| RiverWatch/Tevere - Tiber river clean up | |||
| Posted; on 20/03/2014 - 14:50 | |||
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Idea Outline
Crowdcare for the Tiber river in Rome. People and wildlife are returning to the Thames, Seine and Rhine. We can do the same for the Tiber - and many European waters - through web services letting everyone participate in the care of the river. The Challenge Our beautiful Tiber river is sick. Fecal and industrial pollution reaches 40 times acceptable limits and rubbish and used absorbent hygiene products scatter Mediterranean beaches for kilometres from the river mouth. The Tiber is not cared for as a leisure, environmental or business resource and the users and organisations with a role in its welfare are scattered over six regions alongs its 400km length. An open crowd based approach will enable our large community of riverwatch stakeholders come together to track water quality and to create and implement actions to improve it. Many rivers systems in Europe could benefit from better river care. If successful, the award from this competition will be used to design the crowdcare solution and initiate the development work. The Solution Crowdcare for the Tiber river in Rome. Target group and social impact RiverWatch/Tevere will enable leisure users, public agencies, researchers, businesses, fishermen, farmers, environmental custodians and legislators share knowledge and contribute in a participative and constructive way in improved river care. It will be good for the very many people who swim in - and eat the fish from - the Mediterranean. If clean and trusted the Tiber will be a wonderful asset for the people, the environment and the economy. RiverWatch/Tevere will be transferable to other river systems in Europe as well as to other complex socio-economic situations. Effective stakeholder involvement is already part of the project as can be seen from the many letters of support received from public and environmental agencies, user associations, media, university faculties and firms.  Competences of the applicant James is a Roman Irish engineer and an expert in web services, process and organisational design. He makes his living in innovation in science and industry. His children were born on the river's Tiber Island in Rome. In this project he will be supported by the Consorzio Tiberina, the Sapienza University, the Kyoto Club, the WWF, and many more. About him: be.linkedin.com/in/jkcogan/
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inspiring idea! well done :)
Great Idea!
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It's a very good idea! Hoping to see it realized soon!
Beautiful idea. I hope to be successful
Very nice idea! we need actions like this! I hope it will succeed, good luck!!
Great idea! That is how we can use a web platform toward the common good, I like it and I can't wait to get involved in the Tiber River clean up!
I think that the project idea is very very good and interesting. I hope that will be doable.
Wonderful idea that will allow all of us to be involved in the forefront for a common good!
I was born and raised in Rome and I live here now. I am member of one of the oldest Circoli Canottiei (rowing club) of the city and to see the river so badly treated really breaks my heart. We have pictures in our club hall where people dive in the river and go for a swim. Wouldn't it be great to start doing that again? I think that the people that want this are a lot more than those who don't care. Let's join forces and make this happen. Thanks James!
Francesco
As Romans we all love our city, but feel so sad when we see it ruined and polluted... And we really need Romans to stop complaining and take action! :-)
What is really cool about this project is that new technologies, through the power of online social interaction and awareness creation, will be able to revive such an ancient, eternal resource - and we'll all be able to go back and enjoy our Lungotevere!
Là sotto l'arberi de Lungotevere
le coppie fileno li baci scrocchieno..
si nun sei pratico de regge moccoli
pè Lungotevere nun ce passà!
(Pe' Lungotevere - Romolo Balzani)
very good idea for everyone that wants to see Rome and it surrounding like any other brilliant and modern cities in Europe!
the app is also ery well thught, especially in the open- and crowd- approach.
good luck!
As an architect I completely agree ......
We need it !! No one thought such a usefull thing
Environmental projects in cities are of paramount importance in keeping people in urban areas connected to nature, maintaining natural resources and improving the quality of life for those without the means to see the wider world.
Please support this local project
Rivers are a precious resource and make cities really special. Walking along Tiber in Rome, stopping on Ponte Sisto to watch the river flowing in the sunset light can be a moment of rare beauty. But Tiber needs to be cleaned. Indeed the project addresses an important problem that when solved can make living in Rome and along Tiber outside the city much more pleasant. The solution proposed by the project is smart, innovative and feasible; moreover the idea of involving the citizens is the only way to make it last on the long term. Congratulations!
Inspired, interesting, sustainable project for the redevelopment of a city often overlooked and restore water resources that can revitalize a broad sectors of tourism, socializing, commerce and disseminate a culture of awareness and access to an alternative use of sites that offer opportunities for the integration of combined services and their operational translation into new forms of of municipal income. The merit of this project lies in innovation, in its wide-ranging, in its clear vision that Roman citizens can accept as the return of a right to citizenship alienated by the underestimation of the commons and representative of a priceless historical heritage. Congratulations to the author.
che bel commento grazie!
Keep it up with the project!
In our days, for Rome and its citizens, Tiber is an unexplored habitat, in spite of its great history. Such a web-site and social participation system could really become a great resource!!
I think that cleaning the Tiber will also put the institutions' attention on the problem of the ROM gypsy communities living and polluting along the Tiber. Many times the Romans have complained about this problem, and not much has been done about it.
The Tiber is one of the most polluted rivers in Europe.
This is badly needed for our river. Great idea to put everyone together.