imagery shows the designs submitted from France for the herb and hop-covered French pavilion (top left), the United Arab Emirates pavilion (top right). Pavilion Zero, which is the introductory stop at the Expo, and tells the story of humankind (right) and Austria’s pavilion is named Breathe (left)
FEEDING THE PLANET “With the theme of Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life, Expo Milano 2015 provides an opportunity to reflect upon and seek solutions to the contradictions of our world,” says Piero Galli, general manager of the Expo’s event management division. “There were approximately 870 million people undernourished in the period 2010 to 2012. During the same time period, approximately 2.8 million deaths from diseases related to obesity or to being overweight occurred,” he says. “In addition, about 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted every year,” says Galli. “We need to make conscious political choices, develop sustainable lifestyles, and use the best technology to create a balance between the availability and the consumption of resources.”
“While the central theme is nutrition – human nutrition, first and foremost – it
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also focuses on nurturing the environment in which we live, the place where the food we eat comes from,” says Galli. Milan and its home region of Lombardy
make a prime place to begin to tackle the topic of food, and Italy’s contributions to global cuisine are well known. “In Milan and Lombardy, there are 60,000 prestigious agricultural production companies and another 20,000 businesses involved in food processing and nutrition,” says Galli. “They are ready to meet the challenges of the Expo’s theme in a skilled, capable way, representing an Italian tradition that has been exported to the whole world as a true model of food and culture.”
Galli points out that Expo Milano is placing a strong emphasis on creating a collaborative and educational environment for the exchange of ideas in a serious effort to search for solutions.
“The Expo offers a unique, unrepeatable
opportunity to create concrete solutions to nurture our planet and its inhabitants in a proper, healthy, sufficient and sustainable manner. It’s a global and interactive event, whose key players are 145 participating countries, international organisations, civil society associations, the international scientific and economic communities.” Demonstrating this commitment, the theme of the Expo has been closely linked with the work of the UN. UN General- Secretary Ban Ki-moon has already tied the world fair to the Millennium Development Goals – the deadline for them is also this year. After the Expo, citizens, institutions, companies, associations, academia and international organisations will sign the Charter of Milan, which will be delivered in October to Ban Ki-moon, linking the Expo to the Millennium Development Goals.
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