Issue 1, 2018, of the Langscape Magazine, which since several years has been covering cultural biodiversity topics worldwide, has an article on: “An Ancient Game Opens the Door to Innovation in the Farma Valley, Southern Tuscany, Italy” See the Table of Contents
The case of the Farma Valley Community Map is among 50 examples documented globally in a report about Identifying success factors in crowdsourced geographic information use in government. Pages 54-55 of the report, downloadable here.
After about a year from its first publication (see post), an updated version of the Farma Valley Community Map was published. The creation of the map started in 2014, with points of interest being gradually added to the official 1:10000 base maps, leading to document water springs, old gardens, hunting sites and other toponyms related … Continue reading A new edition for the Farma Valley Community Map
Kilimangiaro is a long-running Sunday afternoon show about travel. In its section on “the landscape hunter” on Jan 14, 2018, it had a story on “the quest for dark skies” centered on the Farma Valley, Southern Tuscany. The itinerary starts of from the San Galgano Abbey…in fact, this is not in the Farma Valley, but … Continue reading Jan. 14, 2018: RAI 3 Kilimangiaro…the quest for dark skies in the Farma Valley
[For a general presentation of the Festival see the Nov. 28 post] Some visitors reached the valley already in the morning, enticed by the idea of getting to know this lesser know part of Tuscany. Indoor activities started early PM, with a printing workshop by Wolgfang Scheibe from Tatti, who delivered t-shirts, cards and other … Continue reading Farma Valley Winter Fest 2017: how did it go
One year after the experiment with which we launched a Winter Fest where things happen if at all, in the Summer, here we are with the second edition. Below the flyer, more information is provided: The action will be on Sunday, Dec. 17 in Torniella, Southern Tuscany. The program will be in a single day, … Continue reading The Farma Valley Winter Fest is back: see you in Torniella (Southern Tuscany) on Dec. 17, 2017
The flyer The July 27 AM interview for “Cult” (Radio Popolare Milano) In Italian: https://www.pibinko.org/out/20170727-cult-vdf.mp3 Highlights Observed objects Summing up those recorded by our two stargazing guides: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn. M31, M51, M13, M22, M57, M16, M17, M8, M20, M11, M26, M52, M6, M7, M57, M27. Night sky quality measurements …for the BuioMetria Partecipativa project. … Continue reading Farma Valley Day and Night at the Belagaio State Reserve (Southern Tuscany) – how did it go
New interesting additions to the Farma Valley Community Map, with new place names and other background information provided by Scalvaia residents. Thanks again to Remo Ganozzi for setting up the event: