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LEGAMBIENTE VOLUNTARY DEPARTMENT
Via Salaria 403, 00199 Roma - ITALY
Website: http://international.legambiente.it/
volontariato@legambiente.it - Fax: +39 06 23325776
Incoming: Laura Marino
incoming@legambiente.it
tel +39 0686268324
Outgoing: Rossella Fasano
outgoing@legambiente.it
tel +39 0686268326
General coordinator: Luca Stasi – l.stasi@legambiente.it
Teen and family projects: Giorgia Chiocchini – g.chiocchini@legambiente.it
LEGAMBIENTE
WHO ARE WE?
Legambiente is a non-profit leading environmental organisation in Italy that works for the safeguarding and
enhancement of natural resources; environment; common health; animal and plant species; historical,
artistic and cultural heritage; territories and landscapes. It is formed by 20 regional committees and around
1000 local groups. Since its foundation in 1980, Legambiente’s hallmark is the scientific environmentalism,
which is the willingness to build every environmental protection project on a solid base made of scientific
data.
Legambiente’s mission is to make environmental culture at the centre of a new kind of development and
diffused well-being. Important values for the association are the improvement of environmental quality,
the fight against all forms of pollution, a wise use of natural resources, the construction of a more balanced
relationship between human beings and the nature. Spreading those values could be an effective way to
respond to the challenges of our time: the modernization of the economy, the commitment to beat
unemployment, the struggle for peace and against all forms of discrimination and social injustice, the effort
to consider globalization not only as a mere trading of goods but also as a means to improve quality of life
and to give rights to billions of men and women forced to live in poverty.
LEGAMBIENTE’S WORKCAMPS
Legambiente has been organising volunteering campaigns since 1991, promoting summer-camps in many
protected areas both in Italy and abroad.
Voluntary work camps have three main objectives:
- safeguard and enhance the Italian environmental, historical, cultural and artistic heritage;
- raise the awareness of local communities and foreign volunteers about the value of the natural and
cultural heritage and spread sustainable and responsible lifestyles;
- build peace through cultural exchange.
Voluntary projects also help in promoting green tourism, developing sustainable economy, stimulating
people to be active citizens and participate in decision-making processes that shape their future as
communities.
Work organization. Each work camp can be differently organized according to its specific needs.
Volunteers will be working approximately 30 hours/week. Sometimes they may be asked for working over
the weekend or early in the morning in case of high temperature.
Volunteers are expected to be open-minded, flexible, and adaptable to different situations. Moreover, they
need to be inclined to face either lacks or unexpected events with a positive attitude.
Not elsewhere specified, special skills are not required. Nevertheless, participation, enthusiasm and
motivation are welcome!
Usually volunteers sleep in mixed rooms. Single or double rooms are not available. Shifts for cooking and
cleaning are scheduled during the first day.
Each volunteer is responsible for all aspects of the daily life on the work camp.
Food. In the most part of our workcamps food will be almost vegetarian and based on local products.
Volunteers will eat meat a very few times.
Language: English is the official language of the work camp. Nonetheless, in some workcamps implemented
in remote villages, local communities can only speak Italian.
Each workcamp will host a maximum of 2 volunteers for each country, in order to create a heterogeneous
group and to foster a real cultural exchange.
Participation fee: adult workcamps don’t foresee any additional fee. In teenage and family workcamps a
participation fee is required and is to be brought in cash directly to the camp; the whole amount is
addressed to the local group organising the camp and will be totally used to cover part of the expenses of
the camp itself.
Insurance: volunteers are insured for permanent damages caused by accidents and third person liability.
For non-European volunteers, it is recommended to be provided with a health insurance.
VOLUNTARY PROGRAMME 2016
CODE
NAME
LOCATION
WORK
DATES
AGE
LEG01
Grigna natural camp
Primaluna
ENVI
22/05 - 04/06
18+
LEG02
Wood craft in Sibillini Park
Amandola
RENO
12/06 – 25/06
18+
LEG03
Love the mountains in Orobie Park
Castello dell’acqua
ENVI
12/06 - 26/06
18+
LEG04
RTO Park
Carnago
ENVI
21/06 - 04/07
15 - 17
LEG05
Prato
Prato
ENVI
23/06 - 07/07
18+
LEG06
Valorisation of archeological heritage in Madonie Regional
Park
Petralia Sottana
ENVI/CULT
01/07 -15/07
18+
LEG07
LEG08
Along the river in the Park Valle del Lanza
Camp8 – Scattered camp in VIII municipality of Rome
Bizzarone
Roma
ENVI
RENO/ENVI
04/07 – 18/07
08/07 -23/07
18+
18+
LEG09
Renaissance of the Occitan community
Ostana
ENVI
09/07 – 23/07
18+
LEG10
Love the mountains in Alpe Dosso
Delebio
ENVI
10/07 – 23/07
18+
LEG11
Environment protection in Dolomiti mountains
Lamon
ENVI/CULT
08/07 – 22/07
14 - 17
LEG12
Local is better: workcamp in Carmignano
Carmignano
ENVI/SOCI
14/07 – 28/07
18+
LEG13
Bike & Hearts Valle dell’Aniene
Anticoli Corrado
CULT/ENVI
15/07 – 29/07
15 - 17
LEG14
Clean up Villa Corsini
Albano Laziale
RENO/CULT
16/07 – 30/07
18+
LEG15
Ethno-anthropologic valorisation in Madonie Regional Park
Petralia Sottana
CULT/ENVI
17/07 – 30/07
18+
LEG16
LEG17
Environment and legality at Vesuvio National Park
Altogether to prevent the hydrogeological damage
Ottaviano
Chiaverano
ENVI
ENVI
18/07 – 31/07
21/07 – 04/08
18+
18+
LEG18
Operazione Margherita
Montevecchio
ENVI
22/07 – 31/07
4 - 99
LEG19
LEG20
Let’s restart from Malegno!
Greenhouses for solidarity
Malegno
Sant’Elpidio a Mare
CULT/RENO
ENVI/SOCI
23/07 – 06/08
24/07 – 07/08
18+
18+
LEG21
Old Camerata
Camerata Nuova
CULT/ENVI
26/07 – 09/08
20+
NOTES
ability to work and live in high
mountain
hard manual work
mountain
Teen camp. Participation fee
95 Euro
To be confirmed
good attitude to live in mountains
environment
environment
mountain, remote place
good attitude to walk in mountains
environment .
95 Euro
motivation letter
Ability to ride bikes
95 Euro
To be confirmed
environment
good attitude to walk
Family camp. Participation fee from
150 to 380 euro
hard conditions
motivation letter
LEG22
Local traditions and upcycling in Dolomiti mountains
Lamon
ENVI/RENO
30/07 – 09/08
4 - 99
LEG23
Campo dei Fiori
Brinzio
ENVI
01/08 – 14/08
18+
LEG24
Renovating mountain trails in Madonie Regional Park
Petralia Sottana
ENVI
01/08 – 15/08
18+
LEG25
Don’t waste Venice
Venezia
ENVI
04/08 – 17/08
18-65
LEG26
Enhance the biodiversity in Montevecchia
Montevecchia
ENVI
07/08 – 20/08
18+
LEG27
Parco Lavino camp
Scafa
ENVI/CULT
08/08 – 22/08
18+
LEG28
Renovating mountain trails in Madonie Regional Park
Petralia Sottana
ENVI
17/08 – 31/08
18+
LEG29
Majella, Mother mountain of nature and culture
Pretoro
ENVI
19/08 – 31/08
4 - 99
LEG30
Timpa Natural Reserve
Acireale
ENVI
26/08 – 04/09
18-35
LEG31
Urban ReGeneration
Eboli
RENO
05/09 – 15/09
18-60
LEG32
Naturalambro
Merone
ENVI
03/10 – 17/10
LEG33
Paestum Raising Peace: social inclusion of migrants
Paestum
SOCI/ENVI
11/07 – 21/07
18+
18+
LEG34
LEGMTV01
LEGMTV02
LEGMTV03
Paestum Raising Peace: social inclusion of migrants
Paestum
SOCI/ENVI
22/07 – 01/08
18+
Parco Monte Barro hostel
Galbiate
ENVI
14/03 – 05/06
Environmental Education Centre in Prim’Alpe
Prim’Alpe di Canzo
ENVI
05/04 - 04/06
The river circuit MTV
Malnate
ENVI/RENO
31/05 – 23/07
18+
18+
18+
attitude to walk
150 to 380 euro
ability to ride bikes
environment
swimming and walking ability, no
seasickness
attitude to live and walk in
mountains environment
environment
attitude to walk
170 to 440 euro
motivation letter
motivation letter
motivation letter
motivation letter
LEG01 – Grigna natural camp
Location: Primaluna, province of Lecco, Lombardia region
Date: 22/05 – 04/06
Type: Environmental
Number of volunteers: 8
Age: 18+
Project summary: The northern Grigna Park is a beautiful area above the lake Como. There are several
alpine huts in the park many pathways which need maintenance. We need your help to keep the Park and
its green areas as beautiful as they can be.
Description
Project: for the first time Legambiente Lecco organizes a workcamp with Grigna park. The aim is to allow
people to go to the mountains with a higher safety, through the paths and signs maintenance.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Lecco is made of young and dinamic people, mostly under 30. The
main activity of this Legambiente group is the management of an hostel; moreover, it has campaigned
against food waste and for the correct waste management. Take a look at https://itit.facebook.com/legambiente.lecco for details.
Work: Volunteers will take care of the maintenance of pathways leading to their alpine hut in order to
make it a easier and more accessible for people, allowing them to reach even more esily the alpine hut.
They will also take care of the signposting whenever and wherever it is necessary.
Study part: Volunteers will be educated about the Park and its biodiversity.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in an alpine hut inside the park, Rifugio Riva
(http://www.rifugioriva.it), at 1022 meters above sea level. Wifi access will be provided. Meals will be
cooked with the owners of the hut.
Location and leisure: Grigna is one of the major symbols of the Lecco area, and it isn’t very far from the
Lake Como. Particularly historically interesting is Varenna and the Vezio’s castle.
Specific Requirements: past experience in living in mountains environment. Ability to walk and work in high
mountains is necessary.
Language: English will be the official language in the camp.
Terminal: nearest airports: Milano Malpensa/ Orio al Serio. Nearest train station: Lecco
LEG02 - Wood craft in Sibillini Park
Location: Amandola, province of Fermo, Marche region
Date: 12-25/06
Type: Renovation
Age: 18+
Project summary: The workcamp will contribute to the maintenance of a collective good within the
National Park of Monti Sibillini, through the discovery of local wood craft and the ancient myth of Sibilla
Appenninica.
Description
Project: The aims of the workcamp are the maintenance of the Centre of Environmental Education and the
sensitization of the communities about the value of high quality handicraft, which represented a great
richness for the territory that is being lost
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Sibillini was born in 2003; its main mission is the promotion and
safeguard of the Monti Sibillini National Park as referring model of sustainable development. The local
group is part of the Centre of Environmental Education “Fillide” and works with schools and youngsters,
trying to raise ecologist awareness for the protection of their territory.
