Innovation in environmental education:ict and intergenerational learning Firenze, 24-25 September 2015 Integrating culture, environment, and open innovation for awareness raising: a case from the Farma Valley, Tuscany Andrea Giacomelli1, Giulia Ceccarini2 Attivarti.org, piazza del Popolo 20, loc. Torniella, 58036 Roccastrada, Italy 2 Agriturismo Casa del Chiodo, via Oberdan 8, loc. Piloni, 58036 Roccastrada, Italy 1
The Farma Valley context
Farma Valley Facts 120 Km^2 mostly woodland. Less than 500 residents (of which 90% in three villages) in 3 Km^2, and five plumbers Until 1974, one of the main transit points from Siena to Grosseto Hosts one of the two kaolin quarries in Italy Hosts three natural conservation areas Not far from very famous tourist attractors (Siena, Montalcino, Petriolo Springs), but in fact ignored by mainstream tourism About sixty residents are players of an ancient hand ball game The valley is in one of the three areas in Italy with the least light pollution Part of the movie Tragica Notte was shot in Torniella in 1942 Most of the people in Piloni have Bartalucci as a surname
Attivarti.org Associazione di promozione sociale (National law 383/2000) Created in May 2011 First year: 21 outreach events in five countries (on average: one per month to date) Four formal members collaboration with many others SMEs NGOs LMOs / Public sector Inquinamento Luminoso: accecati Citizens dalla luce
Topics Culture Environment Open Innovation
Once upon a timeline 1995 2005 2010 2015 2020 2021 1994-2010: research + consulting on environmental engineering, geographic informations systems + web 2005-2006: let's do something 2007-2010: Projects start to happen. Very experimental+creative mode of operation 2011-2012: Go free-lance. NGO at national level + 1st contract for community engagement work 2013-2016: Activities acknowledged at EU level (Loss of the Night Network, IDA Europe etc.) 2016-2021: Oh, so that's what this was about! Can you do it for me? (recurring statement) Beyond 2021: let's re-assess in 2017
Places Outside of Europe Chicago, Illinois (2007) San Francisco, California (2008) Beijing, China (2012) Photo contest in 2010 with over 600 participants from 52 countries (2010) Past projects/initiatives/contacts in Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Brasil
The people etc
Flagship projects BuioMetria Partecipativa (since 2008) Palla 21: from Tuscany to Chicago (and back), 2007 M(')appare Milano, 2008 Between Dusk and Dawn, 2010 The Revenge of the Killer Chihuahua killer and of the Zombies (2006) 100th Anniversary of Associazione Filarmonica Popolare Torniella (2012) ENVIROFI Citizens in Tuscany (2012)
BMP
ENVIROFI project (FP7) Future Internet program (DG Industry) April 2011-July 2013 Develop and deploy enablers for the construction of web services on environment One use case on biodiversity, with citizen science component Job opportunity from BuioMetria Partecipativa and INSPIRE territorial marketing component
ENVIROFI Citizens in Tuscany 2012 May 25 - Florence, Terra Futura September 16 - Milano, Biodiversity Festival September 30 - Belagaio (Roccastrada), Trekking October 2 - Torniella, ENVIROFI Workshop October 27 - Monticiano, Festa dei saperi e dei sapori dell'alta Val di Merse 2013 January 21 - Florence. Presentations from the stakeholder workshop Faculty of agricultural sciences February 9 - Portofino Park (see further info) March 6 - Final ENVIROFI event in Dublin (see further info) May 17 - Firenze, Terra Futura June 23 - Firenze, INSPIRE Conference
INVOLEN competition / ICT facts ARIS not an option Tested EnigmApp, Huntzz discarded Tested Taleblazer...looked very promising but discarded Final option: Wordpress with responsive theme Multilanguage plugin Geolocation extension for the browser Leaflet library for lightweight mapping
INVOLEN competition / Farma Valley Games Little balls on the hills Farma Valley map(pear)ing Find it all on: http://www.attivarti.org/valledelfarma (in English and Italian)
INVOLEN competition / behind the scenes
Expected results Role acknowledgement Improvement (no less) Qualification Income
Conclusions None...keep on keeping on.
To follow up CONTACT INFORMATION Andrea Giacomelli http://www.pibinko.org - http://www.attivarti.org info@pibinko.org UPCOMING EVENTS October 29, Livorno Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo November...stay tuned (Veneto and Tuscany) December 1-5: Catalunya 100 km South of Florence