Gozo three-day June event to promote eco awareness

An innovative campaign and the first of its kind was launched earlier this week by the Ministry for Gozo through its eco-Gozo Regional Development Directorate in collaboration with Gozo Channel.

The campaign aims at generating support from the public attending this year’s Lejlet Lapsi Notte Gozitana being held between June 3 and 5 for an eco-friendly mass initiative.

Participants are being asked to help reduce collectively at least five tons of CO2 from the environment during this year’s popular event which will undoubtedly see an additional influx of cars in the Gozitan capital Victoria.

Carbon dioxide pumped into the air from burnt fossil fuel contributes towards high levels of pollution in urban centres.

The innovative campaign to reduce five tons of CO2 during this three-day event consists of five check-points situated around Victoria which will be manned between June 3 and 4.

All those who want to participate need to collect a special map which was designed for this campaign and which will be exclusively distributed with The Sunday Times on May 29.

Participants will be asked to use the map while walking to all check-points and while there get a different stamp from each station which will be set up in the following squares: Independence Square, San Francis Square, Savina square, St Augustine Square, and next to Sir M.A. Refalo Centre.

Each participant needs to complete the map with all five stamps for it to be considered as a valid entry, meaning that the participant/s would have actually walked an average of 1.5 kilometres.

All those participating will be asked to record the number of persons walking the distance and the engine horse-power of their car.

The map will also contain information for each family to calculate the carbon footprint avoided during the entire event.

Maps completed with all five stamps can be redeemed in all of Gozo Channel’s ticketing booths against two free return tickets to Gozo during specific months between this year and next.