DescriptionProject: Anticoli Corrado has an important museum of modern and contemporary art and is an important touristic place, but mostly for people from Rome. However it has an international vocation because of its history and artistic past and the municipality, with the support of the local associations, wants to enhance this vocation. Legambiente Mondi Possibili bet on the touristic development of the valley and created in Anticoli Corrado an Educational Centre for children and adults who want to build a green future. Legambiente local group: Legambiente Mondi Possibili was born in 2006. It organises The Global Sharing day in Festambiente Mondi Possibili - http://festambiente.mondipossibili.it/ and several activities for bike mobility - www.magnalonga.netWork: The work of the volunteers will contribute to improve the environmental communication and operations of the educational centre and the village itself, through the translation of some promotional materials in foreign languages, support in the Museum activities and working for the conservation and value of artworks.Therefore, the volunteers will contribute to the creation of an environmental educational campaign in an intercultural way for children of Anticoli Corrado. They will strictly cooperate with the Anticoli's inhabitants in the summer event organization.Study part: Volunteers will learn how to repair a bike and to create a vegetable gardenThe volunteers will stay also with students of Cardiff university. Accommodation and food: "Il Casone"is an Educational Centre at the feet of the hill of Anticoli Corrado.Location and leisure: Anticoli Corrado is a village with less than 1000 inhabitants, 50 km from Rome, in Lazio region. Anticoli Corrado could be a milestone for tourism. This because of its proximity to Rome, because it is included in the Aniene Valley (that can be visited on foot or by bike), because it has a long artistic history, because it is a very nice village. During the free time it will be possible to have excursions in the Aniene Valley, Tivoli and to visit the nearby very nice villages.Special requirements: Volunteers must be able to ride a bike. Participation fee: 95 EuroLanguage: English will be the official language of the camp.Terminal: Leonardo da Vinci Airport (Fiumicino - FCO) or Ciampino airports; RomeTrain stations (Roma Termini or Roma Tiburtina).
Legambiente Paestum has the mission to transform an abandoned space – the dune ecosystem that goes from the coast to the archaeological area – in an open-air laboratory for the knowledge of coast ecosystem, addressing local community, tourists, students, researchers. The dune is in fact the most valuable environmental element in the ecosystem, thanks to the psammofite vegetation and particularly the sea lily. Nowadays called “Dune Oasis”, it became a social experiment where artistic performances, concerts, cinema, books presentation and voluntary activities are organised. Recently, Legambiente started collaborating with the migrants’ shelter in Paestum, fostering their social inclusion, through language courses, socialising events, migrants’ participation in maintenance activities in the Dune Oasis. The workcamps are included in these inclusion project and foreseen the participation of migrants in the camps activities. The aim is to make the migrants feel active protagonist of the valorisation of their hosting territory. The volunteers will share with them an ordinary life experience, participating all together in the serene relational group dynamics. They will help in the language learning and in valorising their competences and capacities.
Legambiente local group:
Born in 1987, Legambiente local group in Paestum - Freewheeling – is currently enaged in the running of Dune Oasis; in the project "Paestumanità" for the valorisation of the archaeological area; in the campaign "No Tonz" fighting against the artificialisation of the coast.
Work:
the volunteers will work together with the migrants at the environmental maintenance of the Dune Oasis, visitirs’ welcoming, signals’ creation, preparation of the 3rd edition of the festival Festambiente Paestumanità.
Study part:
there will be informal training sessions about migrants’ inclusion and conservation of coast habitat.
Accommodation:
guest house in the Dune Oasis.
Location and leisure:
Paestum is a little town founded during VI century b.C. by Greeks, who built wonderful temples - and civilization – that now consitute a very important archeological area (UNESCO site) among the best maintained in the Mediterranean.
Location:
Paestum, province of Salerno, Campania region
Special requirements:
open-minded volunteers are welcome; a basic knowledge of Italian is needed.
Language:
Italian is the official language of the camp because of the learning process of migrants. However, English and French will be widely used to ensure the communication among migrants, Italian and foreign volunteers.
