TBT TBM. the step after #IorestoaCosa Il lancio della campagna per l’aumento delle tesi di archeologia in provincia di Grosseto (#ioRestoaCosa) non è stato vano. Grazie al sistema di trasferimento delle menti, è stato intercettato da alcuni amici sardi che hanno una stazione di ascolto a Capo Marrargiu. Solo che nella trasmissione è saltato qualche … Continue reading #IoRestoaBosa
While Tender by Blur plays… It’s not going to be on par with a virtual visit to the New York MOMA, nor with some free movie streaming release, or other offers that many renown sites are proposing in these days. Still…since they gave us a bit more time at home, here is what you may … Continue reading Hints from the pibinko.org archive for your extended home stays
Since 1994 I have been professionally engaged in a variety of mapping and geographic information management projects, spanning from tourism to environmental remediation, citizen science, biodiversity, utility surveys, and more. In time I have also been increasingly working on outreach related to mapping (and free/open-source mapping), with steering roles in national associations. Between 1997 and … Continue reading Maps
Since 1994 I have been professionally engaged in a variety of mapping and geographic information management projects, spanning from tourism to environmental remediation, citizen science, biodiversity, utility surveys and more. In time I have also been increasingly working on outreach related to mapping (and free/open-source mapping). Highlights The Farma Valley Community Map The Tatti Community … Continue reading Maps
Following the traditional palla eh! and palla a 21 Summer tournaments in Southern Tuscany, the beginning of the Autumn brings in the same area a very peculiar event: the ninth European Llargues Cup for clubs. Llargues is one of the variants of hand-ball games played across Europe, especially in the Valencian region in Spain, with … Continue reading Oct. 11-13, 2019: 9th European Llargues Club Cup (Monticiano/Torniella/Ciciano, Tuscany) & Exhibition on the game of palla in Monticiano (until Oct. 27)
Thursday, July 25, at the Terme Marine Leopoldo II hotel in Marina di Grosseto (Tuscany) from 6.30PM to 8PM there will be a presentation of the mission by Zoltán Kolláth, astrophysics professor at the Savaria University Centre, Eötvös Loránd University, Szombathely, Hungary. The professor, who is one of the leading authorities in the field of … Continue reading Thursday, July 25, 2019: The Night Sky, from the Hungarian Puszta to the Hills of Maremma (Terme Marine Leopoldo II, Marina di Grosseto, Tuscany)
Between June 27 and July 1, 2019, I had the opportunity of attending with the BuioMetria Partecipativa project a part of the fourth “Light Pollution Theory, Modelling, and Measurements” and a workshop connected to the conference. Here you will find a brief summary of the event and the experimental activities related to it, and some … Continue reading The Fourth Light Pollution Theory, Modelling, and Measurements Conference, Zselic (Hungary, June 25-28, 2019), and its workshop
The BuioMetria Partecipativa (BMP) project has been involved since 2008 in raising awareness on the issue of light pollution, collecting data on this phenomenon through citizen science networks, and promoting “dark sky” areas characterized by the good quality of the night sky. The collection of observations of this kind can be done throughout the year, … Continue reading The 2019 Buiometria Summer Campaign in Collaboration with an International Expert on a Mission in Tuscany
Header image: two globe luminaires silhouetted on the ancient walls of the village of Rab. From June 14 to June 16 I was invited to give a presentation at the first Croatian conference on light pollution, in the stunning setting of the Rab Island, and namely in the area of Lopar. The event was triggered … Continue reading “From Irredentists to Dentists”, and the first Croatian Conference on Light Pollution (pibinko.org News, Jun. 17, 2019)
From May 29, 2019, the weather data recorded by the station installed in Torniella on May 10, during a visit in the Farma Valley by Politecnico di Milano, are online. The pibinko.org networking has been collaborating with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, giving periodic talk in the Milanese university. The basic weather data … Continue reading The Torniella, Southern Tuscany, Weather Station is online