Legambiente Ecopolis, Turin - Urban Ecology, European Voluntary Service in Tu

legambiente.to.it was the website of the Legambiente Ecopolis Turin Volunteer Association: the archive's first snapshot, from January 2002, featured petitions and initiatives on pollution in Turin, including a signature campaign on Amiat's waste, the monitoring of fine particulate matter, and collaboration with the long-distance adoption project Nkoni.org.¹

A page from July 2012 recalled that the association had, since 1998, been a sending and hosting organisation for the European Voluntary Service of the Youth in Action programme, which allowed young people to take part in volunteer work for up to 12 months; the home page from the same period, January 2012, reported on the association's hearing before the Standing Council Committee of the City of Turin on urban mobility and air quality.²³

By February 2016 the address was no longer linked to the association: the archive shows a generic page, with no reference to Legambiente or Turin.⁴ The domain name legambiente.to.it is not currently registered in the .it registry.⁵

The domain legambiente.to.it in the web archive

The domain legambiente.to.it, in the web archive since 30 January 2002, presents itself as «Prossime Iniziative».

The website legambiente.to.it: from Ecopolis to the European Voluntary Service (2002-2014)

The website of Legambiente Ecopolis Turin was online from January 2002, with petitions on topics such as pollution linked to Amiat, malaria, benzene, monitoring of the Sangone river beaches, and the PM10 fine-dust alert, as well as collaboration with the long-distance adoption project Nkoni.org. In 2006 the site was organised by areas of activity: mobility, bicycles, the historic centre, urban green spaces, smog and social issues.

The site recalled that, since 1998, the association had been a sending and hosting organisation for the European Voluntary Service under the «Gioventù in Azione» programme, hosting volunteers from across Europe for periods of up to 12 months. In the last version recorded, from December 2014, the association reported having been summoned on 22 April before the Turin City Council's 6th Standing Committee for a hearing on urban mobility and air quality.

The website legambiente.to.it, from 2002 to 2014

In the snapshot of 30 January 2002, the website legambiente.to.it published petitions and initiatives on topics such as PM10 pollution, the Sangone river beaches and separate waste collection. A page from 26 July 2012 recalls that the association has been, since 1998, a sending and hosting organisation for the European Voluntary Service under the «Gioventù in Azione» programme. In the snapshot of 18 December 2014 the site, titled «Associazione Legambiente Volontariato Ecopolis Torino», published the report of a hearing before the Standing Council Committee on urban mobility and air quality.

From the 2002 petitions to the 2014 hearings at the City Council

The website legambiente.to.it, already online in January 2002, listed the local chapter's initiatives and petitions, including those on the collection of kitchen waste, on benzene and PM10 pollution, and on the Sangone river beaches. In 2014, as the website of the Legambiente Ecopolis Turin Volunteer Association, it published news on hearings before the Standing Council Committee on Ecology and the Environment concerning urban mobility and air quality.

The domain legambiente.to.it

The domain legambiente.to.it has been registered since 30 January 2002; from 9 June 2006 it hosted the site «Legambiente Ecopolis, Torino», later renamed «Associazione Legambiente Volontariato Ecopolis Torino» in the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 18 December 2014.

The website legambiente.to.it

The association had a website at the domain legambiente.to.it, recorded by the web archive between 2002-01-30 and 2014-12-18; the first copy listed initiatives and petitions on topics such as PM10 pollution and the Sangone river beaches, while the last documented a hearing before the Council Committee on urban mobility and air quality.

Related articles: Living institutions, dead addresses

From the via Berthollet office to the air-quality campaigns

In the January 2002 copy, the Legambiente Ecopolis website gives its office as via Berthollet 43 in Turin and describes its collaboration with the long-distance adoption project Nkoni.org for a Ugandan village.¹ In the June 2006 copy the site criticises the air quality index published by Arpa during the Olimpiadi invernali di Torino 2006, calling it «fortemente edulcorato e fuorviante».² In the December 2014 copy the site reports on a hearing on 22 April before the Turin City Council's 6th Committee on the exceeding of fine-dust concentration limits, and a signature collection in piazza Madama Cristina for the referendums on public water.³

The website legambiente.to.it

The website legambiente.to.it was registered from 2002 to 2016; in 2006 it was presented as «Legambiente Ecopolis, Torino | Ecologia Urbana, Servizio Volontario Europeo a Torino».¹ In 2014 the page was presented as «Associazione Legambiente Volontariato Ecopolis Torino | Sii il cambiamento che vuoi vedere nel mondo».²

Sources

1. web.archive.org — 30 January 2002
2. web.archive.org — 26 July 2012
3. web.archive.org — 3 January 2012
4. web.archive.org — 5 February 2016
5. whois.nic.it
6. Internet Archive — 30 January 2002
7. Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) — 9 June 2006
8. Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) — 18 December 2014