A summary of media coverage on pibinko.org projects, or initiatives promoted by pibinko.org since 2007, in reverse chronological order:

• The Recording from May 19, 2025 “Maremma in Diretta” on the First Cross-Border Maremme Hiking Festival
• The Little Fable Workshop where Printing Challenges Time (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto Mar. 15, 2025)
• Feb. 24, 2025 – Jug Band Colline Metallifere and Tattistampa @ Rumori d’Arte (Radio Base Venezia)
• Aug. 4, 2024 – Voci e ritmo nella piazza più bella. Ospite la cantautrice Damico (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
• Sep. 7, 2024 – Borghi show: Donzelle, peposo, notti bianche e fuochi d’artificio (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
• Aug 9, 2024: pibinko @ Poveri Ma Belli about Palla 21
• Giacomelli parla della qualità del cielo notturno. Foto di Giussani e visita alla mostra di Pascucci (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, July 6, 2024)
• June 25, 2024 Blues und Rock aus Toskana (Hohenloher Tagblatt)
• The recording of the #221 show featuring the Jug Band Colline Metallifere (May 21, 2024)
• Maremma in Diretta on Palla a 21/palla eh! – the recording (May 27, 2024)
• May 21, 2024: The Jug Band Colline Metallifere on TV9
• Apr. 29, 2024 – The Gran(i)Tour featured by “Poveri ma Belli” (Radio Popolare Milano)
• Apr. 19, 2024 – The recording of the Maremma in Diretta Interview about pibinko and Music (special guests: The Newton Brothers)
• Alone, in a Group, or with your Horse: so the Twist becomes Joy without Borders (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• The Recording of Maremma in Diretta, ep. 799, with Open Data as Seen by the pibinko.org Network
• The Other Sedicidagosto Festival (documentary)
• Feb. 16, 2024 – Lessons in BuioMetria Partecipativa (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• The Recording of the Maremma in Diretta streaming
• Feb. 6, 2024 – L’Aperitivo parla Inglese – Jack O’Malley talking about Comics (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
• 2024-01-17 The pibinko.org Network at “La Maremma in Diretta”
• 2024-01-12 Twist Galore (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition)
• 2023-12-28 Christmas Trees? With Crochet Hook (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition)
• 2023-12-17 Scansano: Light Pollution and Sensors (Il Tirreno GR-LI)
• 2023-12-17 When TeleRibolla was On Air (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition)
• 2023-12-15 The Travelling Return of the Winter Fest: between Notes and Social Aspects (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition)
• 2023-12-13 Jug Band Festival. A Prologue in Follonica (Il Tirreno GR-LI)
• Mauro Tirannosauro and pibinko talk about Olive Oil 4 Food @ Poveri Ma Belli (Radio Show)
• 2023-11-25 Talking about Olive Oil (and Tasting it) with the Jug Band (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• 2023-10-30 Jug Band delle Colline Metallifere: Jack is on a Mission at Radio Popolare (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto)
• 2023-10-30 pibinko Talks about Olive Oil @ Poveri ma Belli (Radio Popolare Milano)
• 2023-10-26 Jug Band, Dialogues about Territories and Music (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition)
• 2023-10-17: Adding Value to Hamlets and Villages. Here is the Covenant of Mayors (Il Tirreno GR LI)
• Oct. 12, 2023: Territorial mapping and civic use goods. The initiative in the rural areas of Tatti has started (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• A Bit of Tatti also in Stuttgart. A Bridge between Germany and Maremma (Il Tirreno, July 22, 2023)
• July 12, 2023 Toscanaflair im Waldheim Backnang (Backnanger Zeitung)
• Jul. 7, 2023 Jugband dalle Colline Metallifere aus Italien in Waldheim (Mein Wochenblatt)
• Jun. 30, 2023 – Torna la “Jub” Band (La Nazione)
