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ΙΤΑΛΙΑLeg01 Campsirago
(Lc) Lombardia 20/6-3/7 TEEN/ENVI 10
Project: S. Genesio Park is on a hilly and mountainous area placed in the Southern
part of Lecco province. The hills contain interesting ancient rural villages,
a lot of which are depopulated. One of these is the medieval village of Campsirago,
where Legambiente has a Permanent Centre for Voluntary Service and Environmental
Education. During the camp the work will be the maintenance of mule tracks of
the Brianza Mountain and cleaning the rivers that cross the areas of the local
districts. Some volunteers will be involved in activities in order to realize
a cultural map site.
Work: Environmental works, cultural site map
Accommodation: Permanent Voluntary Centre
Location: Campsirago is in the district of Lecco, Lombardia region, North of
Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo.
Leg03 Brescia (Bs) Lombardia 27/6-10/7 ENVI 12
Project: Brescia is a big city with 200,000 inhabitants, with very important
historical and artistic sites, from the Roman age up to the XX century, like
the Roman Forum, the Medieval and Renaissance churches and cloisters, Vittoria's
square which is an example of fascist architecture, and the important Palaeo-Christian
church of S. Salvatore into the S.Giulia's convent. During the camp period there
are some interesting summer festivals, including a unique international festival
of contemporary circus. This town is very close to the lakes and during the
summer there are a lot of performances, so it's also a touristic area. The workcamp
will take place in the "Hills of Brescia Park", a local park where
volunteers will restore and maintain the paths. They will be lodged in a restructured
refuge inside the park, a fresh and green area at the same time close to the
town.
Work: Restoration and maintenance of pathways.
Accommodation: mountain refuge
Location: Brescia district, Lombardia region in the North of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo.
Leg05 Cinisello Balsamo(Mi) Lombardia 27/6-11/7 ENVI 12
Project: Grugnotorto's park looks like an agricultural area surrounded by wide
urban suburbs, very much populated and very close to Milan. The park is the
natural connection between the nearby Regional Parks Nord Milano, Groane and
Valle del Lambro, making possible the movements of fauna and the diffusion of
flora. There are both agricultural areas and interesting wet plains where it's
possible to find wild orchids. Here live several species of birds, little mammiferous
and some species of amphibians. In this park, Legambiente manages two big areas
where there are works of tree plantation. During the camp, volunteers will take
care of the park area: setting wood-panels, cleaning up the underwood and taking
care of the small-planted trees
Work: taking care of a Park
Accommodation: municipal building
Location: Cinisello is in Milan district, Lombardia region, North of Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo.
Leg06 Campo Calabro (Rc) Calabria 28/6-11/7 RENO 15
Leg24 Campo Calabro (Rc) Calabria 12/7-25/7 RENO 15
Project: the workcamp is located in the "Matiniti Inferiore" ex-munitions
storage that, together with other 24 buildings, was used as an anti-aircraft
base during the 2nd World War. The fortress is only 2 km far from the sea and
is situated just in front of the Messina Strait. The closeness to both sea and
mountain creates a unique combination of colours and smells, and a definitely
suggestive landscape. In fact you can easily get from the beaches, crossing
the hills, to the woods. The camp aims at restoring and to revaluating a part
of the building in order to enable it to host environmental didactic activities
for local schools. Volunteers will clean up the area and take off the spoilt
items (doors, windows, etc.). Due to the summer high temperatures, they will
work very early in the morning.
Work: restore and revaluate the building
Accommodation: house.
Location: Reggio Calabria district in Calabria region, South West of Italy.
Terminal: Reggio Calabria airport.
Leg11 Moiano (Bn) Campania 1/7-15/7 ENVI 15
Project: workcamp is a part of a project aiming at restoring several caves in
different municipalities of Taburno-Campobasso Park. In 2001 and 2003 two international
camps made Taburno's cave open to tourist and pupils. The final goal is to find
out all the caves hidden by the vegetation and realize trekking routes. In 2002,
Legambiente local group has showed the actual path to 800 students and pupils.
