A report on the Sep 8, 2015 meeting in Ribolla

The meeting, held at the Civic Centre of Ribolla, a former mining village in Southern Tuscany, was attended by about 15 people, including the presence of the administrators from the Municipality of Roccastrada. Some of the citizens and public authorities who previously expressed their interest in participating then wrote they could not come and apologised. … Continue reading A report on the Sep 8, 2015 meeting in Ribolla

Ribolla (GR) – BuioMetria Partecipativa at Elettromarket Giulianelli.

[TO BE TRANSLATED] Secondo appuntamento con la campagna 2014 della BuioMetria Partecipativa: Ribolla Dopo l’apertura tenuta il 19-2 scorso a Torniella, la campagna 2014 della BuioMetria Partecipativa prosegue con un nuovo appuntamento. Ci si sposta dalla collina alla piana, e il prossimo incontro sarà mercoledì 26 febbraio alle ore 17.30 presso l’Elettromarket Giulianelli a Ribolla. … Continue reading Ribolla (GR) – BuioMetria Partecipativa at Elettromarket Giulianelli.

A Year in Review with the pibinko.org Network and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere

We have only one event left to close one year of work with the pibinko.org network and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere: this will be the epilogue of the Fourth Winter Fest, on Dec. 21. We then considered that we might start some housekeeping, by offering you a bird’s eye view on the blog articles … Continue reading A Year in Review with the pibinko.org Network and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere

Presentation of the pibinko.org Network in Brussels (May 22, 2019): How did it go?

Last Wednesday, after close-of-business on a workshop for research ethics in the Internet sector, I had the possibility of organizing a brief yet intense presentation of the pibinko.org network at Piola Libry, in Brussels, Belgium. This followed our participation in early April to the final conference of the DITOs project, and various on- and off-line … Continue reading Presentation of the pibinko.org Network in Brussels (May 22, 2019): How did it go?

Nine years of BuioMetria Partecipativa: not just Citizen Science

On June 9, 2008, in Ribolla, Southern Tuscany, a conference was organized to discuss how culture, environment, and open innovation may be integrated to generate new opportunities for rural areas. Two of the four talks concerned the developments following the mission to promote the ancient game of palla a 21 in Chicago, Illinois, in July … Continue reading Nine years of BuioMetria Partecipativa: not just Citizen Science

Forestano’s House in Tatti, Southern Tuscany

Forestano Giacomelli built this house between the late Forties and the early Fifites, together with his father-in-law, Tommaso (Maso) and his wife, Maddalena. He lived there until 1954, when unfortunately his wife passed away. After his retirement, and until he was able to travel and work, Forestano took care of the house. One of the garages … Continue reading Forestano’s House in Tatti, Southern Tuscany

End of the September 2015 tour

The September tour, opened with the preview in Ribolla, Southern Tuscany, and contined with the dates in Milano (Parco Nord Biodiversity Festival) and Athens (Balkan Light Conference), was closed in Florence with a presentation I had on September 25 at a conference on “Innovation in environmental education:ICT and intergenerational learning“. This was organized by the … Continue reading End of the September 2015 tour

Happy sixth birthday, BuioMetria Partecipativa

Tidying up some papers, we noted that on June 9, 2008, the BuioMetria Partecipativa project had its first presentation to the public. The birth was recorded (we had a videocamera) at the former Cinema Mori in Ribolla, Southern Tuscany, now hosting various civic facilities for the Municipality of Roccastrada, in addition to being one of … Continue reading Happy sixth birthday, BuioMetria Partecipativa