“Ape in Giro”: an exhibition by Tattistampa in Follonica, Tuscany (Dec. 6, 2019 / Jan. 5, 2020)

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The multi-talented Wolfgang Scheibe helps you approach the Christmas holidays with a selection of some fifty of his hand-made prints, which you may visit at Altrimondi in Follonica, Tuscany, from Dec. 6.

For the opening of the exhibition there will also be wine tasting with products from local biodynamic farms, as well as the presence of some members of the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band Colline Metallifere (starting from Wolfgang, with his one-string bass player hat).

For more information: tattistampa@tiscali.it

Oct. 18, 2019: BuioMetria Partecipativa in Grosseto, Tuscany, at the AMBITA Forum

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The next event for BuioMetria Partecipativa will be on Friday, Oct. 18, from 2 to 3PM (@ FIDIA, villino Pastorelli, via Fallaci). This will be in the context of AMBITA, the forum on Italian Built Environment.

We will speak of the impact of artificial lighting on various aspects of society and nature, and of how simple practice can lead to significantly reduce light pollution without compromising the quality of our lives.

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BuioMetria Partecipativa receives the “Dark Sky Defender” award by the International Dark Sky Association

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Andrea Giacomelli, promoter of the BuioMetria Partecipativa project obtained the 2019 “Dark Sky Defender” award by the International Dark Sky Association (IDA), the main organization worldwide committed to protection and promotion of the night sky.

This award is assigned to individuals or organizations in recognition of their exceptional efforts to promote and advance the mission and programs of IDA by promoting quality outdoor lighting to reduce light pollution and its environmental impacts.

Here is the motivation by IDA: For over ten years, Andrea Giacomelli has led the “BuioMetria Partecipativa” (Participatory Night Sky Quality Monitoring) project in Italy. The BuioMetria Partecipativa project has demonstrated a progressive approach, engaging not only “typical” subjects such as public administrations, utilities, or park managers, but triggering community-based activities, collaborations with artists, bartenders, and other segments of society who “thought they had nothing to do with light pollution”. Giacomelli organized more than 100 education and public outreach events.

The winners of the various IDA Award categories have been announced yesterday (Sep. 30) online, and the awards will be assigned on Nov. 8 in Tucson, Arizona, during the next IDA General Assembly.

Source: IDA