📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vivere la Montagna (VLM) is a no-profit, non political organisation, established in 2012 with the scope of promoting, developing and enhancing the territory in its cultural, touristic, economical, environmental, and social-life aspects in the local highlands (including, but not limited to, the natural reserve of “Monti Tre Denti – Freidour”).
On the local Alps, there are a relevant number of small natural water springs which issue a very good quality water and they form a delicate and pleasant punctuation, dislocated in the highland territory.
In order to be able to be appreciated, the springs require clearing of the area and a level of maintenance, both, ordinary and extraordinary.
💼 What the programme involves
Part of the main project that entwines, on different levels, cultural and touristic elements, is to bring back the springs to a decent level of useful pleasantness. This will be achieved by ordinary and extra ordinary maintenance activities, both, on the springs themselves and on woodland tracks and pathways to reach them springs.
Among the main activities involved, aside the clearing and refurbishing of the actual spring base areas, there are some small naturalistic engineering works to be done and some clearing of woodland areas, by means of removal of excess vegetation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Pitch places for tents, toilet and hot water showers within a closed camping area of Camping Verna (tents and other camping equipments are not provided, the participants should bring their own material).
📍 About the location
The Camp is based in a camping at 7km from Cumiana (near Turin). Volunteers are required to coordinate among themselves (via SCI offices) and with the Association VLM to establish a unique meeting point and time to meet in Cumiana central piazza. Arrival for all is Tuesday 22nd of August, Departure for all is Thursday August 31st.
⚠️ Requirements
Capability to work with manual activities and in conditions not always comfortable, in the middle of alpine woodland areas. Very useful would be any skills in naturalistic engineering techniques.
ℹ️ Additional information
The activities are part of water spring project that VLM is implementing since its early days of constitution, and it's part of other projects managed by our association on other aspects and themes. There are projects for all the areas concerned, such as cultural, touristic, environmental and social-life elements. SCI participants will have the opportunity to learn about the association's activities and to be part of some social life moments.
The Alpine rim of Alpi Cozie, where activities will take place, is a beautiful highland area, that has maintained his natural wild status and it is target of many tourists. It is therefore an enchanted place to spend some free time immersed in the quietness of wild nature during work break times.