SLOW CITY

The movement is based on the new idea of considering the town itself and thinking of a different way of development, based on the improving of life quality. Born in 1999 through the Paolo Saturnini’s brilliant intuition, past Mayor of Greve in Chianti, a little town of Tuscany mercoledì 12 novembre 2014 Slow food = a model The new idea spread his thoughts all over our country and fastly his ideals were endorsed by Mayors of towns of Bra, Orvieto and Positano as well as they met later the president of slow food Carlo Petrini’s support. Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to local communities and the environment. Born to prevent disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us. mercoledì 12 novembre 2014 The main goal of Cittaslow to enlarge the philosophy of Slow Food to local communities and to government of towns, applying the concepts of ecogastronomy at practice of everyday life