MS in Environmental Sciences and environmental guide, based in Treia, Central Italy. He has been active with the BuioMetria Partecipativa project since 2009. Since 2016 he also collaborates on the Farma Valley Community Maps as a geographic information systems expert.
Pietro Crivelli graduated at the Fine Arts Academy of Florence in 1974. In 1977 he had his first international exhibitions, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and in New York City. In 1977 he left Italy for Asia and India for four years, relocated to Sicily in 1981-1982. Between 1982 and 1995 he was in the USA … Continue reading Pietro Crivelli, painter and musician: from Florence to Southern Tuscany, via Bali and Seattle
The September tour, opened with the preview in Ribolla, Southern Tuscany, and contined with the dates in Milano (Parco Nord Biodiversity Festival) and Athens (Balkan Light Conference), was closed in Florence with a presentation I had on September 25 at a conference on “Innovation in environmental education:ICT and intergenerational learning“. This was organized by the … Continue reading End of the September 2015 tour
Yeserday I had the onus and bonus of having the first talk at the opening ceremony of the Ninth Parco Nord Milano Biodiversity Festival. The location was the brand new Interactive Cinema Museum in Milano, viale Fulvio Testi 121. I spent some twenty years of my life in Milano, in various phases, and I’ve been … Continue reading At the opening of the Ninth Parco Nord Milano Biodiversity Festival
The meeting, held at the Civic Centre of Ribolla, a former mining village in Southern Tuscany, was attended by about 15 people, including the presence of the administrators from the Municipality of Roccastrada. Some of the citizens and public authorities who previously expressed their interest in participating then wrote they could not come and apologised. … Continue reading A report on the Sep 8, 2015 meeting in Ribolla
The palla a 21 tournament in Torniella, on August 9, whas interrupted around 8PM due to “impending obscurity”. With the evening approaching, the ball becomes invisible. The most ruthless “mandatori” (the players who serve the ball) will start to lower the serving angle, so the others won’t see it coming, and they are bound to … Continue reading Waiting for the Palla 21 tournament in Piloni, August 22-23: let’s have a swim in the creek
We have renovated the web site (actually, a single page) for Casa del Chiodo, a farmhouse in Piloni, Farma Valley. The place is in Southern Tuscany, about 45 minutes South of Siena. In addition to standard information about the premises, we have added news about interesting activities which take place at Casa del Chiodo, in … Continue reading Casa del Chiodo in Piloni, Southern Tuscany, Italy: the first participatory mapping farmhouse
[TO BE TRANSLATED] L’incontro si è svolto tra le 11.15 e le 12.35 circa. Partecipanti, tendenti al venti, non pochi, non tanti, ma tutte persone motivate e interessanti. In assoluto, non pochi per una domenica mattina con gli scrosci d’acqua. Età: tra 17 e (stimo) 77 anni. Provenienza: solo una persona proveniente da fuori Valle … Continue reading A report of the June 14, 2015 event in Scalvaia
These lyrics are composed by pibinko based on “L’isola che non c’è” by Edoardo Bennato – a very famous ballad in Italy. With this you can start m(‘)appearing the Farma Valley.d At present we are keeping on hold the production of an English version, even though Edoardo Bennato did it at some point in his career…it’s … Continue reading The valley that’s not there
The official report by the Loss of the Night Network team was publised on April 30. The campaign was conducted from March 21 to March 25, 2015, with measurements in two sites: Farma Valley (Torniella and Belagaio Forest) and Sesto Fiorentino (at the National Research Council Campus) . The report may be downloaded from the … Continue reading Official report on the LoNNe Intercomparison campaign in Tuscany