Gestire l'evitabile, evitare l'ingestibile

The action takes place in the year 2040, the intermediate target set by the European Union to reverse the course of climate change. We are in a small coastal town in central Italy, and it is December 1st: contrary to what we would expect, the climate feels like summer, with heat spikes well above thirty degrees, biodiversity wiped out, and a chaotic mix of out-of-season blooms and drought. This has been the trend for a few years now: the disappearance of seasonal cycles, persistently scorching heat, drought, and eco-anxiety afflicting the younger generations—those tasked with solving a problem they did not create. Parents seem stuck twenty years in the past, when disaster was declared imminent but still felt distant: what did they do to prevent this situation? This is the case of Dante, father of Dario and Laura, a successful manager who prioritizes his business over his family, and, on the opposite end, Vittoria and Paolo, parents of Carlo, who fight to break down the walls of racism, segregation, and ignorance. Then there are Cassandra, Sibilla, and Greta—Cassandra and Sibilla are high school teachers, while Greta is a school psychologist. They face this climate chaos while reflecting on their memories of a time when something could have been done—but wasn’t. They strive to help their students navigate this challenge. Their allies? Books, memories, skills, knowledge, and above all, their deep love for education and for their students.