Work: The main working activity will be the renovation of the window fixtures; the volunteers will be
guided by local carpenters.
Study part: there will be a presentation of the National Park with visits.
Accommodation and food: the volunteers will be hosted in the Centre for Environmental Education where
they will be working. WiFi is available.
Location and leisure: Amandola is a medieval village, with valuable handicraft traditions, of 3700
inhabitants situated within 3 hills where there are structures of great artistic and historical value: the
podestà tower with the historic theatre, S.Francesco church, the Capuchin monastery.
During free time the volunteers will visit the village and will make mountain excursions in the Park.
Terminal: nearest airports are Roma Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci and Ancona Falconara Raffaello Sanzio.
Nearest train station is Porto San Giorgio.
The latest bus from Porto San Giorgio is at 18.10.
LEG03 - Love the mountains in Orobie park
Location: Castello dell’Acqua, province of Sondrio, Lombardia region
Date: 12-26/06
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: The Orobie Valtellinesi Mountains Park is a particular area, which needs maintenance
and cures in order to keep it the beautiful place that it is today. Volunteers will be involved in different
tasks, such as the maintenance of woods and pathways.
Description
Project: Volunteers will be asked mostly to take care of pathways, which are very culturally important in the
area
because
each
of
them
leads
to
old
mills
and
ethnographic
sites
(http://www.comune.castellodellacqua.so.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid
=59).
against food waste and for the correct waste management.
Work: Volunteers will be asked to clean pathways, eliminate weed and take care of the woods. They will be
working with the constant help of experienced voluntary people (local administrations volunteers) that will
provide all the necessary tools.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a hostel owned by the local administration.
Location and leisure: Volunteers will be shown all the places and costumes of the local farming culture.
Teglio, a well-known locality famous for the making of Pizzoccheri, is near Castello dell’Acqua, as well as
Tirano.
Specific Requirements: Predisposition to live, walk and work in the mountains.
Terminal: Nearest airport: Orio al serio or Milano Malpensa. Nearest train station: Sondrio
LEG04 - RTO Park
Location: Carnago, province of Varese, Lombardia region
Date: 21/06 – 04/07
Type: Environmental
Age: 15-17
Project summary: Volunteers will study the environment and maintain the paths’ net of the Park that was
founded 10 year ago.
Description
Project: For the 10th birthday of the Park Rile Tenore Olona (RTO), Legambiente and the local
administration of Carnago decided to host an international workcamp for the promotion of the area and
the protection of the environment.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Varese Onlus, besides giving contributions to main Legambiente
national campaigns, cares about the environment of the district of Varese since the eighties. Legambiente
Varese coordinates 14 local groups of Legambiente volunteers and is the connection between local,
regional and national offices of the association. It carries out several activities such as the management of
natural areas, the organization of workcamps, environmental education addressed to youngest generations
and promotion of environmentally friendly lifestyles.
Work: The work will mainly consist of maintenance of paths’ net, cleanings from weeds and rubbish,
especially on the bike-road along the river.
Volunteers will be involved in the organization of a local festival, and they will take care of the sustainability
of the event (as: reducing and collection of waste.)
Study part: Volunteers will participate in workshops and trainings on environment and sustainability. Main
subject of the program will be the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of Soil. They will learn by
doing a sustainable life style.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a common room with camp-beds and they'll use a
camp-kitchen. There will be an environmental friendly diet with local and seasonal products and little
meat.
Location and leisure: The Park is located along the river Olona, immersed in the green of the first Pre-alpine
foothills, in the lakes region and at the start of the great plan of the Po river. http://www.parcorto.it/index.php. The Olona Valley is characterized from a typical vegetation of the Lombard moor; it is also
rich in architectural beauties from medieval age to the renaissance. The river suffered for industrial
pollution for decades but now there are a lot of enabled projects to restore the river's ecology.
In leisure time volunteers will make bike trips in the area and visit the lakes.
Participation fee: 95 Euro
Language: English will be the official language in the camp. Italian speakers are welcome
Terminal: Malpensa Airport. Milano Cadorna Train Station
LEG05 – to be confirmed
Location: Prato, Tuscany region
Date: 23/06 – 07/07
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
LEG06 - Valorisation of archeological heritage in Madonie Regional Park
Location: Petralia Sottana, province of Palermo, Sicilia region
Date: 1 – 15/07
Type: Environmental/Cultural
Age: 18+
Project summary: In the heart of Madonie Regional Park in Sicily, the volunteers will clear an archeological
area for the promotion of a responsible and sustainable tourism.
Description
Project: the workcamp is part of a wider project which aims at raising the natural and touristic value of the
Madonie Regional Park, through the creation of educational and environmental facilities and activities. The
seasonal tourism linked to the winter sports will lead to the reduction and fragmentation of the natural
areas with serious environmental damages. The purpose of the project is to divert this direction towards
the safeguard of the territory and the valorization of the cultural and historic heritage as key to stimulate
innovative quality and new economic trends, in respect of the mountain biodiversity.
Legambiente local group: the local group “Francesco Lojacono” sar born in 2007 in Palermo with the aim of
safeguarding and promoting areas with natural and cultural value through awareness campaigns such as
“Salvalarte” (save the art) and Solidarity and Environment, for the fruition of natural areas by
disadvantaged people.
Work: the volunteers will clean an archaeological area, currently abandoned, from the weed; they will set
new signals and promoting facilitires. They will also do fire monitoring in the Park and some renovation
work in the Refuge and the surrounding area.
Study part: biodiversity of the Madonie Park, sustainable tourism and ancient traditions of Sicily,
Mediterranean genesis and geology, climate change.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in Rifugio Il Grifone, a mountain refugee inside the
Park, at 1500 meters above sea level.
Location and leisure: the Regional Park of Madonie, extended for 794 kmq in the north-centre of Sicily,
includes the highest and most ancient mountains in the region. The workcamp will take place in Piano
Battaglia that is the second highest Sicilian peak (1600 mt), after Etna Vulcan. It is situated in a wonderful
natural frame: a wide karstic area in the heart of the Madonie mountains surrounded by an ancient beech
forest.
In the free time, the volunteers will explore the Park - also through sport activities - and the villages at its
feet, with their traditions and community life.
Specific Requirements: good will and attitude to live in mountains environment.
Terminal: nearest airport and train station are in Palermo. Attention: the last bus from Palermo to Petralia
Sottana is at 18.30 (at 17 on Sundays).
LEG07 - Along the river in the Park Valle del Lanza
Location: Bizzarone, province of Como, Lombardia region
Date: 4-18/07
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: in an area rich of historical and natural witnesses , the volunteers will be engaged in
maintenance and cleaning work along Olona river, in the framework of recovery project for the safety of
the Valley.
Description
Project: Legambeinte Varese has been collaborating with the Park Valle del Lanza since 2007, with the aim
of protecting and promoting an area important for nature and for green tourism. The park was born with
the aim of safeguarding the valley from the expansion of the urban areas and to improve sustainable
tourism. The paths' net of the area is very important because is part of the “greenway” that connect
Milano's area with Switzerland. www.parcovallelanza.com
natural areas, the organization of workcamps, environmental education addressed to youngest
generations and promotion of environmentally friendly lifestyles.
Work: in the first part of the camp the volunteers work in collaboration with local volunteers and citizens,
that are taking care of an important area near the river. In the second part the technical staff of the park
will support the group in the maintenance of the bike road that crosses the park.
The work will be: footpaths cleaning and maintenance, removing weeds and rubbish, paint little bridges. On
Sunday 10th July the volunteers will participate in “Big jump”, the international campaign for living rivers.
Study part: Part of the time will be dedicated to study the natural characteristic of the Park focusing in the
difficult relationship between man and nature near the river.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in tent (provided) with camp-beds and they'll use a
common kitchen with canteen. There will be an environmental friendly diet with local and seasonal
products and little meat.
Location and leisure: The Park is located between the provinces of Como and Varese, immersed in the
green of the first Prealpine foothills, in the lakes’ region and at the beginning of the great plan of the Po
river.
The park surface follows the river Lanza till it reaches its end in the River Olona; the valley is covered with
several kinds of vegetation and rich of animals’ presences. The Park is crossed by the old “Valmorea”
railroad, now used for tourism with little steam trains.
Language:
English will be the official language in the camp. Italian speakers are welcome.
Terminal: Milano Malpensa, Malnate train station
LEG08 - Camp8: scattered camp in VIII municipality of Rome
Location: Rome, Lazio region
Date: 8-23/07
Type: Renovation/Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: a scattered workcamp where volunteers will renovate and revitalize the territory and
community of a suburban area of Rome.
Description
Project: The project has been conceived by five no-profit associations who ordinarily work for the
valorization of the VII Municipality of Rome and the revitalisation of its local community.
The aim of the workcamp is to valorise some green areas scattered in the district, areas that normally are
managed by different active citizenship realities and that face the current critical problems of a big city. The
volunteers will focus their efforts in 4 green areas through ordinary maintenance and self-construction
workshops for do-it-yourself furniture.
Local organisers:
The Comitato Parco Giovannipoli was established in 2013 following the failure to care of the Park of the
Catacombs of Commodilla, with the objective to keep it alive and usable for citizenship.
Since its inception, the Comitato Parco Giovannipoli has been playing an important work of maintenance,
bringing an almost complete restoration of the Park; the work has been also recognized by the City of Rome
with the award of custody of the Park from July 15, 2014.
Legambiente Garbatella promotes since 1992 initiatives related to urban, mobility and waste issues. The
most important result of its actions has been the creation of Garbatella Park which, through a 20-year
engagement, has been involving citizens, associations, local administrators and obtained the official
custody of the area by the Assessorship to Environment.
Nessun Dorma has been organizing since 2010 cultural and aggregating activities in a dormitory suburb
area, and it is particularly committed in recovering abandoned green areas to make them culture and
sociality cores.
La Strada is a social centre focusing on antiracism. Since ’90 it has been collaborating with the local
institutions in order to foster bottom-up decisional processes; this experience led to the creation of the
public agency Rights and New Citizenship, with an help-desk for the citizens’ rights and networks’
development. From 2000 on, it starts working on migration, street education and information with many
projects.
Villetta Social Lab is a social space where youth, families and elder people find a place to express and to
practice social innovation.
Work: in the first phase of the camp the volunteers will create urban furniture through self-construction
workshops, in particular for collected waste areas, informative panels, benches and tables, gazebos,
compost structures; in the second phase the volunteers will install the furniture and dedicate to the
cleaning of the green areas, mainly waste and grass removal.
Daily activities during the whole camp will be the ordinary maintenance of 2 green areas (baskets emptying,
ordinary cleaning and gates’ opening and closure.
Study part: workshops about self-construction, do-it-yourself and upcycling will be run, with the supprt of
architects.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in a school. The diet will be mainly Mediterranean
(vegetables and cereals, little meat)
Location and leisure: the VIII Municipality of Rome is wide 3,7% of the whole city territory and has 130.000
citizens, with 66 families. It includes both central and suburban areas, with working-class conflicting zones.
During the free time the volunteers will have the chance to visit Rome, with its unique and amazing historic
assets.
Specific Requirements: Rome in July is usually very hot, be prepared for it!
