The San Marino Green Festival is back, now in its eighth edition, scheduled for 9 and 10 May 2026 with the title “LIVING WATER. No more plastic at the table. Tap and bottled water compared”. At the center of the event is an awareness campaign on the conscious consumption of water and the reduction of plastic, with San Marino promoting a national discussion on environmental and sustainability issues.
The project, sponsored by the Secretariats of State for Territory, Environment and Agriculture, Work with AASS delegation, Education and Justice with delegation for Families, aims to investigate the habits of San Marino citizens related to the use of mains water. The AASS, in collaboration with the festival, has launched an information campaign aimed in particular at primary school students and families, through questionnaires on domestic consumption of tap water and mineral water.
The data collected will be presented during the festival and analyzed by industry experts. The inaugural table on May 9th at Podere Lesignano will see the comparison between “mayor’s water” and bottled water with the participation of Vito Palumbo (Pugliese Aqueduct), a representative of Romagna Acque, Stefano Ciafani (Legambiente), professor Bruno Maria Mazzara (La Sapienza University), the engineer Fabio Giulianelli (AASS) e Lorenza Cossutta (Venice Tap Water).
“A strategic table that will allow the creation of a network between institutions, bodies and companies in the drinking water sector”, he underlines Gabriele Geminianicreator of the festival and the “ACQUA VIVA” campaign, presented today in the presence of the Secretary of the Territory Matteo Ciacci.
The program also includes moments of in-depth study and environmental culture. Among the guests, Rossano Ercolinipresident of the Zero Waste network and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, and investigative journalist Gianni Lanneswhich will present the photographic exhibition “The invisible sea”, dedicated to alleged chemical war remnants between Cattolica and Pesaro.
Alongside scientific content, there is also space for popular and social initiatives: the concert of Lympha Trio will accompany the public through music and nature, while on May 10th an ecological walk is planned from the Laiala Park to the Cà Vagnetto Arboretum, with a festive arrival together with the folk group The Uva Grisa.
