WASTE UPCYCLING WORKCAMP IN ITALY

Upcycling means turning discarded items into something new and more valuable in a creative way. The
way we produce and consume nowadays is unsustainable and leads to very negative impacts on the
Earth and its living beings and ecosystems. Upcycling plays a fundamental ecological and social role
since, on one hand, it represents an artistic and original solution that faces issues as waste management
and pollution, while on the other it supports local communities and local economy.

It is an authentic Milanese agricultural farmhouse, located on the edge of the Great Forlanini Park, right where the last countryside gives way to the city. It is a place rich in history, formerly the site of a convent, which for centuries has hosted peasant families, and still today it maintains its agricultural vocation and the atmosphere of a country farmhouse. CasciNet has a farmyard, barns, vegetable gardens, a forest of fruit trees and plants (foodforest) and the hives
of the Apinet educational apiary.

Participants will be hosted in tents (NOT provided), on the green camping area adjacent to CasciNet, and they will have access to water, toilet facilities and a shared kitchen. In the Cascina there are covered spaces to be used in case of bad
weather.