Terminal: Rome stations (Termini and Tiburtina are the main stations) and airports (Fiumicino or
Ciampino).
LEG09 - Renaissance of the Occitan community
Location: Ostana, province of Cuneo, Piemonte region
Date: 9-23/07
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: Ostana is a laboratory for a new way of mountain life style. Alpine architecture
preservation, identity and community are the basis for its sustainable development.
Description
Project: Ostana is a small Occitan village located in the upper Po Valley ( 1300 mt) in front of the Monviso
peak (3841 mt). In the last decades a careful work has moved Ostana into a small laboratory for a new way
of mountain life style, focusing on architectural quality, identity and community, environmental and
tourism sustainability. For these reasons the village has been awarded with the 2015 “Premio Vassallo” for
its good political practices.
These practices have also the aim of enhancing the value of the little alpine village with its peculiar and
traditional community.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Barge is active in several environmental fields. Its proximity to the
Monviso group gives a special focus to mountain topics such as offer of sustainable tourism and mobility,
promotion of local culture, tradition and food. The association is involved in several campaigns on water
and wood management, waste disposal.
Work: The volunteers will help in the maintenance of mountain paths and public green areas. They will
collaborate with some works in a hamlet under restoration, future site of a School of Sustainability.
The volunteers will contribute to translate some promotional materials in foreign languages and help the
running of the Cultural Centre Lou Pourtoun.
Study part: The project of a Sustainibility School will be illustrated; young farmers and shepards will explain
mountain agriculture and pasture; the volunteers will also meet with experts of the Po Natural park.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in the Foresteria (hostel) built by the municipality
beside the new cultural centre Lou Pourtoun in Sant’Antonio hamlet. The structure is run by young people
who decided to build their future in the mountain. The Foresteria includes two rooms of 6 beds each and a
common kitchen and dining room.
Location and leisure: Ostana is a small village in the upper part of Po Valley (1300 mt) with an extraordinary
view on the Monviso group. The participants will be surrounded by Occitan culture, with some artistic
events, as Lanterna Digital, movie Occitan festival, gastronomic and dancing festivals.
Possible activities during free time: trekking in Ostana paths and/or toward Monviso group and the spring
of Po river; visiting of Saluzzo area with its medieval history.
Specific Requirements: The volunteers should be prepared to live in a mountain environment, willing to
walk and with appropriate clothes and equipment.
Language: English will be the official language in the camp. Rudimental Italian or French is recommended.
Terminal: The nearest airport is Turin while the nearest railway station is Savigliano.
LEG10 - Love the mountains in Alpe Dosso
Location: Delebio, province of Lecco, Lombardia region
Date: 10 – 23/07
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: The Orobie Valtellinesi Mountains Park (http://www.parcorobievalt.com/) is a particular
natural area which needs maintenance and cures in order to keep it the beautiful and biodiverse place that
it is today. Volunteers will be involved in different tasks, such as the maintenance of woods and pathways.
Description
Project: Legambiente Lecco, in collaboration with the Orobie Valtellinesi Mountains Park and the
cooperative Montagna Viva, is in charge of the periodic maintenance of the natural area in Alpe Dosso.
Work: Volunteers will clean pathways, eliminate infested plants and take care of the woods. They will be
working with the constant help of experienced voluntary people (Consorzio Montagna Viva http://www.cmviva.it) that will provide all the necessary tools.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in an alpine hut at 1600 meters over sea level. The
place is quite isolated and has bad line reception. It takes 2 hours on foot to reach the alpine hut, which is
provided of a kitchen, beds and toilets. No wi-fi provided.
Location and leisure: Orobie is the first alpine chain in the north of Lombardia plain and pre-alpine reliefs.
Since the alpine hut is quite isolated, leisure trips will be arranged inside the park itself, who has
breathtaking landscapes and lots of pathways.
Specific Requirements: past experience in living in mountains environment. Ability to walk and work in high
mountains is necessary.
Terminal: Nearest airports: Orio al serio/ Milano Malpensa Nearest train station: Colico
LEG11 –Environment protection in Dolomiti mountains
Location: Lamon, province of Belluno, Veneto region
Date: 8 – 22/07
Age: 14 - 17
Project summary: conservation and restoration of the environment and the landscapes in Dolomiti
mountains, through hiking, public activities and workshops.
Description
Project: Legambiente Dolomiti has been running the Environmental Education Centre in Lamon since 10
years ago. The Centre hosted several workcamps and summer camp every years, involving child, youth and
families. Aims of the educational project are the protection, conservation and restoration of the
environment and the landscapes through hiking, public activities and workshops. Volunteers will join these
activities and they will take care of the territory and of the footpaths of the area in collaboration with the
local population. Beyond that, the local group of Legambiente is doing educational campaigns about life
style, Mediterranean diet and GMO's product. For these reasons, during workcamps, volunteers will
discover local farmer's productions and the biodiversity of the areas.
Legambiente local group: For 10 years Legambiente Dolomiti has been organising workcamps and
educational activities inside an outside the Environmental Education Centre, in order to increase the active
participation of young people and citizens and to increase the awareness about environmental issues
concerning mountains environment. Moreover the club is concerned with some global-local environmental
issues like sustainable agriculture, GMO's dangerousness, eco-life style and hand-made productions.
Work: Volunteers will be involved in footpaths’ maintenance and cleaning around the Centre, in order to
make the way clean and safe. Furthermore, volunteers will organise public activities and meetings about
the topic, in conjunction with the Legambiente local group, in order to involve the community.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a building, former primary school of Lamon. The
place are set with slepping-rooms, a common living-room and kitchen. A low-flesh diet, according to the
global environmental problems, will be a commitment for volunteers during workcamps.
Location and leisure: The Lamon plateau is placed nearby the Primiero Dolomites and the Belluno
Dolomites National Park. It is located about 80km northwest of Venice and about 35 km west of Belluno.
During free time, excursions as well as meetings with the local population will be organised, in order to get
in touch with local culture and former crafts. Volunteers will have the possibility to visit ancient places and
to participate at some demonstrations of former crafts.
Specific requirements: good attitude to walk in mountains environment
Terminal: Airport: Venezia Airport – Treviso Airport ; Train station: Feltre train station
LEG12 - Local is better: workcamp in Carmignano
Location: Carmignano, province of Prato, Tuscany region
Date: 14-28/07
Type: Environmental/Social project
Age: 18+
Project summary: This workcamp project aims to give value to a local territory which has a suggestive
cultural heritage
Description
Project: The village is quite small and mainly with older inhabitants. The request to organize a workcamp
came directly from the population more than 4 years ago, because they want to see the village taking more
life during summer while preserving the cultural and natural heritage.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Prato was founded in 1986; since then it has been engaged in the
defence of environmental heritage, promotion and education on environmental issues throughout young
students and the whole citizenship. Focusing on renewable energies, sustainable development, waste
management, biodiversity, promotion of healthy life styles, Legambiente Prato has set up since its
beginning several projects which still produce outstanding outcomes. Listed below some of the most
successful activities of the organization: management of “Rifugio Le Cave” environmental education center
(CEA) inside a natural reserve; summer international workcamps in the Province of Prato; permanent
environmental education in Prato's schools on the topics of water, energy, biodiversity, climate change;
national campaigns “Puliamo Il mondo”, “Festa dell'albero”; local festivals; European Volunteering Service
projects.
Work: The working activities will mainly consists in recovering some parts of naturalistic pathways starting
from Poggio alla Malva or other location displaced in the Municipalities of Carmignano from infestant
herbs, trash and so on. Where necessary volunteers will also put new signals of pathways. The pathways
they are going to clean have a historical-social value connected to the past (Etruscan heritage, II world war
heritage and so on).
Study part: How to read a mountain pathway map; how to behave in a hiking - thanks to collaboration with
local CAI department (Italian Alpine Club); sustainable tourism through art (photo-reportage of the faces
and places of local community and realization of a short video or document/pictures to promote along
ecotouristic blog/website or to be promoted inside “La nuova ecologia” magazine). Other activities dealing
with reflection on environmental topics are foreseen.
Accommodation and food: The accommodation of the workcamp consists in a local school displaced in the
territory of the Municipality of Carmignano (Poggio alla Malva or nearby villages)
In the school there will be beds in one or more rooms, bathroom and kitchen place. There will be also 2
outside covered showers.
Location and leisure: Carmignano (http://www.comune.carmignano.po.it/) counts 14.000 inhabitants. This
Municipality covers an area where historic, landscape and wine-gastronomic heritage are well represented.
Thanks to its position between Prato and Florence, this lovely place is especially wonderful for its views and
green countryside. Poggio alla Malva, one of the many villages that is under the Carmignano Municipality, is
also very close to the UNESCO site “Artimino's Villa” a renaissance structure world-wide famous for its
hundred chimney tops. Poggio alla Malva also testifies an important site where Etruscan signs are still
visible (necropolis, old structures and landmarks). You can also learn more about reading the web article
published last year by participants during the workcamp http://italiaslowtour.com/legambiente-camps/
Specific Requirements: it is very important to tolerate high temperatures and be available to work with the
hot wave, although work will be in the early morning to avoid extreme hot.
It is important to show kindness and interest in joining the local community, especially because their
hospitality is amazing. Motivation letter is required.
Language: English will be the official language
Terminal: Florence Peretola Airport (or Pisa Airport/Bologna Airport). Train station: Firenze Santa Maria
Novella or the smaller local station of Signa (very close to Florence).
LEG13 - Bike&Hearts Valle dell’Aniene
Location: Anticoli Corrado, province of Rome, Lazio region
Date: 10 – 23/07
Type: Cultural/Environmental
Age: 15-17
Description
Project: Anticoli Corrado has an important museum of modern and contemporary art and is an important
touristic place, but mostly for people from Rome. However it has an international vocation because of its
history and artistic past and the municipality, with the support of the local associations, wants to enhance
this vocation. Legambiente Mondi Possibili bet on the touristic development of the valley and created in
Anticoli Corrado an Educational Centre for children and adults who want to build a green future.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Mondi Possibili was born in 2006. It organises The Global Sharing
day in Festambiente Mondi Possibili - http://festambiente.mondipossibili.it/ and several activities for bike
mobility - www.magnalonga.net
Work: The work of the volunteers will contribute to improve the environmental communication and
operations of the educational centre and the village itself, through the translation of some promotional
materials in foreign languages, support in the Museum activities and working for the conservation and
value of artworks.
Therefore, the volunteers will contribute to the creation of an environmental educational campaign in an
intercultural way for children of Anticoli Corrado. They will strictly cooperate with the Anticoli’s inhabitants
in the summer event organization.
Study part: Volunteers will learn how to repair a bike and to create a vegetable garden
The volunteers will stay also with students of Cardiff university.
Accommodation and food: “Il Casone”is an Educational Centre at the feet of the hill of Anticoli Corrado.
Location and leisure: Anticoli Corrado is a village with less than 1000 inhabitants, 50 km from Rome, in
Lazio region. Anticoli Corrado could be a milestone for tourism. This because of its proximity to Rome,
because it is included in the Aniene Valley (that can be visited on foot or by bike), because it has a long
artistic history, because it is a very nice village.
