{"id":217,"date":"2009-11-21T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=217"},"modified":"2009-11-21T08:00:55","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T12:00:55","slug":"orti-energetici-a-pisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/orti-energetici-a-pisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Orti Energetici a Pisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">Anyone who regularly reads my blogs will know that we are keen gardeners, and that we have a large <strong>orto<\/strong> (vegetable garden, or allotment) which provides us with nice fresh produce throughout the summer. So\u00a0when I was browsing through the newspaper the other day and my attention was caught by the words <strong>\u2018Orti Energetici\u2019<\/strong> (Energy Vegetable Gardens!), naturally I read on\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">\u201cPISA \u2013 Gli orti pubblici, terreni concessi dal comune ai cittadini agricoltori per passione, non sono una novit\u00e0. E migliaia sono gli improvvisati <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">contadini metropolitani che coltivano pomodori, insalata o melanzane nelle periferie di piccole o grandi citt\u00e0. Mai per\u00f2 si erano visti orti energetici <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">dove, invece di frutta e verdura, nascono pannelli solari e impianti minieolici.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">(PISA\u00a0\u2013 Public\u00a0allotments, pieces of land rented out by the council to citizens who are passionate gardeners, are not a novelty. There are thousands of\u00a0self made \u2018metropolitan farmers\u2019 who cultivate tomatoes, salad, or aubergines (egg plants) on the outskirts of towns and cities.\u00a0Never before, however,\u00a0have we seen \u2018energy allotments\u2019 where, instead of fruit and vegetables, solar panels and mini wind turbines are cultivated.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">The idea has been proposed by <strong>il Comune di Pisa<\/strong> (Pisa City Council), which wants to comply with the new environmental building regulations. They have decided to make available, free of charge, allotments on which to plant this strange new crop which will harvest the abundant natural resources and\u00a0convert them into\u00a0clean energy.\u00a0<strong>Orti energitici<\/strong>\u00a0will be available to citizens who inhabit buildings on which, in order not to disfigure the aesthetic integrity of the <strong>centro storico<\/strong> (historic centre),\u00a0unsightly solar panels and wind turbines cannot be installed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\">The most efficient \u2018energy gardeners\u2019,\u00a0and citizens who modify their homes to be more energy efficient, will\u00a0be rewarded with\u00a0generous\u00a0tax discounts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who regularly reads my blogs will know that we are keen gardeners, and that we have a large orto (vegetable garden, or allotment) which provides us with nice fresh produce throughout the summer. 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