• Jun. 30, 2023 – Jug Band Colline Metallifere con la tappa del Brezel Tour (Il Tirreno)
• Jun. 24, 2023. The “Jug Band” Performs once more at Lago dell’Accesa (La Nazione)
• June 24, 2023 Let the Jug Band Astonish you. The Band’s Notes at AncorAccesa (Il Tirreno)
• The Jug Band performs at the Irish Pub (Tirreno Grosseto edition. Dec. 15, 2022)
• An Evening at the Wine Bar with the Jugband (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Dec. 10, 2022)
• Roccatederighi: Serata all’Enoteca con la Jug Band (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition Apr. 30, 2022)
• BuioMetria Partecipativa published as a case study on Public Lab
• O’Malley will present the Jug Band activities online (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, March 29, 2022)
• The Jug Band Colline Metallifere featured on the Bologna University Billboard
• The Etruscan Cities Trail: a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Municipalities (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition, Mar. 5, 2022)
• The Etruscan Trail becomes a hike in eight Municipalities (La Nazione Grande Costa edition, March 4, 2022)
• The Article on Services by the pibinko.org Network re-posted by dlit.co
• The “Jug Band” is back on the scene (La Nazione, ed. Grande Costa, Feb. 10, 2022)
• Here’s to you pibinko, from “palla 21” to a network (MaremmaOggi.net, Feb. 9, 2022)
• The Jug Band is preparing for a great 2022 (La Nazione Grande Costa edition, Jan. 12, 2022)
• The Jug Band once more in concert (La Nazione, Grande Costa edition, Jan. 2, 2022)
• A “musical” map.The Jug band is at the ex-Ilva (Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto, Dec. 28, 2021)
• Jug Band Colline Metallifere @ Live Motel, Dec. 17, 2021
• The “Jug Band” closes in Maremma (La Nazione Grosseto Edition, Dec. 12, 2021)
• The Jug Band continues its geotour, today in Torniella (La Nazione, Grande Costa edition, Dec. 30, 2021)
• Presentation of the geotour from the Metalliferous Hills to Milano at Radio Popolare Milano, Dec. 4, 2021
• The Jug Band’s “Geotour” will be starting on Saturday from Tatti (La Nazione, Grosseto edition, Dec. 2, 2021)
• The Colline Metallifere “Jug Band” starts its tour
• The Jug Band starts its “geotour” from Milano (La Nazione Grosseto Edition, Nov. 9, 2021)
• Oct. 23, 2021 – Lunch and concert by Klaus der Geiger at Altrimondi (La Nazione Grosseto edition)
• Tutti con le luci spente per la ricerca. Così si misura il cielo dal balcone di casa (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition, Sep. 29, 2020)
• May 9, 2020 – Interview with Jack O’Malley @ Se Telefonando
• Apr. 13, 2020:Participatory Geology project in time of Covid-19 | Italy
• Lithology: Public and Geologists Collaborate (Science Connected, Apr. 13, 2020)
• Participatory Lithology presented on S+T+ARTS.eu
• The Stone Collectors are meeting on the Web. The project starts from Tatti (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, March 27, 2020)
• The pibinko.org network, buiometria, and participatory lithology @ Radio Popolare Milano (March 26, 2020)
• Mar. 24, 2020: Participatory Lithology Interview for Caterpillar (RAI Radio 2)
• Jug Band: Talks and Music at Auser (Il Tirreno, March 1. 2020)
• A Community Map and Loads of Good Music. Two Days with the Jug Band (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, Feb. 29, 2020)
• The Jug Band and Geomusic at Bar Moderno (La Nazione, Feb. 29, 2020)
• In Tatti with the Secrets of the Linux System (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, Feb. 14, 2020)
• #art&technology: The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band from Southern Tuscany (ASEF360.org)
• The Jug Band performs with Rock, Blues, and Folk (Tirreno Grosseto edition, Dec. 28, 2019)
• The Jug Band on Tour from Albinia to Grosseto (Tirreno, Grosseto edition, Dec. 27, 2019)
