ENVIRONMENT
THE ESSENCE OF MISMATCHED SOCKS by Marco Piemonte CEO at Greenden and Green Hearts Dignity
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elcome back dear friends, I would like to start this article by sharing a little secret. You may be aware by now that since I am part of the Global Goodwill Ambassador Foundation, gradually, I have seen myself grow on a personal level and I have discovered parts of myself that I did not see or did not want to see. Today, two years after my appointment, I feel like a completely restructured, changed person. I have replaced my modalities, my approach towards life and towards myself, in short, I feel free but at the same time very responsible for what is around me. I am grateful to this Foundation because it enriched me and my acquired sensitivity lead me to intercept people like in this case the Master Sabrina and her friends Giulia, Silvia, Clara and Edy. How come this nice little group caught my attention? Well, prick up your ears, because these wonderful people have given birth to a “social event” that takes the name of “The day of mismatched socks”. Think of the event as a metaphor for diversity and the fact that color, length, shape and size do not change the nature of things or person: they are always and in any case socks metaphorically speaking!
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So, one day, Sabrina, Giulia, Silvia, Clara and Edy decide to create a post and publish it each on their profile, the post stated; Attention if you too want to join the day of mismatched socks it is very simple “you need to wear unmatched, imaginative and playful socks, take a picture and post it on your Facebook or Instagram profile tagging @autismoParoleperdirlo”. The invitation to participate addressed to everyone: adults and children, teachers and parents, kindergartens and schools, as if by magic, had a huge success in Italy and from that day on, every 5th February, the Social is colored with mismatched socks, in honor of an important theme like autism. As a Global Goodwill Ambassador, I felt it was important to disseminate this initiative in taking a different look at diversity and so I created a dedicated post for this article, amazing, how many photos have arrived, some of these photos are visible here in this article. Anyone who knows me knows for sure that my curiosity has no limits, but above all in the various projects that I am carrying out, in future a closer involvement is planned with the Sustainable Companies that are part of my Team, and so I wrote directly to Sabrina my complimenting her on the initiative and she replied very kindly;