This year volunteers' work will be concentrated on the reopening of a path connecting
three different paths restored in the past with Vallenera cave
Work: creation of trekking areas
Accommodation: school
Location: Benevento district, Campania region, in South of Italy
Terminal: closest airport is Naples
Leg12 Seregno (Bg) Lombardia 1/7-14/7 TEEN/ENVI 15
Leg29 Seregno (Bg) Lombardia 15/7-30/7 ENVI 15
Project: the park is situated in the heart of Brianza around the town of Seregno,
which is close to Milan and approximately 30km from Como Lake and some interesting
mountains. It consists of agricultural land surrounded by natural hedges of
Robinia and Elderflower which contribute to the preservation of valuable local
flora and fauna. These areas are important for its strategic relevance because
they represent and specific natural characteristics and preserve them. Volunteers
will clean some areas of the local park and they will maintain some young trees
that have been planted in the past by other volunteers. It will also be possible
to attend the public swimming pool.
Work: Plants maintenance.
Accommodation: School or sport centre
Location: Bergamo district, Lombardia region, North of Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Bergamo or Milan
Leg16 Bienno (Bs) Lombardia 10/7-24/7 ENVI 15
Project: Bienno is a small medieval village, located in Valcamonica, the northern
area of Brescia Province. It's on the slopes of Alps at 500mt above sea level.
This village is well known for the old tradition of iron manufacture and also
for the characteristic "borgo" (www.comune.bienno.bs.it). Adamello
Park is located in the centre of alpine chain called Retiche Alps, the Adamello
group, with the largest Italian glacier, belongs to the Park, it is bound in
its north-eastern part to Brescia Province and it's almost 51.000 hectares large.
The camp is based in the mountains at 1500mt, inside the protected area called
Campolungo, approximately 1,30h from Bienno. This area is very interesting for
its environmental richness and because contains visible traces of the Roman
copper and iron manufacturing industry. The work will include the cleaning of
the underbrush, restoration of grazing areas and the maintenance of paths. During
the workings day participants will be hosted in a refugee, the final part of
the workcamp they will move to Bienno's families. Near to the refuge there is
a freshwater stream where it is possible to take a bath (only for the bravest
vols!)
Work: cleanness of underbrush, restoring of grazing areas
Accommodation: refuge/in family
Location: Brescia district in Lombardia region, North of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport is Bergamo-Orio al Serio
Leg18 Madone (Bg) Lombardia 10/7-24/7 ENVI 12
Project: Madone and Filago are little villages 10 kilometres away from Bergamo,
that is the main town of the district and it is easily reachable by bus. The
villages are characterised by a centre of rural houses made of stones taken
from the nearby Brembo river. Local inhabitants still practice a very traditional
sport similar to tennis: for each team there are 5 people and the name of the
game is "Palla Tamburello". The work project will be developed in
three different local municipalities belonging to the same park. We will work
3 or 4 days in each locality cleaning up and doing ordinary maintenance activities
like: cutting grass and building benches and tables. The path along the river
Brembo will be cleaned, we will set signposts and fences
Work: cleaning of paths and setting of signposts.
Accommodation: sports building
Location: Madone is in Bergamo district, Lombardia region, North of Italy.
Terminal: closest international are Bergamo and Milan
Leg39 Cuirone Vergiate (Va) Lombardia 25/7-7/8 ENVI 15
Project: the camp takes place in "Monte S.Giacomo Reserve", in the
Natural Park of Ticino River, managed by Legambiente local group. This is a
place of remarkable importance not only for its nature but also historically
for the presence, under the ruins of a "eighteenth-century Crotto",
of remains going back to the Middle Ages; it was a holy place for the Celti:
a Nemeton (Holy Wood). Volunteers will continue the environmental recovery of
the sources of the Donda stream, began last year and stopped by a very strong
storm. They will also help in the maintenance of paths and in the cleaning from
rubbish and from weeds. As in the previous camps, volunteers will be lodged
in the houses of Cuirone families.
Work: environmental restoration
Accommodation: families
Location: Cuirone Vergiate is in Varese district, Lombardia region, North of
Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo.
