Farma Valley Day and Night at the Belagaio State Reserve (Southern Tuscany) – how did it go

The flyer The July 27 AM interview for “Cult” (Radio Popolare Milano) In Italian: http://www.pibinko.org/out/20170727-cult-vdf.mp3 Highlights   Observed objects Summing up those recorded by our two stargazing guides: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn. M31, M51, M13, M22, M57,  M16, M17, M8, M20, M11, M26, M52, M6,  M7, M57, M27. Night sky quality measurements …for the BuioMetria Partecipativa project. … Continue reading Farma Valley Day and Night at the Belagaio State Reserve (Southern Tuscany) – how did it go

Save the date: Tue. June 6 in Grosseto (Southern Tuscany) the pibinko.org Summer calendar presented @ Caffé Ricasoli

Tuesday, June 6, from 4PM to 8PM at Caffé Ricasoli, in via Ricasoli 20, Grosseto, there will be a presentation of the second part of the 2017 combined calendar of events, by pibinko.org, Attivarti.org and other partnering subjects. 2017 started as a peculiar year, as it marks the tenth anniversary of an initiative which was a … Continue reading Save the date: Tue. June 6 in Grosseto (Southern Tuscany) the pibinko.org Summer calendar presented @ Caffé Ricasoli

No Live Music Allowed – ep. 1: In the Hilly Valleys (May 9, 2017, Torniella)

Tuesday May 9, 2017, in Torniella, Farma Valley, Tuscany, we will have the first episode of a series which will unfold during the coming months (see the flyer, in Italian). We want to raise the issue of the complexity of playing live music (especially for a living) in areas which are far from the big … Continue reading No Live Music Allowed – ep. 1: In the Hilly Valleys (May 9, 2017, Torniella)

Closing the pibinko.org + Attivarti.org Winter tour (from the Farma Valley in eight regions) at Fa’ la Cosa Giusta

Saturday March 11 the presentation given a Fa’ la Cosa Giusta (the largest Italian fair on sustainable lifestyles) about participatory mapping closed the Winter tour by pibinko.org & Attivarti.org: fifteen events between mid-December and mid-March, with presentation in four Italian regions, and scouting missions in four more (including Côte d’Azur, Corsica, and Sardinia). The tour … Continue reading Closing the pibinko.org + Attivarti.org Winter tour (from the Farma Valley in eight regions) at Fa’ la Cosa Giusta

Farma Valley Winter Fest – Summary of Day 3

[TO BE TRANSLATED] Per avviare la giornata: il branobag del 20-12-2012 La terza giornata del festival d’inverno in Val di Farma -sintesi: Un’anteprima del pomeriggio di domenica 18 con Peter Seeds e gli Etruschi from Lakota: Grazie a Luciano Massetti, che oltre a fare ricerca sulla biometeorologia è anche un discreto fotografo, detto da un ignorante. … Continue reading Farma Valley Winter Fest – Summary of Day 3

A summary of experiences from Italy in the Loss of the Night Network

The “Loss of the Night” project, funded by the EU COST programme, terminated its four years of activity at the end of October. This article provides a brief summary of the project and of its relations to Italy. Some context Artificial light at night, if used in excess or inappropriately, will generate light pollution, which … Continue reading A summary of experiences from Italy in the Loss of the Night Network

Leghorn, Italy, Oct. 29, 2015: An event talking about light and dark sky at the Natural History Museum

Thursday, October 29, 2015, starting at 9.30AM a symposium about “light and colours of the future” will be held in the auditorium of the Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean in Leghorn, Italy (via Roma 234). The event is part of the International Year of Light Calendar, and will see the presence of experts … Continue reading Leghorn, Italy, Oct. 29, 2015: An event talking about light and dark sky at the Natural History Museum

Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece

Between September 16 and September 18 I attended the Sixth Balkan Light Conference in Athens, Greece, organized by the National Technical University of Athens, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education, and Religious Affairs, and the Hellenic Lighting Association. Balkan Light is an event happening every three years, proposing the state of the art of research … Continue reading Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece