📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Legambiente Prato was founded in 1986; since then it has been engaged in the defense of environmental
heritage, promotion and education on environmental issues throughout young students and the whole
citizenship. Focusing on renewable energies, sustainable development, wastes, biodiversity, promotion of
healthy life styles Legambiente Prato has set up since its beginning, several projects which still produce
outstanding outcomes. Listed below some of the most successful activities of the organization:
Management of “Rifugio Le Cave” environmental education center (CEA) inside a natural reserve;
Summer International Workcamps in the Province of Prato;
Permanent environmental education in Prato's Schools on the following topics: Water, Energy,
Biodiveristy, Climate Change;
National Campaigns “Puliamo Il mondo”
Erasmus+ program: European Volunteering Service (EVS) sending and hosting volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: the work carried out will be a very good help for local communities that often face some consequences of some occasional hostile weather or climate conditions especially during winter where flood, drought, and other conditions may arise. Cleaning pathways, removing old vegetal items fromroasds and pathway its the first prevention strategy. Local community also offer its helps during the stay of the volunteers of the workcamp. The other important thing is to give help during the summer period in carried out social happenings like pizza nights in the local bar of the village of Poggio alla Malva.
STUDY PART: There will be also a study part which mainly will consists in recreational activities about environmental
topics such as renewable energies, food sustainability and the thematic campaigns of Alliance Network of
volunteering organization.
Also Legambiente network promotes several campaigns during the year with coordination of local
Legambiente's Branches.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation of the workcamp consists in the local kindergarten school which you can see at this of Poggio alla Malva.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: Poggio alla Malva is a small location displaced in the Comune of Carmignano (Po). Please visit the website http://www.comune.carmignano.po.it/ . Carmignano counts 14.000 inhabitants. This Municipality covers an area where historical, landscape and wine-gastronomic heritage are well represented. Thanks to its position between Prato and Florence, this lovely place is especially wonderful for its views and green
countryside. Poggio alla Malva is also very close to the UNESCO site “Artimino's Villa”
TERMINAL: Florence, Pisa, Bologna airport or railway station are the closest to reach the village. Usually meeting point is held at SIGNA train STATIOn in the Province of Florence and only 5 km away from Poggio alla Malva
⚠️ Requirements
Poggio alla Malva is a quite small village in a very nice and pleasent natural areas. Respect and willingness to integrate into a small local community are essential to join this project, As well as a certain tolerance to sunny and warm temperature reached in the summer.