Orienteering is an eco-friendly sport practiced in close contact with the environment, that becomes, in the majority of cases, part of the sport itself.
The natural environments in which the competitions take place are often of high naturalistic importance and involve a big number of participants and spectators (up to thousands of people in important occasions). It is therefore of paramount importance the correct assessment, and the consequent reduction to a minimum, of the impact that this type of competitions might have on the environment.
Furthermore, Orienteering has acquired with time good environmental credentials: for its own nature, this sport aims to achieve good practices of environmental sustainability giving particular attention on environmental education and consciousness.
Consequently, the organizers of the “5 giorni della Valle di Non” that will take place in Coredo from the 2nd to the 9th of July 2005, has decided to elaborate a project aimed to minimize the environmental impact of this important sport event.
The purpose of the organizers is to reduce to a minimum the environmental impact of the event on a wide number of variables.

We have identified eight areas of intervention:
1. Natural environment protection
2. Reduction of consumption goods and of the total amount of wastage
3. Differentiated wastage collection
4. Reduction of polluting emissions
5. Conditioning of the event suppliers
6. Education and instruction of the participants, organizational staff and spectators
7. Eco-friendly awards
8. Final assessment

The environmental communication campaign involves:

Information leaflets (in English and Italian): Printed on recycled paper, will explain on one side the most important aspects of the environmental sustainability project and, on the other, will present simple suggestions on the rules of good environmental behaviour to follow during the event. Download

Support information panels: Information panels will be placed by the “ecological islands”, the competition field and the surrounding areas. They will provide simple suggestions on the rules of good environmental behaviour in both English and Italian. Download

Vademecum for the organizers: Aimed at the different event operators, they contain specific eco-friendly rules to be followed in the different sectors (e.g. kitchens, offices, etc.). Download

Info Points: Gazeboes will be placed around the competition field and the surrounding areas, where it is possible to find information leaflets, useful information on the environmental sustainability project and on the rules of good environmental behaviour to follow during the event.

Environmental Questionnaire: Please fill it in and send it to info@oripredaia.it, to have
your say in our eco-friendly project!