📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Cascina Govean is a Centre of Environmental Education (CEA), run by Legambiente Piemonte in agreement with the Municipality of Alpignano. It is part of the Network of Environmental Education Centres of Legambiente Scuola e Formazione, which works in close collaboration with local, national and international organizations promoting activities, projects and environmental research.
Its qualified educators operate during the whole year, involving both kids and young people.
In summer we organize our Festambiente con… Festambiente con… is a zero impact national festival of Legambiente, one of the most important European meetings about ecology, solidarity and culture. Born in 1989 in Rispescia (GR), it is now very popular in Italy with more than 15 meetings both in the north and in the south. During the event, we will be organizing workshops, meetings and various other activities about environmental issues.
https://festambienteconcascinagovean.wordpress.com/festambiente/
💼 What the programme involves
How will be the activities?
During the Volunteering Camp the work will take 25/30 hours per week, taking full advantage of the best hours of the day.
All the activities, from getting meals ready to cleaning the kitchen will be done by the volunteers together.
Working activities:
Organization and participation in Festambiente con…
Restoring trails and paths around Cascina Govean
Activity of environmental restoration in the Parco Bellagrada
Training:
General course about our association (who we are, what we do in Italy, our idea of sustainable future)
A brief course about becoming environmental educators
🏠 Accommodation on site
Cascina Govean has 8 bedrooms, for a maximum of 30 guests. Bedrooms are simple and comfortable, all of them including a bathroom with shower or bath tub. Each bedroom has a window which allows a view of the beautiful surroundings.
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🍲 Food
Food include in the fees.
📍 About the location
CASCINA GOVEAN is located in the Parco Bellagarda, and it makes an ideal base from which to explore the natural beauty of the area: the paths of the Moraine Hill, the Bosco del Ghiaro and the Mount Musinè.
This small but wonderful place, hidden in the peaceful countryside of the Province of Turin, is located in the Municipality of Alpignano, a small town with a population of 20.000, with leisure possibilities and service for both young and older people.
The CEA (Centre of Environmental Education) of Legambiente Cascina Govean is situated very close to the train station: it takes just a 5 minutes’ walk and 15 minutes by train to get to the city centre of Torino.
🎒 Leisure activities
Recreation:
Visiting Turin
Visiting Alpignano and the Cruto Museum
Visiting Val Susa
⚠️ Requirements
YOU SHOULD TAKE WITH YOU :
Bed sheet or Sleeping bag ; Towels
Cloth napkin ; Canteen
... and WORKING SUPPLIES:
Gardening gloves ; Work shoes
ℹ️ Additional information
participation fees :
400€ per person, including accomodation, food, running costs (electricity, water, heating), insurance for all activities.
Transportation is not included with the cost of the Volunteering Camp.