Apr. 29, 2024 – The Gran(i)Tour featured by “Poveri ma Belli” (Radio Popolare Milano)

To present the Jug Band Colline Metallifere Gran(i)Tour and to invite people to help us with the “farm to fork” participatory mapping exercise… [in italian]

Order now your Gran(i)Tour 2024 T-shirt!

The Gran(i)Tour schedule as of Apr. 24

Also Mauro Tirannosauro has verified: the first batch of T-shirts is ready, so we can start their distribution to support the 2024 Jug Band Colline Metallifere Gran(i)Tour.

What is the peculiarity of this apparel? All drawings and all of the printing process is made by hand, just like Gutenberg!

To order your T-shirt please write to  micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228, indicating the number of shirts per size. The cost of one T-shirt is 20 Euro, plus shipping. In general, we like the idea of delivering our products personally, or that we can give them to you directly at one of our events, but this is not always possible, so shipping is an option!

For more details about the Gran(i)Tour: https://www.pibinko.org/granitour24en/

Ixtlan Agricamping in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, is open and waiting for you!

Our friends from Agricamping Ixtlan in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, told us the the camping is now ready to receive guests. In addition to the camping, we remind you of the products from their farming activity, in addition to various situations which you may experience in this hamlet in the Metalliferous hills.

For more information: https://agricampingtatti.it…and don’t forget that this year we have the Tatti Twist!


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In Selvena, Southern Tuscany, a Meeting of the Estover Administrations after Twenty Years

On April 20, in Selvena, on the Amiata mountain area in Southern Tuscany, there has been a meeting of the Estover (Usi Civici, in Italian) administrations for commons in the province of Grosseto. If you are not aware of Estovers, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estovers.

The meeting was the opportunity, after many years without this type of gathering. for an overview on this type of institution in the area of Grosseto, considering technical aspects, issues, and opportunities.

From Tatti we had the possibility of summarizing some of our experiences in the field of community mapping, as well as documentation and promotion of lesser known aspects of our territories. We hope that these ideas of interest also for other administrators.

The meeting was attended by around fifty people overall, and the day was closed with the plan to schedule another meeting soon, so as to continue along a common path.

In the map below, the locations were “Usi Civici” exist in the Grosseto area (please note that the point refer to the main location, and not to the areal extension of the interested land).

For more information: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228.

The Gran(i)Tour T-shirt pre-orders are open

Today Dario (Canal) and Wolfgang (Scheibe) are at work in the Tattistampa shop, for the hand-made printing of the first batch of T-shirts for the upcoming Jug Band Colline Metallifere Gran(i)Tour between Tuscany, Trentino, and Germany, from June 14 to June 29.

It is possible to pre-order your T-shirt writing to micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228, indicating the size and the number of T-shirts per size. The cost of one T-shirt is 20 Euro, plus shipping, if required.

As you can see from the header image, the subject of the shirts is kept as a mistery for now, but you can review the shirts from the last years:

2023
2022
2021

What Wheat will we Display with the Gran(i)Tour?

Before the Gran(i)tour starts rolling, we want to put in our sandbox some information about wheat and grains!

We started by adding to the map of the project the origin of different varieties of wheat that our one-string-bass player Wolfgang Scheibe is experimenting in Maremma, Southern Tuscany.

If you have a project concerning grains (ancient, organic, you name it, as long as they are good), and you would like to present it in the context of the Gran(i)Tour, please write to micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228.

In the header image, Wolfgang’s grains in the Bruna Valley, Southern Tuscany, as of April 10, 2024.

Some samples from last year’s experimental crops managed by Wolfgang.

The Gran(i)Tour is advertised by the Institute of Italian Culture in Stuttgart

The June Gran(i)Tour has been advertised by the Institute of Italian Culture in Stuttgart among “Other happenings in the institute’s area of operation”…in the past we have collaborated twice with Institutes of Italian Culture: in 2007 for the palla a 21 mission to Chicago and in 2008 with the Institute in San Francisco for the “Square around the ball” photo exhibition, so we appreciate this form of attention.