Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October Città della Scienza participates in Urban Nature 2021

The biodiversity around us help us identify the organisms that inhabit our cities
Our cities must become nature-positive and climate-friendly: this is the opening message that WWF Italy launches for the fifth edition of Urban Nature scheduled for next Sunday October 10 in which Città della Scienza will participate during the weekend on October 9 and 10, a series of fun activities and guided tours for adults and children.
This is an initiative that is increasingly establishing itself as a campaign to make the value of nature and the need to innovate the way of thinking and considering in urban spaces increasingly evident to those who live in Italian cities, recognizing the centrality of ecosystems and ecological networks and to promote virtuous actions taken by urban communities, businesses, universities and schools to protect and increase biodiversity in urban systems.

During the Urban Nature initiatives, families, children, young people, students, nature lovers will create concrete projects to protect, enhance and increase urban biodiversity. The protagonists of the WWF activists but also the dozens of civic realities active in the territory in defense of nature that will give life to visits to parks and green areas, games, exhibitions, cleaning and arrangement of natural areas, citizen, guerrilla gardening and urban painting.
Furthermore, this year the WWF Festival of Nature in the City comes on the eve of an important moment on a global scale, the opening (Monday 11 October) of the Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (in Kunming in China), convened to arrest and reverse the curve of the loss of nature.

But let’s get back to our activities!

During this weekend dedicated to Urban Nature we will focus on the interactive laboratory Insettigator the science show Water, Air, Earth and Fire and the activity of Citizen Science – Urban Nature 2021.

WEEKEND PROGRAMME

INSETTIGATOR
An interactive laboratory that looks like a real entomological challenge, to discover the fascinating and varied world of insects. Learning to recognize the structure and function of some anatomical elements such as wings, legs and antennae, allowing the players to immerse themselves in the role of expert entomologists. Guided by the science communicators of Le Nuvole, it will also be possible to observe revealing from different regions of our Planet, in order to identify the species.
WHEN: Saturday 9 October at 10 am and 2.30 pm – Sunday 10 October at 11 am  and 1 pm – 3.30 pm 
DURATATION: 60 minutes
TARGET: from 8 years
Booking at the Corporea infopoint

WATER, AIR, EARTH AND FIRE
The “four elements” in ancient times were associated with divinities, spirits capable of bringing order to the chaos of the world. Today we know that they are necessary for the birth and prosperity of Life on our Planet, as well as custodians of properties and “peculiarities” that often escape the human eye. In the Science Show, curated by the science communicators of Le Nuvole, “Water, Air, Fire and Earth” return as four superheroes who will reveal their respective properties to the public in a pressing succession of experiments.
WHEN: Saturday, October 9, 11:00 am and 3:30 pm – Sunday, October 10, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 
DURATION: 60 minutes
TARGET: for everyone

GUIDE TO VISIT CITIZEN SCIENCE
It will be possible to take guided tours with our experts to our garden to contribute to the census of the animal and plant species present, the observations collected can be uploaded to Inaturalist in this link at the following link:  https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wwf-e-cluster-biodiversita-italia-urban-nature-2021
WHEN: Saturday, October 9 at 9.30, 10.30, 11.30, 15.30 and 16.30 – Sunday, October 10 at 9.30, 10.30, 11.30, 15.30 and 16.30 
TARGET: for everyone