Leg58 Barzanς (Lc) Lombardia 22/8-4/9 ENVI 12
Project: Valletta Park is an agricultural and wooded area, situated on the way
from Bergamo to Como. It is extremely important for the nearby area of Lecco
called "Brianza Lecchese", that is heavily populated. The main local
administrations (Barzago, Barzanς, Bulciago, Cassago Brianza, Cremella and Monticello
Brianza) decided the definitive institution of the Park. All the area is covered
by a 16 kilometres long cycle-pedestrian route, which allows visitors to appreciate
the interesting peculiarities of nature and landscape, that make Valletta a
protected area. Main activity of the camp will be the maintenance of paths and
some areas into the Park.
Work: maintenance of paths
Accommodation: municipal building
Location: Lecco district in Lombardia region, North of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport is Bergamo-Orio al Serio
Leg59 Milano (Mi) Lombardia 22/8-5/9 ENVI 12
Project: the workcamp is organised by Legambiente in collaboration with another
Italian environmental association called Italia Nostra. The project is addressed
to those volunteers who want to know more about urban parks in Milan, situated
inside the city but in natural and agricultural contexts. Parco delle Cave (Caves'
Park) has the characteristics of being guided directly from an association,
in collaboration with the public administration and the participation of local
citizens. Volunteers will work together to local people in the maintenance of
a naturalistic footpath, creating a special emplacement for bird-watching and
building special "floating islands" for birds.
Work: creation of special bird-wathching emplacements.
Accommodation: Camping
Location: Milan is in Lombardia region, North of Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan.
Leg60 Santo
Stefano di Sessanio (Aq) Abruzzo 22/8-5/9 ENVI 10
Project: S. Stefano di Sessanio, situated 30km far from L'Aquila, is a small
Medieval village, one of the most suggestive and beautiful of the area for its
environmental aspects. It's famous for the growing of lentil, which can be tasted
also nowadays, especially during a special Festival which takes place in the
last week of September. The village is the start-point of wonderful excursions
into the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Lega. Volunteers will be
involved in the maintenance of an ancient path which leads to Campo Imperatore
(an important tourist resort) and crosses the camps cultivated with lentil.
The workcamp is organized during the "Sagra delle lenticchie" and
the volunteers will be involved also in the organization of the event.
Work: maintenance of an ancient path
Accommodation: house
Location: L'Aquila district, in Abruzzo region, centre of Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Rome and Pescara.
Leg61 Bosio (Al) Alessandria 23/8-4/9 ENVI 12
Project: workcamp will take place next to the Benedicta Sanctuary surrounded
by the nature of the Capanne Marcarolo Regional Park. Work consists in the maintenance
of the paths around the structure where volunteers will be hosted. Volunteers
will act in this contest to improve the park and will have the chance to discover
the natural surroundings and the social realities, and will give the opportunity
to live a full immersion in the nature even because the accomodation has no
electricity, no potable water (there is a potable spring 2km away), mobile phones
don't work. The camp is suggested to volunteers who really love contact with
nature. The area of the Park is dominated by the massive pyramid of Tobbio Mont,
from which you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Ligurian Gulf, situated at
less than 10 km. The area is particularly interesting for the abundance of watercourses
and of wetlands.
Work: maintenance of the footpaths
Accommodation: Refuge Old Mill
Location: Alessandria district, in Piemonte region, North of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport are Turin, Milan, Genoa
Leg62 Rho (Mi) Lombardia 28/8-11/9 ENVI 15
Project: Fontanili's Park is a green area characterised by the presence of "Fontanili"
(a kind of water spring). It's surrounded by wide urban suburbs, outskirts and
farming areas not far from Milan, which has a very high population density.
