Pilgrims registered for World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon in 2023 will be able to find out their carbon footprint using a calculator that will be available in the meeting app, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The calculator, developed by Novo Verde and ERP Portugal, which manage packaging waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment, “takes into account the activities carried out from the moment of departure until the last day of the journey.”
“Through the initial questionnaire, each pilgrim is able to know the intended footprint of his foot by the end of the meeting,” says WYD Lisbon 2023, adding that with the help of the guide, “the pilgrim has the opportunity to learn, improve and mitigate actions to reduce their impact.”
For the organization of WYD, “these mitigation measures raise awareness of the environment, encouraging every pilgrim to adopt more sustainable practices, not only on World Youth Day, but for the rest of their lives.”
The carbon footprint calculator will be presented next Thursday afternoon during the visit of representatives from Novo Verde and ERP Portugal to WYD headquarters.
On this day, President of the World Youth Day 2023 Lisbon Foundation, Bishop Américo Aguiar, will also receive the President of the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests, Nuno Bansu.
“WYD Lisbon 2023 has a strong commitment to sustainability, intending to incorporate it into many aspects of its organization, as well as raising awareness among pilgrims to take care of it throughout their experience,” the committee’s local organizer assured on Tuesday. Travel, in a statement.
Lisbon has been chosen by Pope Francis for the next World Youth Day, which will take place from August 1st to 6th this year, with the main ceremonies taking place in the Eduardo VII Park and Tagus Park, north of Das Park. Nações, on the banks of the Tagus River, within the municipalities of Lisbon and Loures.
WYD was born at the initiative of Pope John Paul II after the success of the meeting organized in 1985 in Rome as part of the International Year of Youth.
The first meeting took place in 1986 in Rome, having already passed, in its current form, in Buenos Aires (1987), Santiago de Compostela (1989), Czestochowa (1991), Denver (1993), Manila (1995), Paris. (1997), Rome (2000), Toronto (2002), Cologne (2005), Sydney (2008), Madrid (2011), Rio de Janeiro (2013) ), Krakow (2016) and Panama (2019).
This year’s edition, which will be closed by the Pope, was originally scheduled for 2022 but was delayed due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis was the first to register for WYD Lisbon 2023 on October 23, 2022 at the Vatican.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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