• In Maremma the first darkness surveyor, countering light pollution (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Nov. 4, 2019)
• 2019-11-03 Protecting the Night Sky with Rock Concerts (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition)
• TV9 Report on the Ninth European Llargues Cup
• BuioMetria Partecipativa receives the 2019 Dark Sky Defender Award by IDA
• Candle Night: Video Mapping, Music, and Theatre under the Stars (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Aug. 19, 2019)
• Palla a 21: the Tournament in Piloni continues (Il Tirreno, Aug. 18, 2019)
• Today and Tomorrow, palla a 21 challenges (Il Tirreno, Aug. 17, 2019)
• Traditions and Agonism: this is the Day of Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, Aug. 10, 2019)
• Rock Blues and Clean Air: The Jug Band is in Tatti
• Light Pollution: Meet the Expert (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Jul. 25, 2019)
• Here is the Jug Band’s Geomusic (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 13, 2019)
• Jug Band: ballads and rock in the name of geomusic (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition, Jul. 13, 2019)
• An evening in the name of Lucio Macii in “his” park in Montemassi (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, July 11, 2019)
• An evening event to remember Macii (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, July 7, 2019)
• Leopolda, the DJ court. Meet Music is starting tomorrow (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition Jun. 24, 2019)
• “Buiometria” is Helping to Build Dark Sky Parks
• All the Secrets of Darkness at Casa del Quartiere (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition, May 5, 19)
• Jug Band at Caffè Ricasoli (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, May 4, 2019)
• The secrets of Palla a 21? They will be unveiled tomorrow in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• Scansano: music and talk on Buiometria (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• Apr. 13, 2019 pibinko stops in Tatti to create the map (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• Mar. 7, 2019: The Secrets of Palla eh!, and more, unveiled in Tirli (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• March 5, 2019 – Jack O’Malley speaks about Geomusic for “In Aria” (Radio Rogna)
• Open Data Day with pibinko in Tatti (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, March 2, 2019)
• All the beauties of the Farma Valley will be showcased in Florence (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition, Feb. 21, 2019)
• Giacomelli, keep calm (Corriere dello Sport/Stadio, Jan. 24, 2019)
• Jan. 26, 2019: They’re saying hello to the wild boar hunters from Torniella and Piloni on RTL 102.5
• Jan 26, 2019 – With the Jug Band, here comes Geomusic (La Spalletta, Volterra)
• Jan 23, 2019: The “Jug Band” sings geomusic: a new artistic genre is born (La Nazione, Pontedera edition)
• Jan. 17, 2019: An Evening in Torniella speaking about palla a 21 (La Nazione, Grosseto Edition)
• Jan. 17, 2019: An evening chatting away about Palla a 21 (Il Tirreno, Grosseto Edition)
• Albinia and Torniella: two sonic nights to talk about the Farma Valley (Il Tirreno, Jan. 4, 2019)
• Albinia and Torniella: Etruschi from Lakota in a double concert
• Dec. 12, 2018: Winter Fest, the Farma Valley for the Explorers of Wonder
• Nov. 21, 2018: brief Talk on bottom-up Activities at the Workshop on Citizen Science and Environmental Monitoring: Benefits and Challenges
• Nov. 16, 2018: Repubblica.it -A milder climate and artificial lighting alter tree resting
• Nov. 15, 2018- Do artificial lights alter the “rest” of the trees? (Italian Research Council press release)
• Nov. 14, 2018 – BuioMetria 2018: the Countdown starts with Amish from Jack White (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition)
