RAIn 2017: what will Sardinia be like tomorrow?
A great company, an association of innovators, one of the best schools in Italy and a Regional School Authority that pays particular attention to the relationship between school and the world of work. These are the forces behind the third edition of the Prize “RAIn – Raccontami l’Avvenire e l’Innovazione” (tell me the story of the future and innovation), presented on Tuesday 17 January at the Primo Levi High School in Quartu Sant’Elena. To take part in the contest, Sardinian students from the last three years of high school had to create a 3-minute video describing an essential innovation for our future. (CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IN PDF FORMAT)
The Head of the Regional School Authority, Francesco Feliziani, during presentation of the Prize RAIn 2017
The participating students were shown interviews given by fellow students who had won the previous editions, together with their videos. “The aim of the competition, said Francesco Marini, Chairman of Sarlux (Saras Group) – is to test your capacity to imagine what the future might be like. For us, innovation means always striving to do better”. The Head of the Regional School Authority, Francesco Feliziani was enthusiastic: “I like the competition RAIn basically for two reasons – one, because it’s clear that we are looking at a Company eager to share its know-how with students, and two, because it’s a very democratic competition, where the difference can be made by small details. You can innovate with very little. The task of the school is to provide stimuli and opportunities to students. And today with this competition we are doing just that”. Simone Ferrari, university teacher and coordinator of Sardegna 2050, the association of innovation experts co-authoring the RAIn Prize, reminded the audience that innovation and change must start from the schools: “The important thing is to open your mind, change your viewpoint and imagine what Sardinia could become over the next few years”.
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Apart from taking part in the competition, students will be able to submit “backstage” reports, consisting of photos and videos that will go on the Facebook and Instagram pages of the Prize RAIn 2017, which are interfaces for dialogue and inspiration. They will find the explanatory texts and charts on the competition, and stories or events marking the milestones of human history.
The fact that the third edition of RAIn started from the Primo Levi Business-Technology High School is not fortuitous. This was the school of the boys and girls who launched the innovative start-up Hangreen; they are the inventors of a ‘vertical garden’, using an old pallet equipped with a device detecting temperature, ambient light and soil moisture, to give the plants the best possible growth conditions. The information can be viewed on the smartphone and the structure itself. Thus, you always know when to water or care for the plants. What’s more, the Levi Institute has been included in the list of the best schools in Italy by website Eduscopio.it, which assessed the results of first-year university students by high school of origin.