)

18 Sep 2020

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at L'Isola che c'è

In Como a meeting to discuss with researchers and experts on plastics: how do they spread? What effects do they have on the environment and health? Which solutions are there?

22 Jul 2020

Sampling at Lake Trasimeno

First sampling by ENEA, Legambiente and Arpa Umbria in order to identify the number and location of sampling sites, frequency and times for the following seasonal campaigns.
(Action B.2)

9 Jul 2020

Sampling at Lake Bracciano

First sampling by ENEA and Legambiente useful in order to identify the number and location of sampling sites, sampling frequency and times.
(Action B.2)

7 Jul 2020

Sampling at Castreccioni unit

UNIVPM has started the sampling campaign at the water purification unit in Castreccioni, managed by ACQUAMBIENTE MARCHE Srl.
(Action B.3)

3 Jul 2020

Project Launch

Blue Lakes journey has officially begun, starting from numbers: those about microplastics concentration per square kilometre in lakes Garda, Bracciano and Trasimeno.

26 Jun 2020

LIFE Blue Lakes presentation at Moby Litter, the future we don't want

Workshop that took place at the Department of Life Sciences and the Environment of the Polytechnic University of Marche Region

20 Mai 2020

First Monitoring Visit

Working team presentation to the monitor that European Comission employed and explanatation of project actions development by the beneficiaries.

26 Nov 2019

Kick off meeting

The kick-off meeting was held in Rome, attended by representatives of all Italian and German partners.

NO MICROPLASTICS
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