Rho has interesting monuments to visit like Viscontea Tower Palace, Villa Scheilbler
Gallarati Scotti and an ancient Sanctuary. Thanks to an agreement with the municipal
administration, Legambiente has the management of this Park, where many trees
have been planted. During the workcamp volunteers will take care of the park
Work: maintenance of an urban park
Accommodation: recreative center of a church
Location: Milan district, Lombardia region, North of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo
Leg63 Casei Gerola (Pv) Lombardia 29/8-12/9 ENVI 12
Project: Casei Gerola is a village in the province of Pavia (in Lombardy), South
of the River Po. From here it's easy to reach all the main cities in the North
West of Italy. Its main natural attraction is "Le Folaghe" Park where
volunteers will work building infrastructures for its fauna (like nesting boxes
etc..), creating a path (steps, hand rails etc..) and keeping the area clean
while observing fauna and flora. They will be also involved in recreational
activities inside the Park like bird-watching and evening events (concerts,
slide shows, films etc..) at local venues.
Work: create infrastructures for fauna, a path and clean up the area.
Accommodation: municipal building
Location: Casei Gerola is situated in Pavia province, Lombardia region, North
of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo.
Leg64 Galbiate (Lc) Lombardia 29/8-11/9 ENVI 12
Project: Monte Barro (986 m above sea level) is a solitary mountain in the hilly
area between the region called Brianza and Lecco, very close to Como Lake. Very
particular is the view that volunteers can admire from their accommodation almost
on top of the mountain; it is possible to admire a very large landscape with
the Pre-Alpine mountains and Brianza lakes, the city of Lecco, the Grigne massif
and Corni di Canzo massif. There are also interesting geological peculiarities
and several precious flora and fauna species. In the Park of Monte Barro it
is possible to take a nice walk along different pathways, to visit an archaeological
area and a bird-watching station. Volunteers will work in the environmental
maintenance of the area nearby the accommodation building, cleaning and removing
branches from the dry meadows of the park, and working on paths.
Work: environmental maintenance.
Accommodation: house.
Location: Galbiate is in Lecco district, Lombardia region, North of Italy.
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo.
Leg65 Piancastagnaio (Si) Tuscany 1/9-15/9 ENVI 15
Project: Piancastagnaio is situated near the Amiata Mountain, a volcanic relief
covered by chestnut wood and pretty villages. Cultivation of chestnut was, for
ages, the base of economical and social life in the area. Last year volunteers
restored an ancient drying-room where chestnuts were dried; this year volunteers
will restore the suggestive and interesting path that from Piancastagnaio leads
to San Salvatore Abbey. Volunteers will create informative wood-boards about
the local traditions, clean a fruit-land and classify several fruits. Volunteers
will be hosted in a public building into the Regional Reserve of Pigelleto where
it's possible to admire 25 kinds of trees and 28 kinds shrubs. Not far from
Pincastagnaio, there are many tourist wonderful places as Montepulciano, Montalcino,
Pienza, Pitigliano, Saturnia
Work: cleaning of fruits-land, creation of wood boards about local traditions
Accommodation: host rooms
Location: Piancastagnaio is in Toscana, Centre of Italy, district of Siena
Terminal: closest international airport is Rome
Leg66 Riomaggiore (Sp) Liguria 1/9-13/9 ENVI 12
Project: Cinque Terre (Five Lands) is a group of five villages between the sea
and the mountains formed by spectacular terraces above the sea, made by kilometres
of small dry stone-walls and cultivated with olive-trees and vine-trees. The
terraces are created from the sea level till 700 metres high, and in the last
years have suffered an important neglect by local people. Since four years Legambiente
is collaborating with the Park administration organising volunteer projects
for the safeguard of the area. The National Park of Cinque Terre has environmental
and cultural characteristic to be re-valued and preserved, and for this reason
is included in the list of Unesco environmental and culture patrimonies. Volunteers
will be involved in activities for the cleaning and maintenance of paths and
terraces
Work: cleaning and maintenance of paths and terraces
Accommodation: municipal building
Location: Cinque Terre is in La Spezia province, in Liguria region, North-West
of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport is in Genoa
Leg67 Boltiere (Bg) Lombardia 4/9-18/9 CULT 12
Project: Boltiere is an historical village near the river Brembo, one of the
most important rivers in the Bergamo district. It is located 15 kilometres away
from Bergamo, the main city of the district. The village is situated inside
the natural area Local Park of Brembo. Volunteers will collaborate in the organisation,
management and running of a "second-hand market" and in different
works aimed to raise awareness of the local people in order to avoid waste and
promote reutilization.