During the free time it will be possible to have excursions in the Aniene Valley, Tivoli and to visit the nearby
very nice villages.
Special requirements: Volunteers must be able to ride a bike.
Language: English will be the official language of the camp.
Terminal: Leonardo da Vinci Airport (Fiumicino - FCO) or Ciampino airports; RomeTrain stations (Roma
Termini or Roma Tiburtina).
LEG14 - Clean up Villa Corsini to be confirmed
Location: Albano Laziale, province of Rome, Lazio region
Date: 16 – 30/07
Type: Renovation/Cultural
Age: 18+
Project summary: The workcamp will contribute to the development of the natural, cultural and
monumental heritage of Albano Laziale. In the specific, the volunteers will work at the maintenance of the
gardens of Villa Corsini.
Description
Project: The project will take place in Albano Laziale, a municipality included in the Regional Park Castelli
Romani. Legambiente works in the area for the safeguard of biodiversity and valorisation of historical
assets. The workcamp’s aim is the restoration of Villa Corsini's age-old gardens, erected in the mid-18th
century through the Appian Way near Ariccia by the Corsini family.
Legambiente local group: "Il riccio" Legambiente was born in 1998. It represents Castelli Romani's local
section of Lazio Legambiente. The tasks are different: to denounce illegal and illicit activities, to promote
and sensitize citizens even with scholastic projects such as promoting visits among archeological and
botanic routes/tracks. The association also preserves the ancient route called "Appia" in particular from
"Appia X Miglio" up to "Appia XI Miglio".
Work: During the workcamp the volunteers will be involved in several kinds of manual works as: cleaning,
gardening and Villa Corsini's maintenance.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in the building of the public school in Albano.
There will be a catering service for them.
Location and leisure: Albano Laziale is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Rome on the Alban Hills,
far 25 kilometers from Rome. Albano is one of the most important municipalities of the Castelli Romani and
a busy commercial centre. It was also a suburbicarian bishopric since the 5th century, a historic principality
of the Savelli family, and from 1699 to 1798 the inalienable possession of the Holy See. It now houses,
among other things, the Praetor of the district court of Velletri. The territory of Albano is included in the
Regional Park of Castelli Romani. The main hydrographic feature is Lake Albano.
Language: English will be the official language in the camp
Terminal: Fiumicino and Ciampino are the nearest airports; Rome Train stations (Roma Termini or Roma
Tiburtina) are the nearest stations.
LEG15 - Ethno-anthropologic valorisation in Madonie Regional Park
Date: 17 – 30/07
Age: 18+
Project summary: In the heart of Madonie Regional Park in Sicily, the volunteers will renovate the ancient
“pagliare” for the promotion of a responsible and sustainable tourism.
Description
Work: the volunteers will renovate and rebuild the ancient “pagliare”, straw buildings used in Sicily as snow
storage. They will also do fire monitoring in the Park and some renovation work in the Refuge and the
surrounding area.
forest.
LEG16 - Environment and legality at Vesuvio National Park
Location: Ottaviano, province of Napoli, Campania Region
Date: 18-31/07
Type: Environmental
Min – max age: 18 - 99
Project summary: The workcamp will contribute in the biodiversity and legality safeguard at Vesuvius
slopes.
Description
Project: Participants will be mainly involved in the care and maintenance of the “Environment and Legality”
observatory of the Vesuvius National Park (VNP), managed by Legambiente. It is a structure containing
among the outdoor spaces, 4 community gardens, a remembrance and civil commitment’s park (with trees
in memory of Mafia’s victims), 2 indoor classrooms for activities with children and young people. The
indoor area is characterized by an intercultural workshop and a projection room. The volunteers will also be
engaged in the cleaning and maintenance of the paths of the VNP and in the requalification of the old train
station of Boscotrecase managed by Libera and Legambiente. Finally, at the headquarters of Legambiente,
they will participate in moments of exchange and social confrontation with the local guys and/or with other
people engaged in the defense of common goods with other associations.
Legambiente local group: The voluntary association Legambiente Ottaviano “Mimmo Beneventano” began
its activity of denunciation of the abuses of that area in the early '80s as a local association, and joined
Legambiente in 1989. In recent years the association has linked his name to important initiatives to expose
illegality's spread on the territory of Vesuvius, managing to achieve important results like the closure of
garbage dump of Somma Vesuviana, Herculaneum and Terzigno, located in the National Park, the
numerous charges against abusive pits, hydrogeological instability, aquifers and wells’ pollution, forest
fires, illegal building and so on; sometimes denouncing omissions, indifference and inefficiency of local
administration.
Moreover, Legambiente is in charge of excursions in the Vesuvius National Park, environmental education,
“environment and legality” help desk, volunteer workcamp and civil protection.
Work: manual agricultural work, social events planning, naturalistic research about flora and fauna, green
areas maintenance and monitoring (to prevent hunting, fires or other abuses). Moreover, volunteers will be
involved in other social activities like trekking and postering for awareness about legality and biodiversity.
Study part: Volunteers will follow legality and biodiversity courses oriented to the safeguard of the nature
and the defense of green areas.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in two buildings:
• The city sport center, located at Gianni Rodari public school at 15, San Leonardo street of
Ottaviano;
• The old train station of Boscotrecase (a near town)
They will eat Italian and, especially, Neapolitan typical food, known all over the world as the cornerstone of
Mediterranean diet. Meals will be served at Legambiente headquarters of Ottaviano.
Location and leisure: The location will be the Vesuvius National Park is centered on the active volcano
Vesuvius, northwest from Naples. The park was established in June 1995 and covers an area of around 135
square kilometers all located within the Province of Naples. It is centered on the active volcano and its most
ancient (now inactive) crater, Monte Somma. It houses 612 vegetable species and 227 wildlife ones.
Specific Requirements: attitude to walk.
Language: English
Terminal: Naples Capodichino Airport and Naples Central Station (Garibaldi station) are the closest
terminals.
LEG17 - Altogether to prevent the hydrogeological damage
Location: Chiaverano, province of Torino, Piemonte region
Date: 21/07 – 04/08
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: In Chiaverano, a small and nice village at the feet of the Alps, the volunteers will support
the local community project to reduce hydrogeological risks and so preventing damages due to possible
landslides.
Description
Project: The village of Chiaverano is located up on the hills of la Serra Morena and is surrounded by
chestnuts trees with old banks made by stone walls that must be maintained and if the case restored
because the territory shows evidence of possible hydrogeological damage. The local community has put in
place a specific project to avoid possible landslides: beyond the restoring of the walls it is needed an in
depth cleaning of the woods and small torrents. The volunteers shall support the local community in this
project.
Legambiente local group: The Legambiente Dora Baltea club takes the name from the river that flows
through the Morenic Amphitheatre, born by the retirements of the Balteo glacier. All our activities are
devoted to the preservation of our territory either monitoring new industrial settlement. We also
participate to the national campaigns such as Clean Up the World, Alps Caravanning, Trees Festival. We
cooperate with some other local clubs engaged in similar activities involving specifically young people.
Work: The volunteers and local people will be involved in pruning bushes, clearing brambles, and restoring
stone walls and fences. The tools and the instructions for a proper use of them will be provided by expert
people. Furthermore touristic indications will be developed and put in place. Other activities could be
helping experts to organize events and excursions on naturalistic and anthropological themes.
Study part: Integral part of the camp is the knowledge of the environment as well as history of the
community and economy developped by the Olivetti company in XX century that has left a strong
imprinting.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in a hostel building in Chiaverano village.
The hostel has two large bedrooms, two restrooms, a large kitchen and an outdoor rainproof space. Any
care will be taken to reduce the meat consumption and to provide special food should be it asked for
religious or personal problems.. WI-FI is not available everywhere.
Location and leisure: Chiaverano is a small village (50 km far from Turin) at the feet of the Alps in the
largest European Morenic Amphitheatre. It is surrounded by a fascinating landscape of morenic hills and
lakes. They are the usual destination of people loving the nature. The territory is rich of geological and
naturalistic witness of the ancient presence of the mankind. From the village it’s easy to reach the highest
mountains in Europe by car and then on foot. A visit to Torino, the first capital of Italy, is also possible. The
nearest town is Ivrea known in the world because Olivetti typewriters, computers and printers.
Terminal: Airports: Torino Caselle, Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate, Orio al Serio. Ivrea Railway station.
LEG18 - Operazione Margherita
Location: Montevecchio, province of Medio Campidano, Sardegna region
Date: 22-31/07
Type: Environmental
Number of volunteers: 20 (mixed Italian and foreign families)
Age: 4 – 99 (family camp)
Project summary: The project aims to restore the environment of the areas Costa Verde (Arbus) and Monte
Margherita (Guspini) and to renovate the trails network, that will provide a valuable contribution to local
schools for environmental education, and will promote practices of environmentally sustainable tourism.
Description
Project: The goal of the project is restoring the environment of the two areas Costa Verde (Arbus) and
Monte Margherita (Guspini) by renovating the walking trails and the watercourses, realization of rest areas,
collection of waste and wildlife monitoring. The trails network will provide a valuable contribution to local
schools for environmental education, and will promote practices of environmentally sustainable tourism.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Guspini serves a very important function for environmental
education and culture in the mining areas. It runs the Center for Environmental Education and
Sustainability (CEAS) in Montevecchio and performs environmental activities since 1996.
The environmental education is the main purpose of the center with activities for schools. Currently, the
Center is working with the municipal government of Guspini and Arbus for the construction of nature trails,
the organization of voluntary environmental workcamps, the realization of workshops with the schools of
the territory.
Work: trails arrangements, realization of rest areas, cleaning of water springs near the village of
Montevecchio, collecting trash on the beaches and wildlife monitoring, placing the CAI signs along the
paths that lead to the coast from Montevecchio until the Piscinas beach.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be lodged in a former school; it has 4 rooms with beds and
mattresses, pillows and blankets; 12 bathrooms and showers. There are 1 kitchen, 1 refectory, 1 projection
room, 1 multimedia room with internet connection, 1 classroom-conference room for 50 seats, 1 library
supplied with text and video tapes on various environmental issues, one on the main film library film
productions of Sardinia. The building has architectural barriers and it is not wheelchair accessible.
Location and leisure: Montevecchio is one of the most ancient mining sites in Italy. It is located in the south
west of Sardinia - in the Province of Medio Campidano – in the Natural Reserve Monte Arcuentu-Dune di
Piscinas. It is 20 km far from the sea (Costa Verde); the beaches, the dunes of Piscinas and shoreline Scivu
are famous because of their integrity and the coastal area naturalness.
Specific Requirements: good attitude to walk
Participation fee (No extra fee for children under 5)
1 adult + 1 child= 150 euro
1 adult + 2 children = 190 euro
2 adults + 1 child = 300 euro
2 adults + 2 children = 340 euro
Language: Italian and English
Terminal: nearest airport is Cagliari; nearest train station is Guspini.
LEG19 - Let’s restart from Malegno!
