01520nas a2200109   4500008004100000245010000041210006900141260001200210520109900222100002001321856006901341       2014                        eng d00aThe garbage crisis , environmental migrants and ecological justice in Campania (Southern Italy)0 agarbage crisis environmental migrants and ecological justice in   aLeipzig3 aThe garbage crisis in Campania, a region of the Southern Italy, is an example of human – made enviromental degradation, which determined a sudden drop in the health condition of local inhabitants, with a considerable increase in the number of deaths caused by cancer, respiratory illnesses, and also genetic malformations. Since the mid-1990s the Italian government declared the state of emergency for waste disposal in Campania. During a demonstration against the Giugliano thermovalorizor, a woman said: "Before people leave Naples and Campania, because of unemployment; today people leave Naples and Campania because of ecological disaster. They don't want to die"(28th of September 2013). «The contemporary garbage struggle reveals that the distribution of power among social groups affects not only their social relations, but also the ecology of the urban/rural enviroments and, ultimately, of the human bodies inhabiting them»( Armiero, 2008). This reference supports the thesis, developed in this chapter, that ecomigration can be related to human – made enviromental degradation.1 aAmicolo, Romina  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/336701559nas a2200109   4500008004100000245010200041210006900143260001200212520113600224100002001360856006901380       2014                        eng d00aThe garbage crisis, the ecological justice and enviromental migrants in Campania (Southern Italy)0 agarbage crisis the ecological justice and enviromental migrants   aLeipzig3 aThe garbage crisis in Campania, a region of the Southern Italy, is an example of enviromental transformation. It's a human – made enviromental degradation, which determined a sudden drop in the health condition of local inhabitants, with a considerable increase in the number of deaths caused by cancer, respiratory illnesses, and also genetic malformations. Since the mid-1990s the Italian government declared the state of emergency for waste disposal in Campania. The local demonstrations and direct actions in various areas of Campania, can be considered an adaptation pathway. In the last few years, civil responses have increased and indignation mounted among people from different sectors of the population. Occupations of landfills, petitions to local courts and marches have tried to break the silence and to call for the attention of national and regional governments. During a demonstration against the Giugliano thermovalorizor, a woman said: "Before people leave Naples and Campania, because of unemployment; today people leave Naples and Campania because of ecological disaster. They don't want to die"(28/09/ 2013).1 aAmicolo, Romina  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/3504