On March 22, we celebrate World Water Day, a crucial moment to reflect on the importance of this resource and the need to protect it. The theme chosen by the United Nations for 2025, Glacier Conservation, highlights one of the most urgent challenges of our time: the rapid melting of ice, which disrupts the water cycle and threatens fundamental planetary balances.
Maddalena SpA, always committed to promoting a culture of water measurement, has been collaborating for years with Reson-Ice, a project that brings together science, industry, and art to raise awareness of the fragility of glaciers and the need to preserve water.
Selected by the call Radio Utopia – News from the World of the XVIII International Architecture Biennale of Venice, the sound of Reson-Ice has received prestigious recognition, making its way to the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris and the Chicago Architecture Center.
Over the past year, Reson-Ice has continued to raise awareness on water sustainability and glacier conservation, evolving from a sound experience into an educational project. An initiative that underscores the urgency of taking action for sustainability, in line with Goals 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
The most recent educational event took place at the Julius Kugy Cultural Center in Tarvisio, as part of the Raccontiamoci la Montagna (Let’s Tell the Mountain) series of meetings promoted by the Tourism Promotion Consortium of Tarvisiano, Sella Nevea, and Passo Pramollo. In an evocative evening in early February, voices and experts took turns sharing insights into the fragility of the Alps, delivering a powerful message on the sustainable management of water resources.
Reson-Ice was conceived and developed by Pietro Tonchia and Paola Fattori, lawyers and musicians from Udine, who created a unique awareness-raising project. A key contribution also came from Prof. Federico Cazorzi, a distinguished hydrologist from the University of Udine and a member of the Italian Glaciological Committee.
Maddalena SpA enriched the project with the recorded sound of a volumetric water meter, symbolizing a countdown and reinforcing the message of water resource protection.
The project also featured a special contribution from Maestro Giovanni Sollima, composer of the N-Ice Cello Concerto, created for the documentary by Corrado Bungaro, which tells the poignant Story of the Ice Cello (Raiplay). The sound of the instrument, sculpted by artist Tim Linhart on the Presena Glacier, represents the last song of the ice.
A meeting of art, science, and technology, Reson-Ice demonstrates how water measurement and the fight against climate change are strategic levers for sustainability.
UN WORLD WATER DAY – 2025 Glacier Preservation
This project helps Maddalena S.p.A.
contribute to the Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
