This year, the Festival and Casacomune have scheduled three ecology readings that examine our relationship with the environment and human activity. Much more than book presentations, the readings are a space for listening and transformation, where words are an ecological act of narration, an exposé, memory, and poetry. The three events are meant to change one’s view, raise consciousness to make the so-called ecological conversion something authentic in the ways we define the world, talk about and live it.
Somewhat paradoxically, Italy is Europe’s leading consumer of bottled water despite having a public water supply system that is safe and constantly controlled. It promotes the use of water bottles and environmental protection campaigns. Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), revoked plastic tax, and mistrust of tap water number among the issues the book examines to show us that behind every drop of water is a political decision and a huge business that will cover us in polyethylene terephthalate, aka PET.
Binaria Centro Commensale, in via Sestriere 34 _Torino
THURSDAY
28 MAY
18:00
Imbottigliati. Inchiesta sul mercato dell’acqua minerale che ci sommerge di plastica di Luca Martinelli (Altreconomia, 2026)
Somewhat paradoxically, Italy is Europe’s leading consumer of bottled water despite having a public water supply system that is safe and constantly controlled. It promotes the use of water bottles and environmental protection campaigns. Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), revoked plastic tax, and mistrust of tap water number among the issues the book examines to show us that behind every drop of water is a political decision and a huge business that will cover us in polyethylene terephthalate, aka PET.
With Luca Martinelli, journalist, writer, essayist
Danilo Zagaria, moderator, biologist, science communicator
WEDNESDAY
3 JUNE
18:00
Occhi foresta di Yeniffer Lilibell Aliaga Chávez (Capovolte, 2026)
After living with her mother in Italy for 10 years, Lilibel returns to Peru and Adela, her grandmother, and her love of storytelling. An intimate, dreamy account of a slow awakening of a sleeping beauty, touching on family genealogy, magic realism, the importance of sister relationships, and the memory of living in the Andes.
The presentation will be accompanied by music.
With Yeniffer Lilibell Aliaga Chávez, anthropologist, writer
Iris Martucci (@nonsonopoetica), moderator, Italo-Mexican singer and songwriter
SUNDAY
7 JUNE
11:00
L’incredibile non si può dire a tutti di Franco Arminio (Rizzoli, 2026)
A tenderness handbook for remaining human while the rest of the world crumbles around us. A literary antidote to fear and a hymn to hope. Franco Arminio returns to capture audiences with his poetry, stories of true love that is free and needed. Set in a noisy world, this romantic story celebrates the magic of having a living body ready to embrace whatever comes.
With Franco Arminio, writer, poet/paesologist
Mirta Da Pra, giornalista, moderator, journalist, coordinator and founder of Casacomune
