3,000 people visit the exhibition of the Port of Valencia on the Sustainable Development Goals
The exhibition “Un món a bon port” has explained the actions being developed by the port community of the Port of Valencia through panels, multimedia materials and a space for the youngest visitors.
More than 500 people have left their commitment to the SDGs on the personalised mural at the entrance to the exhibition which ended yesterday.
Nearly 3,000 people have visited the exhibition “Un món bon a port. Navegant amb els ODS”, the exhibition that the Port of Valencia has hosted these days to explain to society the actions and projects that the port community of Valenciaport is developing with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations in the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
The exhibition was held in the Clock Building, which will maintain until the end of the year the canvases with each of the 17 Goals that illustrate the facade of this emblematic building to remind citizens and tourists of the importance of contributing to these goals that involve the whole of society. During the exhibition, more than 500 visitors were able to leave their individual commitments on the panel at the entrance, goals such as reducing the use of plastics, responsible consumption, gender equality, which have been captured on this mural by people of all ages and in different languages.
“Un món a bon port” has shown through different panels divided into SDG blocks, with images and data, the initiatives being carried out by the Port of Valencia and its port community. Both the texts and the audiovisual materials were adapted to Braille and sign language and can also be downloaded via QR code to listen to them on the phone. In addition, there was a section for children with activities to learn about the SDGs and port activity.
Visitors were able to learn about sustainable infrastructures such as the new container terminal to be located in the sheltered waters of the north dock of the Port of Valencia extension, which completed its works in 2012. Through a panel, explanatory video and QR codes to learn about the project and the environmental studies of this terminal which will be the most modern and sustainable in the world, a model for the environment, where the origin of the electricity will be 100% from renewable sources and which will allow the supply of electricity to ships in port. The characteristics of this terminal, which is committed to nine SDGs, were presented at the exhibition.
The people who came to the Clock Building learned about the actions being developed by Aportem-Puerto Solidario to support the most disadvantaged groups in Valencia, especially in the maritime districts with actions with schools and families. The equality plans, the projects being carried out in the field of decarbonisation and promotion of clean energies, emission control or the elimination of plastic in port facilities, among others, have also been presented.
The PAV contributes to the SDGs from different perspectives and takes the lead in promoting them through action and in alliance with its port community. This commitment, which is reported on Valenciaport’s social networks in three languages (Spanish, Valencian and English), is addressed with specific actions that benefit society as a whole, to achieve progress in the necessary transformation of our world through global involvement with the Sustainable Development Goals agreed in the 2030 Agenda.