• Sep. 29, 2018: Palla 21, today at 3PM the tournament final… / il Tirreno ed. Grosseto
• Sep. 29, 2018: Piloni and Torniella at the superfinal (La Nazione, Grosseto edition)
• Sep. 28, 2018: In Piloni, Roccastrada, the magic of an ancient game (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition)
• Sep. 18, 2018: Repubblica (Florence edition) – In the Farma Valley the last paradise of the Maremman horse
• Sep. 13, 2018: Bam Bam Bam Radio Popolare Milano on the Capraia Night Sky 2018 Symposium
• Nightlife in the woods: an outing at the Belagaio (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition, Aug. 15, 2018)
• The article on the Farma Valley for Langscape magazine is online
• July 17, 2018, Bam Bam Bam Radio Popolare Milano, on Palla a 21 and mapping
• The Farma Valley (and palla a 21 and buiometria and community maps) on Langscape magazine
• May 31, 2018: The Farma Valley Community Map cited in a World Bank Report
• Mar. 26, 2018, RAI 3, Prima dell’Alba. Salvo Sottile telling the story of the “BuioMetro”
• Jan. 30, 2018: Il Fatto Quotidiano – Good news for those with a passion for dark skies
• Jan. 14, 2018: RAI 3 Kilimangiaro…the quest for dark skies in the Farma Valley
• Dec. 17, 2017 – Il Tirreno (Grosseto edition): Rock resounds in the woods of the Farma Valley
• Dec. 16, 2017: A workshop on printing, rock, and buiometria (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition)
• CNR web TV: Meteorology Festival 2017 (with the “buiometro”)
• Nov. 18, 2017: La Spalletta – article on the new album by Etruschi from Lakota
• Sep. 28, 2017 – La Nazione (Grosseto edition): Belagaio, bellezze svelate “al buio”. La riserva naturale come laboratorio
• Sep. 17, 2017 – Tocatì Festival (Verona) presentation on palla a 21 (streaming)
• Aug 17, 2017: Zona 90 (web TV) on the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella
• Aug. 11, 2017 – the announcement on TV9 of the 38th palla a 21 tournament in Torniella
• July 27, 2017: Farma Valley day and night on Cult (Radio Popolare Milano)
• July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
• The BuioMetria Summer Campaign covered by Rete Sportelli Informativi Toscana
• Il Tirreno (Grosseto edition) 24-6-2017 – In the dark on the Gerfalco Trails, to measure the beauty of the skies
• Nuovo Orione #300 (May 2017): Let’s measure the darkness of the night with BuioMetria Partecipativa
• The beauty of Montieri at night with the photographer and the researcher (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Feb 25, 2017)
• Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Feb. 4, 2017: Two afternoons in Roccatederighi with Pibinko and Attivarti
• Le Stelle, no. 163: Where are we at with the sky?
• Il Tirreno (Grosseto edition), Dec. 28, 2016
• Our Festival, at Last (Il Tirreno, Dec. 17, 2016)
• Come to measure the dark skies in the “Valley that’s not there” (Il Tirreno, Dec. 17, 2016)
• Options for protection and touristic promotion of night skies
• Il Tirreno (Grosseto edition), Dec. 5, 2016: Here is the map by hunters and mushroom seekers
• Il Tirreno (Grosseto edition), Dec. 5, 2016: A Winter Festival to discover the Farma Valley
• Article on “Tutti fotografi”
• Sep. 2, 2015: Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto, La BuioMetria Partecipativa: un progetto che conquista il mondo
• Recording of the radio interview to Andrea Bartolini on Palla a 21/Palla eh! and the Farma Valley
• Radio interview for Macondo on BuioMetria Partecipativa and night sky quality (July 30, 2015)
• A report about the radio show talking about “m(‘)appare” /mapp(‘ere)ing
• Condensing the light pollution issue in one SMS
• Podcast on “L’Altra Europa”
• Mar. 25, 2015, Il Tirreno (ed. Grosseto), Borgo medievale al buio per un esperimento internazionale
• Blog post “Around Tuscany” on Palla a 21/palla eh!
