Discover the ancient roots of Calabrian Pollino

Acclimatization Works The first introducing activities will be collection of garbage, on natural heritage sites and route path both to valorize and sensitize the local population on the preservation of natural heritage. Olive groves recovery The works on olive groves recovery will consist in eliminating weeds, cutting down shrubs and, in general, plants that have nothing to do with the olive grove and have grown spontaneously over the years, removing stones and all that is needed to prepare for recovery of the plant, from pruning to fertilization to subsequent plucking. The “Way of oil and bread”: Haystack and Oil mill cleaning and Museum of Ancient Craft The Way of oil and bread will be valorized by the works on the haystack and Oil mil and “Museum of Ancient craft” that will be cleaned for renovation in order to leave the perimeter wall clean from residues from stones, tiles and beams of the collapsed roof, wild plants, etc.). Study part: At the end of the daily activities during the workcamp seminars session will be organized on: • Brigants and history of Calabria, • Rural life, organic oil production • Local traditional Kitchen • Mountain life • The value of water (before the visit at Raganello). A class of “dialect language” will also take place from the second week in the evenings from 19.00 to 20.00. Furthermore the volunteer will be actively involved in the preparation activities of the annual initiative of “Saperi e Sapori”, a traditional fest on the street of the town that connect the gastronomic tradition to cultural roots and town heritage. Visit to the Archelogical Site Standing to the availabilty of the participant it will be possible to visit the archeological site of greek ruins of Palmanocera and the preistorical finds in “Grotta Sant’Angelo” Visit to the Museum “Come eravamo” During the period of the workcamp will be open and free to visit the realism museum “Come Eravamo” with the photos of the recent past of the town and its inhabitants in their everyday work.