Location: Malegno, province of Brescia, Lombardia region
Date: 23/07 – 06/08
Type: Cultural/Renovation
Age: 18+
Project summary: The workcamp will revive ancient trails once used by farmers and support the
restoration of an ancient Convent
Description
Project: The municipality desires to start again the IVS project activities a few years stop, with the same
will, the same motivations and above all the same ideal to respect the environment and the nature that
surrounds us, in a calm place like Malegno town.
The workcamp will be realized in 2 different areas: a Convent built in 1600 which needs some maintenance
work and a little but important trail which passes on a Romanic Bridge on Lanico creek. Lanico is the only
river who flows into the town center and run into the bigger Oglio river.
This trail was rediscovered and fixed during the past workcamps: it allowed the connection between two
different mountain areas. It lets memories resurface to when it was used from farmers to pass with
livestock and wagons.
Legambiente local group: Malegno’s Legambiente voluntary group is active since 2005 with activities of
safeguard and cleaning of environment. Among its main battles we can remember the one related to the
referendum about the maintaining of public water.
Work: In the first week participants will work in a convent built in 1600 with maintenance works.
During the second week, instead, they will clean and take care of a little trail rediscovered in the past work
camp.
Study Part: informal training session will take place about history and local culture of hosting town
Accommodation and food: Participants will be hosted in the convent, in mixed room with private toilette
and showers. Internet connection will be available.
Location and leisure: During free time the participants will be accompanied to visit nearby cities of
historical and cultural interest, including petroglyphs (Unesco heritage), Roman era relics, Iseo Lake with
the biggest island in Europe (Montisola), chief town Brescia and its history.
Terminal: airports of Milano (Linate or Malpensa); airport Orio al Serio; airport of Verona. Nearest train
station is named Cividate-Malegno; trains leave from Brescia.
LEG20 - Greenhouses for solidarity
Location: Sant'Elpidio a Mare, province of Fermo, Marche region
Date: 24/07 – 07/08
Type: Environmental/Social project
Age: 18+
Project summary: With the aim of building solidarity in the village, the volunteers will reactivate the
greenhouses next to a daily centre for people with disabilities, who will maintain the greenhouses during
their ordinary activities.
Description
Project: With the aim of building solidarity in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, the workcamp will restore two
greenhouses – currently abandoned - in front of the cooperative «La Serra», that hosts young adults with
disabilities. The greenhouses will constitute, then, a permanent project for the people of the centre, who
will maintain them in their ordinary laboratories.
The volunteer will also contribute in the maintenance of the path that leads from “La Serra” to Santa Croce
basilica, a fundamental structure for the religious, historic and artistic development of the vtown.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Porto Sant'Elpidio was born in 1988; it is involved in all the
environmental battles and campaigns carried out by the national Legambiente and in campaigns of
environmental education in collaboration with schools and other associations. During its years of activity a
lot of energy was spent to promote the historical memory and the identity of some important places, such
as Fim (an old fertilizer factory currently abandoned) and an area called Orfeo Serafini, that was a football
camp in front of the see, freed from the risk of overbuilding.
Work: The volunteers will repair the greenhouses that guests of «La Serra» will use after summer holiday:
with the support of an agronomist, they will set up some places for cultivation, that will be organized in the
basis of periodicity. Labels and instructions for every plant will also be produced, so that the guests of the
cooperative «La Serra» will be able to use these greenhouses.
Another activity will be the realization of the signals for the near trail that leads to the river Chienti and
connect «La Serra» to the cathedral of Santa Croce.
Study part: experts of history, agricolture and food will ensure interactive learning between volunteers and
local people.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in a building in the centre of Sant' Elpidio A Mare.
The organizer staff of the work camp will buy the food, preferring local products, typical of the
“Mediterranean diet”.
Location and leisure: Sant'Elpidio a Mare is a medieval town, located in Marche region, near Fermo; it is on
a ridge of Marche Apennine, 251 meters above sea level, between the lower river valleys of the river
Tenna and Ete Morto, 9 km far from the Adriatic Sea.
The archive of Santa Croce basilica is full of ancient documents that were realized by Augustinian monks.
One of the most famous monk is saint Nicola, the protector of children. Also the monuments in Sant'
Elpidio a Mare are related to Santa Croce because this area was the ancient center of the town. The
participants will discover the history of Sant' Elpidio a Mare and of the other ctowns located in the territory.
The volunteers will also visit the local agricultural and organic companies, discovering new places and food.
With the participation of associations and local companies, food laboratories will be organized and the
volunteers will cook the typical Italian food, like pizza and pasta.
During the camp, we will see a lot of historical and musical festivals like «Città Medioevo», that is a
historical event about middle age, where the volunteers could participate.
Terminal: nearest airports: Rome airports and Falconara Airport; nearest train stations: Civitanova Marche
Train Station and Ancona Train Station.
LEG21 - Old Camerata
Location: Camerata Nuova, province of Rome, Lazio region
Date: 26/07 – 9/08
Age: 20+
Project summary: The workcamp aims to discover and make available the old ruins, located in the middle
of the Simbruini Mountain Regional Park at 1200m altitude, clearing the trails from weeds.
Description
Project: Camerata Nuova (850 m) is a small town in the province of Rome, located in the Park of Simbruini
mountain. The territory of this country is characterized by the presence of the ruins of the original and
millenary country, called "Camorata", located at 1200 meters above sea level. The old town (also known as
the Old Camerata) has been destroyed due to a fire in 1859. The ruins in addition to being a significant
archaeological site is located in a pristine environment of great importance, in a natural landscape rich in
indigenous flora and fauna.
Local partner: The Association Pro-Camorata aims to enhance, improve and revive the archaeological site of
Camerata through study, research, development and teaching of cultural and artistic techniques. It
supports the protection and development of human potential of art in all its forms; the natural, cultural and
historical local culture understood as any manifestation of the traditions, arts, sciences of the work, history,
and in general any form of activity and thought.
Work: Make available the trails leads to the ruins, in particular the original ancient paths shown on the
Land Registry Gregorian. Volunteers will be engaged in cleaning and maintenance of trails under the sun
and in hard condition.
Accommodation and food: The volunteers cook, eat and sleep at a local school, 30 minutes far by car from
the work location. Showers and dining place are indoor. Mostly it will be for the Mediterranean diet.
Location and leisure: The volunteers will have the opportunity to explore the entire village of Camerata
Nuova, surrounded by mountains. They will also be involved in local festivals and cultural visits, and get the
chance to visit Rome at least once.
Specific Requirements: Due to hard conditions of the workcamp, we are looking for determined volunteers,
no allergies to food or pollen, non-asthmatics, resistance to high temperatures. Motivational form is
required.
Terminal: Fiumicino Airport Station – Termini or Tiburtina Train Station. Local Train Station: Carsoli (Aq)
LEG22 – Local traditions and upcycling in Dolomiti mountains
Location: Lamon, province of Belluno, Veneto region
Date: 30/07 – 09/08
Type: Environmental/Renovation
Age: 4 – 99 (family camp)
Description
Project: Legambiente Dolomiti has been running the Environmental Education Centre in Lamon for 10
years. The Centre hosts several workcamps and summer camp every year, involving children, youth and
families. Aims of the educational project are the protection, conservation and restoration of the
environment and the landscapes, trying to build and improve behaviours about biodiversity, flora and
fauna for a different approach, especially for the kids.
Volunteers will join these activities and they will take care of the territory and of the footpaths of the area
in collaboration with the local population. Beyond that, the local group of Legambiente is doing educational
campaigning about life style, Mediterranen diet and GMO's products. Volunteers will be also involved in
upcycling workshops to change the scrap of Lamon's citizen in furniture for the outside or the inside of the
Lamon Centre. During the workcamp, volunteers will discover local farmers’ productions and the
biodiversity of the areas.
Legambiente local group: For 10 years Legambiente Dolomiti has been organising workcamps and
educational activities inside an outside the Environmental Education Centre, in order to increase the active
participation of young people and citizens and to increase the awareness about environmental issues
concerning mountains environment. Moreover the club is concerned with some global-local environmental
issues like sustainable agriculture, GMO's dangerousness, eco-life style and hand-made productions.
Work: Volunteers will be involved in footpaths’ maintenance and cleaning around the EEC Dolomiti in order
to make the way clean and safe. Furthermore, volunteers will do workshops about upcycling (artistic and
creative regeneration of materials or scraps) and some renovation in the Centre’s building.
Study part: Volunteers will participate to workshops and basic training meeting about waste cycle and
upcycling artistic trend.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a building, former primary school of Lamon. The
place are set with slepping-rooms, a common living-room and kitchen. A low-flesh diet, according to the
global environmental problems, will be a commitment for volunteers during workcamps.
Location and leisure: The Lamon plateau is placed nearby the Primiero Dolomites and the Belluno
Dolomites National Park. It is located about 80km northwest of Venice and about 35 km west of Belluno.
During free time, excursions as well as meetings with the local population will be organised, in order to get
in touch with local culture and former crafts. Volunteers will have the possibility to visit ancient places and
to participate at some demonstrations of former crafts.
Specific requirements: attitude to walk in mountains environment
Participation fee: (no fee for children under 5)
Language: English and Italian will be the official language in the camp.
Terminal: Airports: Venezia Airport – Treviso Airport; Train station: Feltre train station
LEG23 - Campo dei Fiori
Location: Brinzio, province of Varese, Lombardia region
Date: 1-14/08
Age: 18+
Project summary: In a very beautiful environment at the feet of the Alps, volunteers will work for the
nature’s safeguard in the Regional Park Campo dei Fiori.
Description
Project: Legambiente has been collaborating with the natural park Campo dei fiori for many years, with
volunteers programs and environmental education. The Park is a beautiful woods area really important for
all the region as a source of biodiversity.
The project’s aim is the preservation and the improvement of an area, called “villaggio Cagnola”, important
to promote “green” tourism in the park.
Work: Volunteers will work mainly in “Villaggio Cagnola”, that is a place of great historical and natural
importance used by the Park to create a centre for environmental education and nature's preservation. The
work will be: footpaths cleaning and maintenance, removing weeds from grassland at the top of the
mountains.
We'll use bicycles for moving between camp and working place.
We'll work with local volunteers and citizens on Saturday and Sundays
Study part: Part of the time will be dedicated to study the natural characteristic of the Park specially
focused on biodiversity and on the protection of water springs.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a common room with camp-beds and they'll use a
camp-kitchen. There will be an environmental friendly diet with local products and little meat.
Location and leisure: The natural Park “Campo Dei Fiori” overlooks the hills of the Province of Varese and
the Po Plain. In the area there are several interesting natural and
historical
sites.
"http://www.parcocampodeifiori.it".
The particular geographical location and the geological features favored the presence of a various
vegetation, with chestnut tree and beech tree woods, typical fora of the rocky areas, marshy and peaty
zones rich in wildlife. Brinzio is a little village (about 880 inhabitants) in the center of the Park.
Specific Requirements: Volunteers need good skills in bicycle riding
Language:
Terminal: Milano Malpensa, Varese train station
LEG24 - Renovating mountain trails in Madonie Regional Park
Date: 01 -15/08
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: In the heart of Madonie Regional Park in Sicily, the volunteers will renovate and open
mountain trails for the promotion of a responsible and sustainable tourism.