Project: The cooperative Liberi Sogni (that means free dreams in Italian) is very active in its territory since 2006 and works organizing social, cultural and environmental projects in the districts of Lecco, Bergamo and Monza e Brianza, in the region Lombardia.Liberi Sogni always considered the intercultural topic very important. Many people that work in the cooperative have lived abroad for volunteering or working experiences and experimented directly how important is to promote solidarity and attention towards other cultures, especially among young people.Liberi Sogni organizes the workcamp to involve young people, local and international, in the transformation of an abandoned wood in a place useful and pleasant for the local community.The main aims of the project are environmental education and awareness through active engagement of young people in an international and natural environment.Through the experience in the wood, we would like to achieve personal development, increase active citizenship in society, improving language competences, raise participants' awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries.
Work:
Work: The work will be concentrated mainly in the morning, about 4 hours per day.with three activities:1-Arrangement of the camp, taking care of the little vegetable garden and of the water tank.2- work in the wood: building tables with wood materials (the tables will be used to create in the wood a relax-area for the local people) and fixing or building footpaths.3- Cooking to prepare lunch with organic food coming from the nearby area In the afternoon the volunteers will take part in special workshops, games, and other activities (for example orienteering, land art, soap making workshops) or will get in contact with local associacions or local people. 4 evenings will be organized with "cultural nights", where one or more countries organize a dinner with the typical food and games and /or workshops to show their own culture. The rest of the evenings there will be moments at the fireplace, free evenings or some game in the darkness.The volunteers will have 2 days free from the work, in one them it will be organized a trip to an abandoned village called Consonno (http://opacity.us/site227_consonno.htm), the other will be a day of self-management. Also the first day and the last day of the camp will be without working activities (except from cooking and arranging the camp).
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation and Food: The volunteers will sleep in tents of 4 people. The tents will be provided, but the volunteers will have to bring their own camping mattress and sleeping bag.The tents will be divided in girls and boys tends. Paticipants must carry their belongings in a backpack, as they will reach the camp on foot.Electricity and hot water will be provided by photovoltaic and solar panels. We will have water from some tanks of 1000 litres of water each, which will be often filled. This water will be used to wash the dishes and equipment, to irrigate the vegetable garden and for the showers. As there will be little water available, participants will have to learn to manage it efficiently. Drinking water will be taken from the local fountain. The food will be prepared by the volunteers, who will eat together in a big tent. Most of the food will come from local farms of from the the fair trade market.The toilet are compost toilets, made of wood. There are 2 compost toilets. The showers are solar showers, without a tent. So the swimming suit is required while you shower.There won't be internet connection and the use of electricity will be very few since we use photovoltaic panels.
Location & leisure:
Location: The workcamp takes place in a in a place called "Campiano" which belongs to the municipality of Valgreghentino (LC), in the north of Italy.In the past this area was used for the agriculture, but now most of it is abandoned: we can see abandoned buildings, woods and fields. Invasive plants are growing avoiding the growth of the local ones.
Terminal:
Milan airports (Orio al Serio, Linate and Malpensa)
Project:The association Artemide for years proposes itself as crossroad of experiences in the educational field, the EDUC-active project has as primary objective the education to the independence, the young people, above all if carriers of uneasiness, are stimulated and motivated asking them to be active part in the process of theoretical construction and practice of the activities. In this way they appreciate the responsibility of an assignment to acquit, the knowledge is assimilated in the best way when it is combined to artistic practical activity, ecological, handicraft. The responsibility towards the whole world becomes an obvious consequence. Idea is to connect experiences and different knowledge.
Add Value of this experience:
Protect the natural environment from the touristic speculation of the area. Increase the value of a disadvantaged rural area that has been constantly abandoned from the local population in the last 20 yearsTo put in practice the ideology of EcologyTo invent new solutions related to traditional practice and creativity
The House Laboratory "Il Cerquosino" has been restructured following bio building construction techniques focusing the attention on energy critical consumption:
there have been installed solar system collectors, waters' herbal purification system, green roof, wood storage heater as well as to the principles of recovery and recycle materials; construction with local stone.The idea of organising this work camp is the answer to several needs of our association, first of all to make the House laboratory Cerquosino a place where different culture can gather and contribute to create a better place for the ones that will be hosted here in the future.
Work:
WORK: The volunteers in collaboration with the members of Artemide association will be involved in creative recycling workshops; how to create new from recycled materials, using both traditional way of assembly and new creative and experimental techniques. (pallets, wood from the forest, plastic bottle, paper....)1.Study of the projects2.Preparation of the material3.ConstructionWorking days from Monday to Friday, 5 hours a day. A trip will be organised at the middle of the camp.
