On March 1, 2019, the initiative we hold most dear that highlights the importance of energy conservation returns.

 
Fourteen editions and the same desire to bring a little big message, at least once a year.
M’illumino di Meno is the day of energy saving and sustainable lifestyles, conceived by Rai Radio2 and Caterpillar to invite each citizen to participate in this initiative, which is both emblematic and concrete at the same time, in an active way.
On March 1, Bergamo will also participate in the event, as it does every year, with different proposals spread throughout the city.
This year thecircular economy will be the protagonist: reuse of materials, reduction of waste, regeneration of resources.
And even if the world is making steps forward every day, we must remember that attention and sensitivity to pollution and the environment are never enough.

Saving on light, but not on atmosphere

Cereria Pernici will be a sponsor of M’illumino di Meno in Bergamo and will provide six hundred Roman pans that will be used to illuminate Via Bartolomeo Colleoni in Città Alta.
Via Colleoni, also known by the Bergamasks as corsarola, is the longest avenue for a tourist walk that crosses the entire Città Alta: imagine it at night, illuminated by the natural light of the Roman pans, so suited to the charm and history in which this ancient route is rich.
Here it seems that time has stood still at the time when Bergamo stood only on the hilly part of its territory, and the night can reveal itself in all its beauty.
In short, less electricity, but definitely more charm and atmosphere.

YOU WILL REALIZE
HOW MUCH
THE STARS CAN SHINE
.

All of Italy lights up less

Not only Bergamo, Italian squares, monuments, institutional buildings and the homes of many citizens are being turned off: from the Colosseum to the Quirinal Palace, from the Arena in Verona to the Tower of Pisa, for the M’illumino di Meno initiative the Eiffel Tower and the Prater Wheel in Vienna, to name a few, have also been turned off.
Plus low-light tours at museums, discussions in schools onenergy efficiency, events organized by astronomical observatories…
You will realize how bright the stars can shine under the right conditions, and how much beauty thelight pollution in your cities deprives you of every night.

From personal initiative to law?

It was about to become state law: in 2017, two proposed bills in the House and Senate called for theestablishment of the National Energy Conservation and Sustainable Lifestyles Day.
It is the very young people themselves, between the ages of 18 and 34, who lean toward values such as sustainability, renewable and alternative energy, organic, and the importance of public mobility.
If we cannot yet count on a law then, we can at least count on our young people and the measures and steps we can take every day to each do our part.