Description
Work: the volunteers will work at the maintenance and creation of mountain paths inside the Regional park
(also using GPS mapping), the creation and installation of touristic signs and fences, removal of weed and
fire monitoring. They will also do some renovation work in the Refuge and the surrounding area.
forest.
LEG25 - Don’t Waste Venice
Location: Venezia, Veneto region
Date: 4 – 17/08
Type: Environmental
Age: 18 - 65
Description
Project Venice and its Lagoon (UNESCO's World Heritage) with their delicate ecosystem, are attacked
everyday by a huge amount of garbage that enhances environmental damage.
Legambiente Venezia and Ispra Chioggia (the local branch of the Italian Institute for Environmental
Protection and Research) have planned and carried out “Don't Waste Venice”, the first monitoring activity
of floating litter in Venice's canals, enlarging the target area from the city to the islands of the lagoon,
reaching what is now the Northern Lagoon Regional Park (recently created by Venice's municipality). The
The project will gather as much information as possible on the kind of litter and debris found.
The volunteers will participate in the land and water monitoring activities, in the cleaning and maintenance
of the smaller islands of the lagoon, many of them abandoned to degradation.
The most part of the activities will be carried out in Certosa Island, situated in a strategic position – at the
same time in the port’s entrance and in the city – in the middle between Venice historic centre and high
sea. The island hosted a convent from 1200 to 1500, then it was used for military purposes until 1950
when, after a demilitarisation process, was abandoned.
Legambiente local group: For 10 years Legambiente Venezia has been organising workcamps on Certosa
island and around the northern part of Venetian lagoon, in order to increase the active participation of
young people and citizens and to increase the awareness about environmental issues concerning the fragile
lagoon ecosystem. The club is concerned with some global-local environmental problems like cruiser ships
passing through the very heart of the city, sustainable tourism, information to the citizens about the
environmental problems, arise the consciousness about the importance of lagoon as common good.
Work: The volunteers’ concrete activities will be the monitoring and collection of waste, by boat and on
foot in Venice historic centre, beaches and islands. They will also help Legambiente local group in the
spreading of informative material to sensitize citizens, tourists and visitors about the respect towards the
lagoon. The main aim of the activity though is to start collecting and disposing of floating garbage, as well
as sunk and stranded waste within the internal areas of the lagoon, through national and international
volunteering activities, involving citizens and tourists and disseminating good practices towards a collective
responsibility.
Study part: educational activities on marine litter, nature conservation and monitoring, with the support of
ISPRA technicians; study meeting with the Natural History Museum and the Naturalistic Obsevatory of the
Lagoon.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in Certosa island in tents equipped with camp beds,
kitchen and living tents. Bathrooms and showers are close to the camping site. A low-flesh diet, according
to the global environmental problems, will be a commitment for volunteers.
Location and leisure: The UNESCO World Heritage property comprises the city of Venice and its lagoon
situated in the Veneto Region of Northeast Italy. In this lagoon covering 50,000 km², nature and history
have been closely linked since the 5th century when Venetian populations, to escape barbarian raids, found
refuge on the sandy islands. These temporary settlements gradually became permanent and the initial
refuge of the land-dwelling peasants and fishermen became a maritime power.
Venice and its lagoon landscape are the result of a dynamic process which illustrates the interaction
between people and the ecosystem of their natural environment over time: the city is built on 118 small
islands and seems to float on the waters of the lagoon, composing an unforgettable landscape.
Special Requirements: swimming and walking ability, no seasickness
Terminal: Airports of Venezia, Treviso or Trieste; Venezia-S.Lucia train station
LEG26 - Enhance the biodiversity in Montevecchia
Location: Montevecchia, province of Lecco, Lombardia region
Date: 7-20/08
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: Volunteers will be working with park rangers (guardie ecologiche volontarie) to conserve
the “Prati Magri” and endorse this breathtaking natural habitat.
Description
Project: Montevecchia natural park is one of the nearest parks to the Milan metropolitan area.
Legambiente aims at raising the fruition of the park and conserving at the same time the “Prati Magri”, a
natural habitat with a great biodiversity.
The area shows a very high dissimilarity of environments that need a lot of cures. Pathways in particular
need maintenance, especially for what concerns the signposting. Equally important are the areas along
Molgora river, that periodically needs adjustments, like thin meadows inside the park. There is also a water
channel that needs to be cleaned and maintained periodically.
Work: Volunteers will clean the pathways, with particular attention to signposting. They will always be
followed by park rangers, who will show them how to properly do the required tasks.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in Ca’ Soldato, a big house in which they will find
rooms with camp beds, three bathrooms, a big kitchen. Internet access will not be provided in Ca’ Soldato,
but it will be possible to use wifi at the park headquarter, reachable on foot. The ecological rangers will
prepare the lunch.
Location and leisure: Montevecchia is located relatively near Milan and its park is hilly, which makes it
easily reachable. Inside the park there is a beautiful church, culturally very important, that volunteers will
have the privilege to visit.
Specific Requirements: attitude to live and walk in mountains environment
Terminal: nearest airports are Orio al serio, Milano Malpensa; nearest train station are Olgiate/Calco/Brivio
LEG27 - Parco Lavino camp
Location: Scafa, province of Pescara, Abruzzo region
Date: 08-22/08
Age: 18+
Project summary: The workcamp will support the restoration and conservation of the area of Sulphureous
Sources of the Lavino River and the Mill of the ‘600, within the national campaign “Save the Art”.
Description
Project: The workcamp will support the restoration and conservation of the area of Sulphureous Sources of
the Lavino River and the Mill of the ‘600 (within the campaign “Save the Art”). The main actions will be
dedicated to the restoration of the Mill, to the cleaning of some features of the paths more attended by the
tourists, to the maintenance of the equipped areas, to the cleaning of the contiguous area to the ancient
flour mill, fed from the Sulphureous Sources of the Lavino river.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente parco Lavino was born in 2004; in 2006 the municipality of Scafa
entrusts the management of the park to it, who restores a building making it a centre for environmental
education.
Work:
- cleaning of the paths;
- maintenance of the equipped areas;
- cleaning of the contiguous area of the seventeenth-century flour mill;
- contribution in the organisation of events and manifestations.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will stay in a guesthouse near the Equipped Park with two rooms, 3
baths with showers, 1 kitchen.
Location and leisure: Scafa is a lovely small village in Abruzzo, near Pescara far about 170 Km from Rome.
The volunteers will work in the Sulphureous Sources Park of Lavino.
Terminal: Roma International airports; Chieti train station; Pescara airports; Scafa train station
LEG28 - Renovating mountain trails in Madonie Regional Park
Date: 17 -31/08
Type: Environmental
Age: 18+
Project summary: In the heart of Madonie Regional Park in Sicily, the volunteers will renovate and open
mountain trails for the promotion of a responsible and sustainable tourism.
Description
Work: the volunteers will work at the maintenance and creation of mountain paths inside the Regional park
(also using GPS mapping), the creation and installation of touristic signs and fences, removal of weed and
fire monitoring. They will also do some renovation work in the Refuge and the surrounding area.
forest.
LEG29 - Majella, Mother mountain of nature and culture
Location: Pretoro, province of Chieti, Abruzzo region
Date: 19-31/08
Type: Environmental
Age: 4-99 (family camp)
Project summary: Within the wonderful Majella National Park, we will work for the maintenance of the
paths and, in particular, of the Faunal Areas of Wolf and Roe Deer, renovating the trails along Valle del
Foro.
Description:
Project: The goal of the project is the restoration and the maintenance of the Faunal Areas of Wolf and Roe
Deer of Serramonacesca, the valorization of Pretoro village and the maintenance of the Park trails near the
Environmental Education Centre.
Legambiente local group: The Environmental Education Center and Experience "Il Grande Faggio" is an
agency for the sustainable development that addresses local communities, tourists, schools, groups and
families. Recognized by the Abruzzo region as "Regional Centre of Interest", it is listed on the National
System INFEA and belongs to the National Network of Environmental Education Centres of Legambiente.
The Centre offers activities ranging from teaching-scientific laboratory to hiking and mountain tourism also
including voluntary experiences in environment.
Work: trails arrangements, clearing from infesting vegetation, placing and restoring signs along the paths
and restoration of some significant places.
Accommodation and food: the volunteers will be hosted in the Centre itself: 4 rooms will be available.
Location and leisure: The town of Pretoro, of Roman origins (Praetorium), has nowadays a typical medieval
structure. Among the most interesting relics of the past are the cave mills, located in the valley, where the
millers worked with ancient methods until a few decades ago. Within the walls of Pretoro, the art of wood
carving is still alive, although very downsized compared to the past, which results into valuable artifacts, as
forks , mortars, sticks.
Overlooking the valley of the Forum and on the hills of Chieti, Pretoro is the north gate of the Majella
National Park. The environment is rich in ecological peculiarities and popular ancient and fascinating
traditions, showing the harmony between man and nature.
Specific Requirements: attitude to walk; the presence of herbaceous species in bloom makes the workcamp
not recommended to allergy sufferers.
Participation Fee: (no fee for children under 5)
Language: Italian and English will be the official languages in the camp.
Terminal: nearest train stations are Pescara and Chieti; nearest airports are Pescara and Rome.
LEG30 - Timpa Natural Reserve
Location: Acireale, province of Catania, Sicilia region
Date: 26/08 – 04/09
Type: Environmental
Age: 18 - 35
Project summary: We invite you to bring life to the Natural Reserve la Timpa, beautiful promontory above
the sea! You will work for the promotion of one of the most beautiful places in Sicily.
Description
Project: The workcamp is part of the project “Un tocco di…ambiente, cultura, futuro” financed by the public
Department for Youth and Civil Service, in collaboration with municipal administration of Acireale and the
forestry public agency, Azienda Foreste Demaniali Etnea. The aims of the project are the extension and the
intensification of the uses and facilities of the Chiazzette and in particular of the “Fortezza del Tocco”,
which are at the moment insufficient to guarantee a proper touristic attraction in the natural reserve; the
realization of training courses for environmental educators and natural guides and an improvement of the
promotion of the natural reserve.
The volunteers will be carrying out various environmental tasks inside the paths of the natural reserve, as
restoration, gardening, cleaning and the placement of info signs.
The volunteers will also be involved in the touristic promotion of the reserve at the info point located in “La
Fortezza del Tocco”.
Legambiente local group: The association “Circolo Legambiente Sartorius von Waltershausen” was born in
Acireale in 1991. The aims of the association are the protection and the promotion of the natural area of
Acireale. The main activities of the association are:
- Environmental education workshops in schools;
- Realization of promotional materials of the natural reserve La Timpa;
- Participation at the national activities promoted by Legambiente such as “ operazione spiagge
pulite”, “Goletta verde”, “Festa dell’albero”, “Puliamo il Mondo”, “Ecomostri” , “Guida blu del
Touring” ;
- Running of the info point located in “La Fortezza del Tocco”.
Work:
- Restoration
- Gardening
- Cleaning
- Placement of info signs
- Tourism promotion (info point)
- Raising awareness among the citizens
The volunteers will work on the tasks in groups and in shift work, so that everybody will be involved in
everything.
Study part: During the workcamp there will be informative meetings regarding the local Flora and Fauna
and Geology.