Accomodation & food:
ACCOMMODATION&FOOD: The house laboratory Cerquosino has a big kitchen that the volunteer will use to prepare their own food, vegetarian or not, it's up to their own decision. Nearby there are no shops, the nearest one is in the little village of Morrano. The nearest supermarket is in Orvieto. The house has got 1 single room, 1 triple room, 1 dormitory with 8 bed and 1 dormitory with 6 bed. A common bathroom with 3 toilets and 3 showers. Washing machine is not available. No internet line available.
Location & leisure:
LOCATION: The work camp will be held at the House laboratory Cerquosino that is located on the Peglia Mountain, in the countryside 25 km away from the town of Orvieto in one of those disadvantaged and poorly productive areas that are nearly preserved intact until today. Cerquosino is situated inside the natural reserve of Elmo Melonta park, place of notable environmental interest. Inside flows the stream Melonta, where it is possible to take a bath. The inhabitants of the area are mainly farmers; the average age of the inhabitants is very high as the new generations emigrate to the city. http://cerquosino.altervista.org/ facebook: Cerquosino Artemide
Requirements:
Notes: remember that the house laboratory is very isolated, in the middle of a forest. Bring with you all the thing for personal use as the nearest shop is very far away with no public transportation to reach it. It is recommended to book a flight that will allow you to get to Orvieto in the late afternoon.We will communicate the time of the meeting point at Orvieto Train Station by email.
Project summary: This workcamp project aims to give value to a local territory which has a suggestive cultural heritageDescriptionProject: The village is quite small and mainly with older inhabitants. The request to organize a workcamp came directly from the population more than 4 years ago, because they want to see the village taking more life during summer while preserving the cultural and natural heritage.Legambiente local group: Legambiente Prato was founded in 1986; since then it has been engaged in the defence of environmental heritage, promotion and education on environmental issues throughout young students and the whole citizenship. Focusing on renewable energies, sustainable development, waste management, biodiversity, promotion of healthy life styles, Legambiente Prato has set up since its beginning several projects which still produce outstanding outcomes. Listed below some of the most successful activities of the organization: management of "Rifugio Le Cave" environmental education center (CEA) inside a natural reserve; summer international workcamps in the Province of Prato; permanent environmental education in Prato's schools on the topics of water, energy, biodiversity, climate change; national campaigns "Puliamo Il mondo", "Festa dell'albero"; local festivals; European Volunteering Service projects.Work: The working activities will mainly consists in recovering some parts of naturalistic pathways starting from Poggio alla Malva or other location displaced in the Municipalities of Carmignano from infestant herbs, trash and so on. Where necessary volunteers will also put new signals of pathways. The pathways they are going to clean have a historical-social value connected to the past (Etruscan heritage, II world war heritage and so on).Study part: How to read a mountain pathway map; how to behave in a hiking - thanks to collaboration with local CAI department (Italian Alpine Club); sustainable tourism through art (photo-reportage of the faces and places of local community and realization of a short video or document/pictures to promote along ecotouristic blog/website or to be promoted inside "La nuova ecologia" magazine). Other activities dealing with reflection on environmental topics are foreseen. Accommodation and food: The accommodation of the workcamp consists in a local school displaced in the territory of the Municipality of Carmignano (Poggio alla Malva or nearby villages)In the school there will be beds in one or more rooms, bathroom and kitchen place. There will be also 2 outside covered showers. Location and leisure: Carmignano (http://www.comune.carmignano.po.it/) counts 14.000 inhabitants. This Municipality covers an area where historic, landscape and wine-gastronomic heritage are well represented. Thanks to its position between Prato and Florence, this lovely place is especially wonderful for its views and green countryside. Poggio alla Malva, one of the many villages that is under the Carmignano Municipality, is also very close to the UNESCO site "Artimino's Villa" a renaissance structure world-wide famous for its hundred chimney tops. Poggio alla Malva also testifies an important site where Etruscan signs are still visible (necropolis, old structures and landmarks). You can also learn more about reading the web article published last year by participants during the workcamp http://italiaslowtour.com/legambiente-camps/Specific Requirements: it is very important to tolerate high temperatures and be available to work with the hot wave, although work will be in the early morning to avoid extreme hot. It is important to show kindness and interest in joining the local community, especially because their hospitality is amazing. Motivation letter is required. Language: English will be the official languageTerminal: Florence Peretola Airport (or Pisa Airport/Bologna Airport). Train station: Firenze Santa Maria Novella or the smaller local station of Signa (very close to Florence).
