Last update 27-11-2018 The Farma Valley Winter Fest started from the collaboration of various professional and volunteer subjects which for over ten years are operating in the area, proposing initiatives for protection and promotion of lesser known assets, and facilitating exchanges and collaboration also outside of the valley in the fields of culture, environment and … Continue reading Formal presentation (kind of)
The Third Farma Valley Winter Fest will host on Dec. 16, 2018 the annual CAAT conference. CAAT stands for “Coordinamento Associazioni Astrofile della Toscana“, i.e. the network of amateur astronomer associations in Tuscany. This comprises some forty associations spread across the region. The local promoter of the venue is pibinko.org, handling for some years now … Continue reading CAAT 2018 conference
On Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 we were invited at the Tana del Bianconiglio (White Rabbit Hole) recording studio in Montecchio, a tiny village not far from Pisa, for a recording session putting together three generations and moods from different latitudes. Let’s see who was there, and how they got to this spot. The line-up The headliners, and hosts, … Continue reading Sep. 27, 2018: Etruschi & Friends Country Session at the White Rabbit Hole in Tuscany
It’s not really our choice, but in several cases when we schedule public measurement seassions with the BuioMetria Partecipativa project we then get overcast weather conditions. In fact, one of the triggers of the project, back in 2008, was to minimize the impact of Murphy’s Law by disconnecting the measurements from the expert and from a specific … Continue reading The BuioMetria Partecipativa project in the International Dark Sky Week 2017
Fasten your seat belts, fold your tray tables and switch off your tablets (but not before you have read this message!)…we are about to take off for a lively round of events by pibinko.org and friends Monday, Apr. 24 (today!), we will be at the “Liberi e Vivi! Festival” at Parco delle Sughere in Donoratico. … Continue reading pibinko.org newsletter #2: Live music and citizen science from Apr. 24 to May 1st
[TO BE TRANSLATED] Ci si avvicina al Festival d’inverno in Val di Farma: Sei momenti musicali, cinque soggetti organizzatori, quattro locali per mangiare, tre giorni di eventi, due versanti di una valle e un ombrello che pare non dovrebbe servire. A dodici giorni dal lancio ufficiale, avvenuto il quattro dicembre, in Val di Farma (a metà … Continue reading All set for the Farma Valley Winter Fest: three days of Pici, Love, and Music
The official report by the Loss of the Night Network team was publised on April 30. The campaign was conducted from March 21 to March 25, 2015, with measurements in two sites: Farma Valley (Torniella and Belagaio Forest) and Sesto Fiorentino (at the National Research Council Campus) . The report may be downloaded from the … Continue reading Official report on the LoNNe Intercomparison campaign in Tuscany
[TO BE TRANSLATED/ABRIDGED] …. Si è conclusa venerdì 27-3 la missione toscana della rete di ricerca europea “Loss of the Night“, avviata il 21-22 marzo scorso con alcune misurazioni a Torniella, frazione di Roccastrada (GR) e proseguita nel corso della settimana con altre misurazioni in zona urbana, presso l’Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET) del CNR di … Continue reading The “LoNNe” intercomparison campaign in Tuscany: how did it go?
Presentation of the ENVIROFI project during a trekking in the Belagaio area (Grosseto)