Italy

Alto Adige /South Tyrol

 

In 2022, South Tyrol once again was collecting climate steps as part of the European Mobility Week in order to mobilize even more parents and children to come to school without a car in the long term.

 

This year, a total of 43 schools with 3,502 students in 258 classe  signed up to take part in the two weeks of action.

With the support of their parents they collected 96,166 Klimaschritte (Climate Steps) - what an impressive amount!





Formigine

 

The Bimbibus in Formigine operated also in the school year 2021/2022 with 4 active lines from Monday to Friday.

So in 2022 the children collect Miglia Verde for a total of 165 days:

- From the beginning of January to June (excluding Easter week): 100 days
- from September to December: 65 days

The 49 students who walk to the Carducci, Ferrari and Palmieri schools with the green bimbus and to the Palmieri school with the red bimbus, accompanied by 22 volunteers, thus collect a total of 16170 green footprints with their car-free way to school - thank you for this sustainable commitment! 

 

 

The municipality of Formigine started the Bimbibus project in 2009 as a pilot, which became permanent in 2010. 

 

Every year the project is presented to the school teachers who introduce it to the classes. Also flyers are distributed in the school’s neighbourhoods.

 

The volunteers that accompany the kids on their way are basically parents or grandparents plus some former employees of the municipality.

 

After more than 10 years of Bimbibus the project needs a little redefinition as paths slightly changed and new settlements were built in recent years.

 

Also, after the Corona breakdown, the number of children and volunteers slightly dropped, so they made a new promotional video – “Riparte il BIMBIBUS” -  to find more volunteers and in order to sensitize families on the importance of walking to school.