Parkambiente association is in charge of environment protection. It organizes trekking, orienteering competitions and cultural paths, enhancing the natural resources, but mainly it is engaged in the construction of a natural Park, involving disabled people and volunteers in construction, maintanance and management, together with the volunteers.
WORK:
Volunteers will be engaged in the work of paths, replacement of stockade and park maintenance, especially the care of green in the park. We organized this field to enable the disabled people to take advantage of a green space fitted for them.We will work 5 days a week; in the morning: from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m.; in the afternoon: from 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. except Saturday and Sunday.
ACCOMODATION:
To sleep we will be guests of a school structure with division of rooms for men and rooms for women. We will make sure to prepare on networks beds and mattresses. The bathrooms will be those of the students. There are no washing machines.
FOOD:
We will be independent, meaning that a shift system will organize groups for cooking and cleaning. For the evening we will invite volunteers to prepare the recipes of their own Nations.
LOCATION:
Sannio is located 40 km from Naples with 9000 inhabitants.
LEISURE TIME:
Cultural tours will be organized as sightseeing in Naples, Caserta e Benevento. During the evenings we will partecipate in fairs and festivals organized to nearby towns.
TERMINAL:
Internationa Airport is «Napoli Capodichino» With shuttle one can go to the train station «NAPOLI CENTRALE» (Naples Central). To reach Airola you have to take the train to Arpaia - Line METROCAMPANIANORD. From Naples Central Station, you could also take a Bus to Benevento and get off at Arpaia.
Legambiente has recovered Palascìa lighthouse through a legal dispute, because it had been assigned for a private villa. Thanks to the positive result of the dispute, the lighthouse was given back for community purposes. The first project in the regained lighthouse was a museum run by the university. After some more years of abandonment, the lighthouse has been restored with public funds and assigned to Legambiente, with the aim of creating a Centre for Environmental Education. From now on, the Centre must be set up: the project foresees restoration facilities with health food laboratories, the arrangement of didactic rooms with scientific equipment, the maintenance of paths and signals.
Legambiente local group:
the local group “Morrieri” was born at the end of 90’ to safeguard a precious and delicate territory at the eastern Italian part: Capo d’Otranto. Legambiente local group saved the area of Cervi cave preventing the building of a tourism big structure; it promoted the craetion of the Park Otranto Leuca and conserved the Turchi bay.
Work:
Volunteers will arrange part of the building as didactic room, they will create small gadgets, do the maintenance of the wooden fence and make signals for the official trekking paths.
Study part:
responsible tourism and experimental archaeology.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live in the lighthouse.
Location and leisure:
Capo d’Otranto is immersed in a valuable natural environment with different marine and land protected areas, a dune ecosystem and Mediterranean vegetation. The lighthouse was built in 1869 to identify the eastern part of Italy; it is among the five lighthouses under protection of the European Union and also hosts the meteorological station Otranto-Punta Palascia
Specific Requirements:
Predisposition to walk and hiking; manual ability.
Language:
English will be the official language in the camp.
Terminal:
Nearest airport is Brindisi. Nearest train station is Lecce or Otranto.
The main work will consist in cleaning and maintenance of the outdoor site of the castle and the park. Volunteers will be working 7-8 hours per day under the supervision of local technical leader. During the workcamp, on 26th of July there will be a traditional celebration of Madonna del Faggio so the volunteers will be also involved in setting up and taking off the stands, the tables and other structures for the feast. It will be a perfect opportunity to get to know the local community and discover the local cuisine as well Be prepared for physical work.
Accomodation & food:
The volunteers will be hosted in one of the buildings of the Manservisi Castle on the territory of the park. The accommodation has beds, 3 toilets and shower. Sleeping bag is required. The meals will be provided by the staff of the centre, the volunteers will clean the dining room and wash the dishes as a group. During the workcamp there will be several events and activities organized by local partner so the volunteers are asked to be respectful and polite with other guests of the park.
Location:
The Manservisi Castle is situated in a small village near to Castelluccio di Porretta Terme which is quite isolated: there is no public transport after 7 p.m.
Requirements:
Project-related motivation letter is required. This project is perfectly suitable with nature lovers and people highly motivated for manual work. Please bring with you typical games, recipes, musical instruments from your country.
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