Work: Running of a second-hand market.
Accommodation: oratory
Location: Bergamo district, Lombardia region in the North of Italy.
Terminal: Closest international airport Bergamo "Orio al Serio"
Leg68 Marcaria (Lc) Lombardia 26/9-9/10 ENVI 15
Project: the area of Oglio Sud Park follows the homonymous river Oglio crossing
Cremona and Mantova districts, sometimes only few hundred metres large, sometimes
over three kilometres large. The river crosses in this stretch the agricultural
plain, between big embankments. The landscape is strongly influenced by the
human presence, with regular cultivated fields, interrupted by the rows of trees
along the canals of the irriguous system. There are interesting wet areas, rich
in natural vegetation and aquatic fauna; some of them are already protected
areas, such as "Le Bine" between Acquanegra sul Chiese and Calvatone
districts, and "Marcaria Peat Bogs" in the homonymous district. Volunteers
will help in the maintenance and revision of the wet area paths, to facilitate
the use and the participation of visitors for the environmental education.
Work: maintenance of paths to use for environmental education
Accommdation: municipal building
Location: Marcaria is in Mantova district, Lombardia region, North of Italy
Terminal: closest international airport are Milan and Bergamo
Leg69 Torri Superiore (Im) Liguria 1/12-15/12 RENO/ENVI 15
Project: Torri Superiore is a small medieval village dated at the XII century
and situated in Val Bevera, a small valley characterised by the cultivation
of olives trees and mimosa plants, located close to the coast and to the border
with France. Since 1989 the Cultural Association "Torri Superiore"
has been developing a project to restore the wonderful Medieval village to transform
it in an ecological, co-operative village and a centre of cultural research.
The Association started to organise workcamps with Legambiente in the 1992 and
all the 19 groups of volunteers have been involved in the maintenance of the
old houses, and the abandoned building that now are used again. From 1997 13
restructured houses have been used and a big part of the cultural centre. The
place will be used for cultural activities as courses of biological agriculture,
ceramics, shiatsu..., and also it will be open for trekking excursions. Torri
Superiore is member of GEN-Europe (Global eco-village network) and RIVE (Italian
eco-village network). In this camp volunteers will help in the restoration of
a path in a close village called Trucco and in the maintenance of the fountain
"Balestra" (famous for the quantity and quality of its water) and
the water canals used for the farmers. Besides volunteers will help in some
reconstruction works of stone walls that have been destroyed by wild boars during
the winter. NOTE: The work can be very involving and hard
Work: renovation and maintenance of paths, fountain and stonewalls.
Location: Torri Superiore is situated in Liguria, North West of Italy, district
of Imperia, very close to the French border
Terminal: closest international airports are Nice or Genoa
Leg-Family Bacchereto (Po) 19/08- 29/08 ENVI+Family
Participants: 8 adults + 8 children (7 to 9 years old) - half of the group will
be Italian
Extra fee: 75 euros per person (adults or child)
Project: Legambiente promotes for the second year camps where parents and children
can participate together. This one will be the first international. The idea
is to create a sort of temporary community where adults and children can share
the idea of voluntary activity for protecting the nature. The camp take place
in Bacchereto, a small village located in a wonderful hill area close to the
most important artistic cities of Tuscany, like Florence, Siena, Volterra. The
schedule of the camp is for the adults like any other voluntary camp: 4-5 hours
a day for environmental actions. In the meanwhile, children spend their time
together with 2 young social workers, skilled in playschemes for children. They
run games or paint realising at the same time educational activities. When possible,
during the camp parents and children work together, doing voluntary action for
environment: of course children do what they can!
Parents can join the camp in pair or alone with their child/children. Children
should be between 7 - 9 years old in order to create an homogeneous group.
Work: restore the path connecting the 2 villages of Bacchereto and Vinci; volunteers
will also set new signs about the typical flora and fauna on the same path and
they will create picnic areas in the most remarkable locations.
Accommodation: school, one room for children, another big room for parents
Location: Prato district in Tuscany, Centre of Italy
Terminal: closest airport is Pisa; international trains in Florence