DECADE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM – YEAR I

The Vatican welcomes the appeal to return to take care of the environment, launched by the United Nations General Assembly, which declared the years 2021 to 2030 the United Nations Decade for the Restoration of Ecosystems. The Vatican postage stamp dedicated to the restoration of the ecosystem, worth € 7.00, as well as a collector's item or postage, will testify to a personal commitment to environmental protection. For the 45,000 Vatican stamps, 3.9 million polyester yarn was used, obtained from the recycling of 4000 600 ml plastic bottles, which is equivalent to 85 meters of stamp yarn and 8 stamps produced with each bottle. To start this cycle of emissions linked to the environment, we wanted to start from an element as simple as it is fundamental in the cycle of life, the seed, which fertilizes in the earth and thanks to the heat of the sun can reach maturity, as our environmental conscience must do. and ecological.