• Blog post on “Around Tuscany” on night sky quality
• A whole Big Fish episode about palla a 21 and ancient games
• “Big Fish” radio show on Palla a 21: March 20, 2014
• The darkness surveyors are back, and promising an on-the-road 2014 (Il Tirreno Grosseto edition, Feb. 19, 2014)
• Jan. 13, 2014, Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto, I cacciatori del buio in cerca di nuovi cieli
• Interview for “The Florentine” on the 2012 flooding in Albinia (Southern Tuscany)
• Interview with Lucio Monocrom on Mostri di Media Dimensione (Radio Popolare Milano, Jan. 4, 2013)
• Article on Palla a 21 on Turismoinmaremma.wordpress.com
• Aug. 7, 2012, Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto, A Pian d’Alma ecco il buiometro
• Jul. 17, 2012, Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto “A Follonica il buio non fa paura”
• EAN webinar on BuioMetria Partecipativa
• August, 2011, Astronomia Nova (webzine)
• BuioMetria Partecipativa on QuiLivorno.it
• Interview about the INSPIRE Conference for L’Altra Europa, Radio 24 (July 2, 2011)
• Apr. 8, 2011, Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto, Roselle, BuioMetria all’Osservatorio
• Feb. 2011, Manutenzione
• BuioMetria Partecipativa on the Open Knowledge Foundation International Blog (Jan. 10, 2011)
• Aug. 11, 2010, L’Eco di Bergamo. A spasso col buiometro per vedere le stelle
• The hunt for the perfect night (La Sicilia, Aug. 8. 2010)
• Article for “Gazzetta Ambiente”: Global visions and local actions on light pollution
• BMP Article on “Appunti di Vista”
• TG2 Costume e Società (national TV)
• Feb. 25, 2010, Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza on Buiometria
• In between the Cathedral and the Bazaar: Points of View on free/open geographic information from 2007 to 2013
• Feb. 24, 2010, Radio Montecarlo on BuioMetria Partecipativa
• Radio Popolare, La Banda on BMP
• Feb. 17, 2010 – Radio Capital on BuioMetria Partecipativa
• La Stampa, page 27, on BMP
• Feb. 13, 2010, Teletirreno on BuioMetria Partecipativa
• Feb. 1, 2010, Comune di Roccastrada on BuioMetria Partecipativa
• Article by the Municipality of Roccastrada on BMP
• BMP presented in the “Sustainable world” on CiaoComo Radio
• Jan. 29, 2010 on BuioMetria Partecipativa (Corriere di Maremma)
• Jan. 13, 2010, Grazia: “Di mestiere faccio il cercatore di buio”
• Dec. 11, 2009 – Radio 24 – Mister Kilowatt on BuioMetria Partecipativa
• L’Altro Lato (RAI Radio Due), Oct. 17, 2009
• Oct. 16, 2009 – Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto, Alla scoperta della bellezza del buio I cieli notturni di Maremma, tesoro da tutelare.
• The Reserve of our Forgotten Seeds is on our Balconies
• Apr. 29, 2009, L’Alto Adige: Premiazione del concorso “La Seconda Luna”
• Jan. 17, 2009 – Corriere Fiorentino, I cacciatori di stelle
• The “darkness hunter” inset in the Italian Mickey Mouse magazine
• An episode of L’Altro Lato with BuioMetria Partecipativa as the guest star
• At the Industri “short is cool”. There goes the Free Image Festival (Il Tirreno Grosseto Edition, Jun. 21, 2008)
• April 2008 – BuioMetria Partecipativa mentioned for the Seconda Luna Prize
• Milan? We can map it for you (Corriere della sera, Apr. 26, 2008)
• Interview for L’Altro Lato (RAI Radio 2) on the Arezzo mapping party
• Oct. 4, 2007, Quasirete blog (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
• Sep. 5, 2007, Corriere di Maremma
• Cronaca Vera magazine
• Aug. 15, 2007, Il Tirreno
• Aug. 7, 2007, La Nazione Grosseto edition
• Jul. 26, 2007, Superdeporte
• Jul. 31, 2007, Levante
• The game from the hamlets conquers the States (La Nazione Grosseto edition, Jul 26, 2007)
• Palla a 21 conquers the United States (Jul. 25, 2007, Corriere di Maremma)
• The palla21.it site mentioned by the Roccastrada Municipality
• Jul. 19, 2007. From Chicago, IL, for Tre Uomini in Barca (Radio Popolare Milano)
• July, 2007: Comcast Sports News covers Palla a 21 in Chicago
• Jul. 14, 2007 Corriere di Maremma, La palla a 21 ha il suo blog ufficiale
• June 3, 2007: RAI Radio Due, L’Altro Lato
• May 29, 2007, La Nazione ed. Grosseto – La palla a 21 approda negli States
• May 27, 2007, Il Tirreno ed. Grosseto – Palla eh! La sfida di Torniella
• May 26, 2007, Corriere di Maremma
• Apr. 18, 2007: La Banda, Radio Popolare Milano on palla a 21
• Mar. 7, 2007, Il Tirreno ed Grosseto, La palla eh! vola a Chicago
• 2001 – MondoGIS – The Sardinian Industrial Parks Geographic Information System