ACQUA DELL’ELBA FOUNDATION, A CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ISLAND OF ELBA

Give greater strength to the commitment that has always been lavished on the Island of Elba with a dedicated structure, to amplify the impact of activities on the territory and help improve the quality of life of the people who live there.

This is the inspiration behind the Acqua dell'Elba Foundation, a non-profit organization designed to make the island and its heritage grow, focusing on the environment, education, culture, health and art.

After 22 years of commitment to sustainability, Acqua dell'Elba gives life to a "water-green sister" who, outside the logic of the market, will take care of helping to protect the ecosystem of the island and enhance its social heritage and cultural.

AMBIENT

"La Via dell'Essenza" is a project aiming to create a coastal trail on Elba Island. 130 kilometres of trails divided into 12 sections intended to show Elba and its unique essence to the whole world.
Acqua dell'Elba supports this project with the aim of enhancing the natural beauty of the Island. Furthermore, the project seeks to promote access for residents and tourists, while fully respecting nature, as well as for those who cannot visit Elba in person, thanks to digital technologies.

AMBIENT

EDUCATION

The "Education" project from the Acqua dell'Elba Foundation has the objective of enriching the libraries of Elban high schools.
This aim will be achieved through the purchase and donation of new texts chosen by the institutes themselves, plus a selection of texts focussed around the theme of female empowerment, a subject which is dear to both the Foundation and the Elban educational community.

EDUCATION

CULTURE

The "Culture" department of the Foundation will be covered by SEIF - Sea Essence International Festival, which also falls under the remit of the Foundation. A case history in the sector of Ocean Literacy, SEIF is an eclectic event, ranging from reason to emotion, at the same time intending to stimulate thoughts and dreams. Its objective is to celebrate the sea and its beauty by means of history, economics, the arts, anthropology, culture, politics, music, cinema, and society, through a multi-disciplinary approach as manifold as are the souls of the sea. Its raison d'être is that of "raising awareness by celebrating beauty".

CULTURE

HEALTH

The "Health" department of the Acqua dell'Elba Foundation will involve support of two extraordinary local realities working for the physical and psychological support of people regretfully affected by serious or invalidating pathologies. The first is EndoElba, a newly formed Association in support of women affected by Endometriosis, an exclusively female pathology which is still not so widely known, though it is widespread in Italy as well as on Isola d'Elba, and which requires an early diagnosis in order to prevent worsening health conditions for the patient.

HEALTH

ARTS

The "Arts" department brings under the Foundation's remit the historic project "Artists on Elba", through which Acqua dell'Elba has always supported the Arts and creativity by promoting the work of contemporary artists, organising exhibitions, and purchasing of works of art. In the year of its new beginning, this fourth thread turns into an operational arm for this occasion, becoming itself the vehicle thanks to which the Foundation can set sail: indeed, profits deriving from the sale of every single piece of the collection "Le Spiagge degli Argonauti" ("Shores of the Argonauts") will be devolved to the financial support of the Foundation and its projects, in a virtuous circle populated by people who "are" Acqua dell'Elba and who, we hope, will soon also become "Acqua dell'Elba Foundation" people: the employees, collaborators, partners, and, of course, all of our customers and lovers of the sea and of Isola d'Elba.

ARTS