Training

Agroecology for land regeneration

Agroecology for land regeneration

The Summer School aims to help train future professionals who know how to trigger and implement, through the identification of the most promising and effective agroecological practices,processes of territorial, environmental and sociocultural regeneration in urban and
peri-urban

Campus for young people willing to undertake

Campus for young people willing to undertake

The educational plan, divided into 10 weeks (8 in-person and 2 remotely), covers various topics related to mountain entrepreneurship and is formulated to best suit the participants’ business ideas.

Woody flora of the Emilian Apennines.

board edited by Enrico Bocchi - May 15, 2022 Enrico Bocchi provides us with an interesting sheet complete with legend to identify the most suitable woody species for hedge planting in the Apennine area of Emilia bocchi2022mag15floralwoodAppennEmiliaDownload the...

SIEPI-with hedges, nature encroaches on agriculture

The background of this SIEPI board. The following text rehashes an English original produced by project 2019-1-ES01-KA204-065581“resilient farmlands: promoting education to boost ecosystem services of non-productive agricultural lands(Resifarms)” of the Erasmus+...

Recommendations for biodiversity conservation in hedgerows and trees

from Enrico Bocchi - 15 May 2022 Whether they are found in natural, rural, or public and private parks, it is important that hedgerows maintain their function as bastions of biodiversity, preserving evidence of vegetation that was sacrificed to make way for...

Hedge seed drill course

Hedge seed drill course

WI is looking for soc@ who want to take part from Sept. 8 to 10 in the Seminasiepi – First Stage SPT course , conceived, organized and funded by WI. It is indispensable to be motivated to plant or enhance existing hedges on your farm.

Weed control without chemistry

Weed control without chemistry

Oper8, a thematic network funded under the Horizon Europe program with the ambition to help establish national action plans on nonchemical weed control. The project begins by gathering “from the bottom up” the impressions and considerations of stakeholders, primarily farmers, but also consultants and technical media companies, regarding alternative techniques to herbicide use.

The school of community activation and ecological transition

The school of community activation and ecological transition

The NEO Project – New Hospitable Experiences, is an immersive school of community activation and ecological transition, which applies participatory and inclusive approaches to the issues of inland neopolitanism and ecological transition.
The pilot phase was launched last June and took place between July and December 2022. The first national call for applications attracted 28 applications.

National School of Shepherding

National School of Shepherding

the first trials in some areas of Piemonte and Lombardia of the fledgling National School of Shepherding, which is soon to start in a different form in Sardinia and, shortly in Toscana as well (further areas are expected to be involved).

walls built as if they have already collapsed – unbreakable walls

walls built as if they have already collapsed – unbreakable walls

The walls of most houses standing today split open vertically over time. The foundations of houses built by the present generation for future generations, on the contrary, contract horizontally with the passage of time. In many places in the world, this type of wall can be built without any planning permission.