Since 2004 I have periodically participated to initiatives or actual projects related to the definition of policies and regulations at different territorial scales, from municipal to global. Local (municipal) level I attended various participatory design initiatives related to environmental or land planning issues in Cagliari (Sardinia), Gavorrano, Scarlino, and Roccastrada (Tuscany). Since 2004. In 2015, … Continue reading Support to Legislation and Policy Making →
Between 6PM and 7PM CEST (Rome Time) on Friday April 7 pibinko, with the support of some colleagues, will be giving a webinar explaining “How Free/Open Source Geomatics can integrate in Rural Communities to improve Resilience and Quality of Life“. The event is kindly hosted by the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing and … Continue reading Save the date: Apr 7, 2017 webinar on “How Free/Open Source Geomatics can integrate in Rural Communities to improve Resilience and Quality of Life” →
Presented in the “Cities in balance with nature” session at the Ecocity World Summit 2015 in Abu Dhabi Giacomelli, A., Bartalucci, A., Spinosi, C. The BuioMetria Partecipativa (BMP) project started in 2008 to encourage citizens to collect quantitative data on light pollution as a strategy for environmental awareness raising. The emission of light from … Continue reading The Buiometria Partecipativa Project: Participatory Night Sky Quality Monitoring In Italy. Helping To Liaise Cities And Rural Areas And To Re-Define Citizen Perception Of Artificial Light At Night (2015) →
For some links with a summary of 2023 activities, please see: https://www.pibinko.org/pibinko-org-network-jug-band-colline-metallifere-a-presentation-as-of-oct-2023/ My name is Andrea Giacomelli, aka pibinko. This is the phonetic transcription of the Sardinian word pipinco (or pipincu), meaning extremely meticulous. The situations documented on this site are made possible by a team which we refer to as the “pibinko.org network”. The … Continue reading About pibinko (2014 version) →
This is a partial list of talks given in “institutional” settings. To these you should add the events I directly organized since 2008, and the invited talks in more “creative” settings on palla a 21, buiometria partecipativa and similar topics. You may find a reference to these in the pibinko.org blog and in the News … Continue reading Talks →
The sky quality meter named “Maira” from the BuioMetria Partecipativa sensor pool was passed to Ebrahim Hemmatnia, when we met him in Scotland at the end of June. This happened at the INSPIRE Conference, where I was invited as the facilitator of one the INSPIRE Directive data specification working groups, and where I proposed organizing … Continue reading Maira on a mission: BuioMetria Partecipativa from China to Pakistan →
Since 2010 I collaborate with Luciano Massetti, Senior Researcher at the Biometeorology Institute of the Italian National Research Council (Florence facility). Between 2010 and 2012 we have shared the experience in working groups for the creation of the data specifications for the European Commission’s INSPIRE directive. Between 2014 and 2016 we have been representatives for … Continue reading Luciano Massetti →
With January’s waning moon here we go with the next BuioMetria Partecipativa (participatory night sky monitoring), campaign, turning 18 on June 9. With the coming of age of our project we will be conducting, together with those who want to join, measurements of night sky quality with the “buiometro” (dark-sky meter), and other observations to … Continue reading BuioMetria Partecipativa 2026: Who goes first? →
Since 2006 I have been working in a growing array of projects related to promotion, outreach, facilitation, and community engagement. For these activities, I often collaborate with other professionals or organizations. The track record is provided below. Individual events or very short projects (e.g. a one week campaign or a presentation) are listed separate from … Continue reading Promotion, communication, facilitation →
As a part of the “shadow social program” at the INSPIRE Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructures. With many kudos to Alessandro Annoni for promoting this.
