TOGETHER IN THE FOREST
Code: 67931 Copied
Italy
Teenagers
Environment
Manual work
Teenagers
Environment
+1
Fixed dates
About the project
TOGETHER IN THE FOREST
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
SUMMARY: Join us in the wood, to renovate and improve natural areas, challenge yourself in nature, bring life to an abandoned wood and make it accessible for the local community. Enjoy this beautiful place practicing outdoor activities Citizenship YoungPeople Games EnvironmentLaboratories Lunarcamp 100YearsOfWorkCampsPARTNER: The workcamp is organized by Liberi Sogni a small no-profit organization that organizes, since 2006, social, cultural and environmental projects in the districts of Lecco, Bergamo and Monza e Brianza, in the region Lombardy. Liberi Sogni always considered the intercultural topic very important. Many people that work in the cooperative experimented directly with how important is to promote solidarity and attention towards cultures, especially among young people. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: LifeOnLand-SDG15 and ClimateAction-SDG13. PROJECT: The cooperative is involved in promoting environmental protection, presenting alternative and sustainable ways of life through workshops in the schools, green days, weekends into nature and Environmental Creative Camps quot; to preserve old woods and increase the value of our territory. Since 2014 Liberi Sogni is involved in a project called Crazy-lienza, tornare alla natura per coltivare il futuro, in English Crazy-resilience, to go back to the nature to grow the future. From this year a new environmental project has begun the and amp;quot;free university of the forest, to be developed during the workcamp. Liberi Sogni organizes the camp International Green Camp to involve young people in the transformation of an abandoned wood in a place useful and pleasant for the local community and small local farms. The main aims of the project are environmental education and awareness through the active engagement of young people in an international and natural environment. Through the experience in the wood, we would like to achieve personal development, increase active citizenship in society, improving language competences, raise participants apos; awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries.
💼 What the programme involves
There will be two different work experiences: in the first, for four days, the children will live an experience of sharing with children and adults and the volunteers will have to take care of the arrangement of the camp and help the team in the kitchen and the activities; in the second, for seven days they will live an experience with young people with work to protect the forest and the environment.The work will be mainly in the morning, about 4 hours per day with three types of activities:1-Arrangement of the camp, taking care of the little vegetable garden and the water tank.2- Work in the wood: building tables with wood materials (the tables will be used to create in the wood a relax-area for the local people) and fixing or building footpaths.3- Cooking to prepare lunch with organic food coming from the nearby area4- Support for the creation of artistic and environmental laboratoriesIn the afternoon the participants will take part in special workshops in local small farms, workshops with local associations for taking care of the paths and small rivers.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation and Food: The participants will sleep in tents of 4 people. The tents will be provided, but the volunteers will have to bring their camping mattress and sleeping bag. The tents will be divided into girls and boys tents. Participants must carry their belongings in a backpack, as they will arrive at camp on foot. Electricity and hot water will be provided by photovoltaic and solar panels. The toilet is 2 compost toilets, made of wood. The food will be prepared by the volunteers, who will eat together in a big tent. Most of the food will come from local farms from the fair trade. Drinking water will be taken from the local fountain. The food will be prepared by the participants, who will eat together in a big tent. Most of the food will come from local farms from the fair trade market. There wont be an internet connection and the use of electricity will be very few since we use photovoltaic panels. Participants can bring typical food of their countries to share but alcohol is not allowed in the camp.
📍 About the location
The project takes place in a wood located in a local park called Parco del Monte di Brianza, in a place called Campiano which belongs to the municipality of Valgreghentino (LC), in the north of Italy. In the past, this area was used for agriculture, but now most of it is abandoned: we can see abandoned buildings, woods, and fields. Invasive plants are growing avoiding the growth of the local ones.To reach the CRAZY-WOOD theres a gravel road or a footpath. (See the place in this map https://goo.gl/maps/YxwVEVgUnPE2) The closest village is Aizurro, a very little village with around 180 inhabitants. The closer place with facilities like shops, train station or other services is the village of Airuno. During the day there is some time for games and activities (for example tree-climbing, excursions, land art). Some evenings will be organized with and amp;quot;cultural nights quot;, where one or more countries organize a dinner with the typical food and games and /or workshops to show their own culture. The rest of the evenings there will be moments at the fireplace, free evenings or some games in the darkness. TERMINAL: Milan
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LUNAR11
23/06/2020 → 04/07/2020
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
16–17 years old
Solidarity donation
265.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
23857 Valgreghentino, Province of Lecco, Italy
Italy
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🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Italian