Accommodation and food: The participants will sleep in a school in shared rooms and sleeping bag
accommodation. There are basic facilities with showers and a kitchen. Internet connection is not available.
Location and leisure: Acireale is a baroque city situated between the sea and the volcano Etna.
The territory consists of a strip that runs parallel and close to the coast about 6 km. This is a massive tiered
format and faults, which originated from the central crater since it seems to emerge with its lava from the
sea. It is formed by overlapping layers occurring at different times.
At the feet of the central section of the reserve there is the seaside village of Santa Maria La Scala, which
can also be reached by a staircase that starts from Acireale zig-zag across the central part of the Timpa
(called the Chiazzette).
Language : English will be the official language of the workcamp
Terminal: The nearest airport is Catania Fontanarossa. Attention: The last bus or train from Catania to
Acireale leaves at 20:30
LEG31 - Urban ReGeneration
Location: Eboli, province of Salerno, Campania region
Date: 05 – 15/09
Type: Renovation
Age: 18-60
Project summary: The purpose of the camp is the urban regeneration of Eboli and in particular to make
livable and crowded again the main Republic Square.
Description
Project: The camp activities will be directed mainly to the urban decor and more specifically to the
restoration and enhancement of Republic Square in Eboli.
The square is located in the heart of the town. Until the ‘90 the square was the place where young people
could meet and socialize, and the location of important and interesting cultural activities. For almost two
years, it was closed to the public because of the restoration of its monuments and the laying of new
flooring. At its reopening, it has lost its social value no longer able to aggregate the new generations in it.
We would like a cozy, green and crowded square. We want to imagine an eco-creative Square, redesigned
with the use of sustainable materials and structures.
The motivation of the camp is linked to the revival of the community spirit that takes care of its spaces and
lives them intensively.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente local group in Eboli was born in 1997 thanks to the fusion with
another local group, its name is "Silaris". The Legambiente Silaris statute says that: "…Legambiente is a
volunteer Association. Its members attend to the activities in an individual way, spontaneous and free, only
for solidarity. It acts for a society based on an equilibrate relation between humans and nature, for the
respect of the biodiversity; and for a sustainable development for the defence of the environment and of
the cultural heritage."
The local groups counts 60 members that dedicate their free time to the Association. The age of our
members goes from 16 to 75. They share several different moments of socialization.
The Association house in Eboli is located in the old part of the city. It is a nice building recently constructed.
Here a list of our main activities:
- Preservation of the local dune restricted area "Legambiente Silaris" along the coast of our city. This part of
the coast belongs to the "Natural Reserve Foce-Sele" moreover it is a special area recognized by the E.U. as
Sic IT 805001.
- Environmental Education in the schools in Eboli.
- Awareness campaigns for students and people about: energy; pollution, waste; studies about the
vegetation; coastal erosion.
- Partnership with public Institutions for serious environmental problems.
- Partnership with other Associations and with the Csv Sodalis Salerno about peace, racism, social and
cultural growth.
- Project "Orti di Città" for elder people.
- Summer work-camp during summertime.
- Voluntary Civil Service
- Dog-sitter project to help dogs without any owner, in cooperation with the league for the protection of
dogs. Our Association would like to continue and improve the promotion and valorization of the voluntary
activities as a form of social and political participation, because we think that "another world is possible"
and that is necessary to build up a society more equitable and sustainable.
Legambiente Silaris Eboli have been running national and international volunteer camps in Eboli for over
ten years.
Work: The purpose of the camp is the urban regeneration through sustainable decorations.
We want to make livable and crowded the main Republic Square in Eboli. The camp will take place mainly
in the Square. The main activities will be: cleaning of the War memorial; cleaning and maintenance of the
gardens and flowerbeds already existing (thematic flowerbeds: herbs, evergreens, local flowers, etc.);
maintenance and repainting public existing seats; installation and painting of flower boxes for urban
decoration to be placed in front of the elementary school to be managed by classes; installation of
ecological benches obtained by the recovery of used platforms; "Games of yore", construction of ancient
games, placed near the school; installation of a bus shelter with recyclable material and creative painting
Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted in “San Pietro Alli Marmi”an ancient Norman
abbey with an important historical Library. Four bedrooms will be available, with two common bathrooms
and two showers. The kitchen will be located in Legambiente home and local typical products will be used
for the meals. Internet access won’t be available.
Location and leisure: Eboli is a Southern town with approximately 38.000 inhabitants.
As agricultural center, Eboli is known mainly for olive oil and for dairy products, among which the most
renowned is the buffalo mozzarella.
One part of the mountains that surround the town of Eboli belongs to Picentini Park. The archaeological
excavations prove that the Eboli area has been inhabited since the Copper and Bronze Ages, and attested
(from the 5th century BC) the presence of the so-called Villanovan civilization.
The center of the town is characterized by a square from the elliptical shape that retains the charm of a
nineteenth century ambient. The monument is dedicated to the fallen during the First World War. The
square is crowded during Sunday mornings. Inside the square there are historical monuments, fountains,
seating and public gardens.
The old town in Eboli is very nice and characterized by very important historical streets and buildings. There
are many restaurants where you can taste local dishes.
During the workcamp there will be an excursion tour in Pompeii.
The volunteers will visit the areas managed by Legambiente in the territory of the Campania region.
Terminal: Capodichino International Airport In Naples – Salerno train station (last train to Eboli at 19.55
pm – Napoli Train Station (last train to Eboli at 19.23 pm)
LEG32 - Naturalambro
Location: Merone, province of Como, Lombardia region
Date: 03-17/10
Type: Environmental
Age: 18-99
Project summary: Increase biodiversity through ecological connections and species monitoring in Lambro
Park
Description
Project: The camp is part of a project called NATURALAMBRO. The park is realising ecological connection
between different natural environments of the park, in order to improve the biodiversity of the area.
Legambiente is collaborating with the project by involve local communities, students and volunteers.
During the workcamp, the second international congress on land stewardship will take place, with the
participation of Legambiente’s European partners.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Lombardia performs its activities on a regional basis, with more
than 100 local groups. It promotes initiatives against the soil consumption and for the conservation of
natural resources. The members are involved in activities such as raising awareness, information,
education, scientific issues.
Work: The work will be always in direct collaboration with the technical staff of the park and it will be
divided in two parts: one focused on fauna projects: specially bird ringing and monitoring, and native spices
conservation; the second part is about forest improvement and creation of ecological corridors.
Volunteers will help Legambiente in the organization of the international congress on “Land Stewardship”
(welcome participants, logistical organization ecc.)
Study part: Volunteers will participate in workshops and trainings on environment and sustainability. Main
subject of the program will be the conservation of forests, soil and biodiversity. They will participate in
workshop on land stewardship at the international congress.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a hostel, with self-managed kitchen. There will be
an environmental friendly diet with local products and little meat.
Location and leisure: The Park's territory extends 25 km-long stretch along the river Lambro, between
Pusiano and Alserio lakes in the north and Parco della Villa Reale di Monza in the south. It includes the hilly
stretch of the river Lambro and has different features along its route. The area of the lakes is the most
interesting from a naturalistic point of view, since it includes lake environments which are already
safeguarded in part by Riserva naturale orientata della Riva Orientale del Lago di Alserio. As a matter of
fact, both lakes are Sites of Community Importance (SCI)
Specific Requirements: Motivation letter is required. Volunteers have to be interested in ecology and
natural science.
Language:
English will be the official language in the camp.
Terminal: Milan’s airports. Merone train station (last train from Milano Cadorna station at 21.00)
LEG33, LEG34 – Paestum Raising Peace: social inclusion of migrants
Location: Paestum, province of Salerno, Campania region
Dates: LEG33: 11- 21/07; LEG34: 22/07- 01/08
Type: Social, Environmental
Number of volunteers: 10 (5 Italian + 5 international)
Age: 18+
Description:
Project: Legambiente Paestum has the mission to transform an abandoned space – the dune ecosystem
that goes from the coast to the archaeological area – in an open-air laboratory for the knowledge of coast
ecosystem, addressing local community, tourists, students, researchers. The dune is in fact the most
valuable environmental element in the ecosystem, thanks to the psammofite vegetation and particularly
the sea lily.
Nowadays called “Dune Oasis”, it became a social experiment where artistic performances, concerts,
cinema, books presentation and voluntary activities are organised.
Recently, Legambiente started collaborating with the migrants’ shelter in Paestum, fostering their social
inclusion, through language courses, socialising events, migrants’ participation in maintenance activities in
the Dune Oasis. The workcamps are included in these inclusion project and foreseen the participation of
migrants in the camps activities. The aim is to make the migrants feel active protagonist of the valorisation
of their hosting territory. The volunteers will share with them an ordinary life experience, participating all
together in the serene relational group dynamics. They will help in the language learning and in valorising
their competences and capacities.
Legambiente local group: Born in 1987, Legambiente local group in Paestum - Freewheeling – is currently
enaged in the running of Dune Oasis; in the project "Paestumanità" for the valorisation of the
archaeological area; in the campaign "No Tonz" fighting against the artificialisation of the coast.
Work: the volunteers will work together with the migrants at the environmental maintenance of the Dune
Oasis, visitirs’ welcoming, signals’ creation, preparation of the 3rd edition of the festival Festambiente
Paestumanità.
Study part: there will be informal training sessions about migrants’ inclusion and conservation of coast
habitat.
Accommodation: guest house in the Dune Oasis.
Location and leisure: Paestum is a little town founded during VI century b.C. by Greeks, who built
wonderful temples - and civilization – that now consitute a very important archeological area (UNESCO site)
among the best maintaines in the Mediterranean.
Special requirements: open-minded volunteers are welcome; a basic knowledge of Italian is needed.
Language: Italian is the official language of the camp because of the learning process of migrants. However,
English and French will be widely used to ensure the communication among migrants, Italian and foreign
volunteers.
LEG-MTV01 - Parco Monte Barro Hostel
Location: Galbiate, province of Lecco, Lombardia region
Date: 14/03 – 05/06
Type: ENVI
Age: 18+
Description
Project: The Parco Monte Barro Hostel is located next to the Hermitage of Monte Barro. The hostel is run
by Legambiente local group with the aim of enhancing the natural and cultural value of the park and to
raise awareness about its safeguard. Legambiente with other local associations organizes environmental
education activities addressing schools and groups of adults.
Its central position in the park (at 750 meters above sea level, with sweeping views over the Brianza lakes
and the Eastern branch of Lake Como) and its proximity to some areas of cultural interest make the
Hermitage a perfect venue for accommodation, excursions, educational activities and conferences.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Lecco Onlus was born in 1978 as Committee for the Protection of
the Environment, and since 1987 it has been part of Legambiente.
Legambiente Lecco operates mainly in the context of the district of Lecco, in addition of being the office of
the regional coordination of Legambiente voluntary committee. Since 2008, it has been managing four
"Houses in the Forest". In March 2013 Legambiente won the call for the management of the Parco Monte
Barro Hostel and for environmental education activities within the same Regional Park.
