Carlo Savini
Guastalla, Reggio
Emilia, 1934
Roma,
2013, September 28th
A professor of
Psycho-Sociology, scholar of history of civilizations, communication
sciences, environmental and tourism sciences, filmography and
documentary studies. He is Chairman of the European Union Academy of Art
and Literary Critics, the “Antinoo” International Arts Centre, the
Planning Institute for Quality of Life, the European Award for Tourist
Books, Art and Sacred Art Competitions and a member of the juries of
international tourist and ecological film festivals.
He is the Director of the National Institute of Tourism Ecology, the
European Centre for Tourism and Land Planning, and is the editor of the
“Euromediterraneo” magazine, scientific coordinator, since 1970, of the
International “Man and his Environment” Film Festival Authority, which,
since 1982, is responsible for organising the European Ecology Weeks,
and a member of the Italy-Mozambique Culture Centre.
He is also a member of the UK-based “Arnold Toynbee” Academy for the
Study of Civilizations, of the “Rachel Carson” Memorial Foundation of
New York, of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of
Montenegro, and is Deputy Chairman of UNIPAX (World Union for Peace and
the Fundamental Human Rights and the Rights of People), which is an
associate organisation of the United Nations.
He has collaborated with a number of international bodies (UN, OMT,
OECD, EEC, UNEP) and has represented Italy on various international
committees. He has been active in promoting the Cause for recognizing
Saint Francis of Assisi as the Patron Saint of the ecological sciences (Apostolic
Bull by John Paul II, 29.11.1979).
He has received many honorary
degrees, citizenships and academic qualifications from Italian, European
and international institutions. His personality and eclectic culture
have earned him the title of “European Man” from “The Times” newspaper,
on the occasion of the awarding of the “Emil Noël” Prize in 1987, by the
European Institutions, in recognition of his “scientific, cultural and
educational contribution to Community policies”.
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