The Third Farma Valley Winter Fest will host on Dec. 16, 2018 the annual CAAT conference. CAAT stands for “Coordinamento Associazioni Astrofile della Toscana“, i.e. the network of amateur astronomer associations in Tuscany. This comprises some forty associations spread across the region. The local promoter of the venue is pibinko.org, handling for some years now … Continue reading CAAT 2018 conference
A one-page presentation of the pibinko.org network activities, in particular with reference to the collaboration with the Farma Valley, Tuscany, communities and the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band was included in the scene setting presentations of a workshop on Citizen Science and Environmental Monitoring: Benefits and Challenges held on Nov. 21-22 at the Joint Research Centre … Continue reading Nov. 21, 2018: brief Talk on bottom-up Activities at the Workshop on Citizen Science and Environmental Monitoring: Benefits and Challenges
[Last update: Nov 27, 2018] This is the official page for the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest December 14-15-16 2018 …three days of pici, love, and music in Southern Tuscany Details on the event are being gradually disclosed. For more information or inquiries: info@pibinko.org. To check out what happened in the two past editions, see … Continue reading 3rd Farma Valley Winter Fest, 14-16 Dec. 2018 – Southern Tuscany
On Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 we were invited at the Tana del Bianconiglio (White Rabbit Hole) recording studio in Montecchio, a tiny village not far from Pisa, for a recording session putting together three generations and moods from different latitudes. Let’s see who was there, and how they got to this spot. The line-up The headliners, and hosts, … Continue reading Sep. 27, 2018: Etruschi & Friends Country Session at the White Rabbit Hole in Tuscany
The case of the Farma Valley Community Map is among 50 examples documented globally in a report about Identifying success factors in crowdsourced geographic information use in government. Pages 54-55 of the report, downloadable here.
After about a year from its first publication (see post), an updated version of the Farma Valley Community Map was published. The creation of the map started in 2014, with points of interest being gradually added to the official 1:10000 base maps, leading to document water springs, old gardens, hunting sites and other toponyms related … Continue reading A new edition for the Farma Valley Community Map
One year after the experiment with which we launched a Winter Fest where things happen if at all, in the Summer, here we are with the second edition. Below the flyer, more information is provided: The action will be on Sunday, Dec. 17 in Torniella, Southern Tuscany. The program will be in a single day, … Continue reading The Farma Valley Winter Fest is back: see you in Torniella (Southern Tuscany) on Dec. 17, 2017
Please note: not all the weekly newsletters issued in the past 23 weeks have been translated into English…you can still review most of the initiatives and events presented in the English version of the news. With the presentation of the 2017 BuioMetria Summer Campaign and the “Earth Observation Open Science” conference in Frascati on Sep. … Continue reading pibinko.org newsletter #24 (Oct. 2, 2017) – end of part 1 for 2017
This happened in the context of our memorial initiatives for the tenth anniversary of our mission to Chicago, Illinois. The report was first aired on July 9, 2017, in the “Sport Café” show by TV9 in, presenting a training session by players from Torniella, Piloni, and Scalvaia, as well as details on the construction of … Continue reading July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
Where C is for culture, A for ambiente (environmento), IL for innovazione libera (open innovation), M for Music, and S for Sport. C June 28, 9PM, Torniella, Second edition of the palla a 21 ball construction course. June 30, 6PM , Massa Marittima (GR), opening of the photo exhibition by Alberico Mattei and Martina Busonero. … Continue reading pibinko.org Newsletter #11: CAILM…S