Mountains enchanted: the art of water springs in the Italian Alps

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Italy Environment Renovation Environment Heritage +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

'Vivere la Montagna' is a no-profit 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. This part of the Italian Alps is well known for its small natural springs of water of excellent quality, spread all over the mountain territory. In order to be appreciated, the water springs require systematic cleaning of the area and a regular maintenance.

💼 What the programme involves

The main goal of the project, that combines cultural and touristic elements, is to bring back the water springs to a proper usability. In order to improve the conditions of the natural sources and enhance the touristic potential of the local area, the volunteers will contribute to the cleaning and restoration activities with basic manual work. This will be achieved by different maintenance activities dedicated to the recovery of the springs and the pathways leading to them as well as doing some environmental engineering works and removing excess vegetation in the forest areas.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will be accommodated in the Camping Verna that has a space for tents with bathrooms and common area for cooking and eating. There is also a free WiFi service. However, the tents and other camping equipments are not provided so the volunteers should bring their own!

📍 About the location

The Camp is based in Cumiana (about 40 km from Turin), within Camping Verna di Cumiana - Strada Verna 37. In the Alps mountain, at about 7 km from the main town square. The nearest airport is Caselle. Cumiana is easily reachable from Turin by bus.

⚠️ Requirements

Ability to execute basic manual activities and work in conditions that are not always comfortable in the middle of Alpine woodland areas. Any experience in environmental engineering would be highly appreciated.

ℹ️ Additional information

The activities are part of the project for the recovery of water springs that VLM has been carrying out since its establishment. It involves cultural, touristic, environmental and social elements. The volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about the association's activities and to participate in some cultural and social events. The Cozie Alps, where the activities will take place, is a beautiful mountain area, that has preserved its intact territory and it is a desired destination of many tourists. Therefore, it is an enchanted place for the volunteers to spend some moments immersed in the quietness of wild nature during their free time.

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📅 Available sessions

IT-SCI 10.2

20/08/2019 → 29/08/2019

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

10040 Cumiana TO, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:20 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Italian