Work: The volunteers will be supporting in managing the hostel doing different kind of works such as the
custody of the hostel in daytime and nighttime, the maintenance works, cleaning of the structure and of
the belonging parts both inside and outside, welcoming of the guests and the preparation and cleaning of
the rooms used by them.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted in a private apartment in the hostel. There are no
public means of transport that connect the hostel with the closest town, which is 5 km far away from the
hostel. Volunteers will have to cover this distance on foot or by car sharing if they want to go downtown.
The apartment will be shared with other volunteers and employees of the hostel.
Location and leisure: Galbiate, Lecco district, Lombardia region, North of Italy – Monte Barro Regional Park.
Monte Barro is the only mountain in a hilly area between Milan and Lecco, close to Como Lake. From their
accommodation on the top of the mountain, volunteers will have the chance to admire the beautiful
landscapes. Volunteers will have the possibility to visit the archaeological site, the bird-watching point and
the ethnographic museum located inside the Monte Barro Park while having relaxing walks.
Specific Requirements: Motivation letter is required.
Volunteers should be prepared and willing to walk and live in a mountain environment.
Language: English will be the official language in the camp; at least a basic knowledge of Italian language is
desired.
Terminal: Milan International Airports (Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate) / Bergamo international Airport
(Orio al Serio) / Lecco railway station;
LEG-MTV02 - Environmental Education Centre in Prim’Alpe
Location: Canzo, province of Como, Lombardia region
Date: 05/04 – 04/06
Type: Environmental
Age: 18-99
Description
Project: Prim' Alpe (First Alp) was a historical farm estate inhabited and managed by two large families.
However, the estate was abandoned in the '50s and it was incorporated into the Reserve of Corni di Canzo.
The Forestry and Agriculture Regional Public Service, ERSAF, took responsibility of Prim'Alpe and the main
building was restored to preserve its original architectural features.
Legambiente currently manages the structure, having established an environmental education centre, a
hostel and managing the museum of the Natural History of 'Corni di Canzo'. Samples of the fauna, geology,
palaeontology, and botany of the natural reserve are exhibited here.
Legambiente local group: Legambiente Lombardia performs its activities on a regional basis, with more
than 100 local groups. It promotes initiatives against the soil consumption and for the conservation of
natural resources. The members are involved in activities such as raising awareness, information,
education, scientific issues.
Legambiente Lombardia is one of the most known association for its campaigns: Goletta dei Laghi (analysis
of the lakes to promote the preservation of the coastlines), Custodia del Territorio (sustainable soil use,
environment and biodiversity protection with land stewardship activities). Legambiente invests several
resources in understanding and forecasting the possible environmental impacts of new technologies, in
educating and promoting the adoption of responsible behaviour, and in lobbying for environmentally
correct political decisions. For these purposes Legambiente has created several Environment Education
Centres
Work: Work will be mainly to welcome and spread information to the guests of Prim’alpe, the daily
management of the centre, to take care of the vegetable garden, support in the educational activities with
schools, help in preparation of food, participate in the organisation of events.
Study part: Volunteers will have the possibility to participate in workshops and trainings on environment
and sustainability. Main subject of the program will be the conservation of forests, soil and biodiversity.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will be hosted legambiente staff house. A little mountain house next
to the Environmental Education Centre guest house, with one bedroom and a self-managed kitchen. Please
note that the house is isolated in the wood, about 30 minutes walking from Canzo village.
Location and leisure: The regional forest of Corni di Canzo covers approximately 450 ha in the territory of
the Larian Triangle, the area between the two branches of Lake Como.
The forest extends from the source of Ravella to the 'Corni di Canzo' in the North to the Ridge Sasso
Malascarpa - Monte Cornizzolo in the South.
The Horns of Canzo refers to the two peaks that tower above the Ravella Valley, North East of Canzo. The
Summit of the Western Horn is 1,372 m.
The Natural Reserve of Sasso Malascarpa lies within the state's rural territory. In the Reserve, we have
important environmental features such as the Sasso Malascarpa, that is enriched with fossils and
Conchodon, the ploughed fields and Petrifying springs. Here, numerous studies on the evolution of natural
vegetation and bats have been conducted.
The Forest is a popular natural attraction and receives around 100,000 visitors per year.
Volunteers should be prepared and willing to walk and live in a mountain environment.
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Terminal: Milan’s airports. Canzo train station (last train from Milano Cadorna station at 21.00).
LEG-MTV03 - The river circuit
Location: Malnate, province of Varese, Lombardia region
Date: 31/05 – 23/07
Type: Environmental/Renovation
Min – max age: 18-99
Project summary: Volunteers will help Legambiente staff on a project about protection end maintenance of
the area involving the participation of citizens. The Olona is the main river of the area, it’s polluted and
source of hydrogeological risk for the inhabitants. The aim of the project is to bring back people to live in
balance with the river.
Description
Project: Volunteers will help Legambiente staff on a project about protection end maintenance of the area
involving the participation of citizens. The Olona is the main river of the area, it’s polluted and source of
hydrogeological risk for the inhabitants. The aim of the project is to bring back people to live in balance
with the river.
Legambiente Lombardia performs its activities on a regional basis, with more than 100 local groups. It
promotes initiatives against the soil consumption and for the conservation of natural resources. The
members are involved in activities such as raising awareness, information, education, scientific issues.
Work: Volunteers will support the local community in the restoration of an historical building, in cleanings
of woods etc. They will take care of the vegetable garden.
They will participate as co-leader in the teenager workcamps and will support in the organization of events
as the “Big jump”, international campaign for living rivers.
Study part: Volunteers will have the possibility to participate in workshops and trainings on environment
and sustainability. We’ll meet during the camp local expert of flora and fauna and we‘ll see activities of the
“protezione civile” about prevention of idrogeological risk.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will hosted in a flat. Food will be provided (environmental friendly
diet with local and seasonal products and little meat) and prepared directly by participants.
During the short term workcamps they will move in tents with other volunteers.
Location and leisure: The Olona Valley is characterized by a typical vegetation of the Lombard moor and it
offers different kind of beautiful panoramas; tradition and culture complete the rich painting of the
territory that brags architectural presences from the medieval age to the renaissance: an happy marriage
between story and nature.
In leisure time volunteers will make bike's trips in the area and visit lakes.
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Terminal: Malpensa AIrport, Malnate and Varese railway station.
GROUP PROJECTS
Legambiente organizes group workcamps ad hoc for students, employees, classes, hosted in the
Environmental Education Centres that Legambiente local groups manage in different areas in Italy.
Example
Geological paths and history in Tuscany
Location: The Sustainable Development National Centre is located in the heart of Tuscany, in the Maremma
Regional Park. It is a privileged position which makes it the perfect place to start hikes and walking tours in
the wide environmental and landscape heritage of our land. Roselle's archaeological site, Uccellina
European Natural Park, Sovana, Sorano and Pitigliano’s Etruscan evidences, Faunal Reserve of Amiata
Mountain are only some of the many possible itineraries for guests of the Centre, located very close to
some of the most beautiful Italian beaches and sea-side resorts, such as Marina di Alberese, Cala Violina
and Castiglione della Pescaia as well as Monte Argentario Peninsula or the National Park of Tuscan
Archipelago.
Leambiente local group: The Centre of Environmental Education (CEA) and Sustainable Development is
part of the Network of Environmental Education Centres of Legambiente Scuola e Formazione (School and
Training) which works in close collaboration with local, national and international organizations promoting
activities, projects and environmental research. It is certified with the ecolabel of Legambiente Turismo. It
hosts also the Secretary of the international festival of Legambiente (Festambiente www.festambiente.it) ,
of the Renewable Energy Centre (www.fonti-rinnovabili.it) and of Legambiente Turismo
(www.legambienteturismo.it) . It’s also a centre for sustainable tourism development that addresses its
cultural, tourism and recreational activities to schools, universities, associations, organizations, groups,
families and individual visitors.
Accommodation: The Environmental Centre can accommodate up to 90 people in rooms of 4/6 people
with bunk beds and toilets. Some of the rooms, built on the ground floor, are wheelchair accessible. It has
several common areas, such as the large and panoramic dining room, two very big rooms equipped, several
classroom with multimedia equipment (laboratory equipped with stereoscopic and microscopes).
Equipment avalaible: telescope, lime,projectors, video equipment and sound equipment, personal
computer, environmental library, wifi
Food comes from local organic productions.
The activities offered by the CEA are:
• environmental education;
• science and nature laboratories;
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courses for teachers and support for educational programs;
biodiversity field surveys;
training courses in environmental fields;
walking tourism for individuals or groups;
event promotion and enhancement of cultural, environmental, historical and gastronomic heritage
of Maremma;
volunteer experiences in the environmental field.
sustainable energy lab related which can be combined with excursions on the territory
Description
Working activities:
• Restoring trails and paths around Centre IL Girasole signalposting especially to the ZPM area
(protected area along the migratory birds routes)
• Making CEA more comfortable and useful for schools and children
• Building games and training materials in the renewable energy or biodiversity field
• Writing panels and posters in English and/or French for international school groups that visit us
• Taking part in rural activities of Maremma Area (horses, cows, agriculture, etc.)
Training:
• Basic biodiversity experiences
• Renewable energies courses and experiences by visiting areas
• Astronomy with a special guide and telescope in place
Leisure time: Special and unique itineraries can be organized to visit:
- Sustainable energy farms (wind and solar) in Poggi Alti, Monterotondo, Sticciano, etc.
- Tuscan typical eno-gastronomy tour (visiting the best organic farms of the Maremma’s countryside
by tasting typical produces and Tuscan wines).
- Maremma Natural Park: The Maremma Regional Park was founded in 1975. It is located along the
southern part of the Maremma coast in between two small towns, Principina a Mare to the North
and Talamone to the South. It is characterised by a wild hill chain, which leads to sandy beaches
and cliffs and is surrounded by marshes, pine trees, cultivated land and pastures. It is possible to
take part in many walking tours within the Park’s area.
- Diaccia Botrona regional reserve. It covers more than a thousand hectares of land and it is
estimated to be one of the most important wetlands in Italy and Europe. The Reserve has a rare
and remarkable ecosystem which contributes greatly to the preservation of the area’s biodiversity.
In the Reserve it is possible to visit the Casa Ximenes (known as Casa Rossa) multimedia museum
which is an extremely new observation point with sophisticated mobile cameras.
- Fauna reserve of Amiata Mountains. On the basis of the same idea of German wild parks, this
Reserve is an area where it is possible to admire wild animals in an environment as natural as
possible because they are not kept in cages or in fenced areas. The main attraction of the Reserve is
the wolf. Nearby there is the Labbro mountain where you can see the rests of a local community
(Giurisdavidica), a movement of religious and social revolution, which was founded by Davide
Lazzaretti in the second half of the ninth century.
- Archaeological Park the City of Tufa. It offers the tourist the opportunity to visit an undamaged
landscape, characterised by volcanic rocks to whom the Park owes its name. From the historical
point of view, the most interesting phase is the Etrurian one: Sovana is the best example of this
phase thanks to its surrounding necropolis with many significant tombs. Other two towns of great
historical and archaeological interest are Pitigliano and Sorano, which hosts the Medieval and
Renaissance Museum.
- Vetulonia is an ancient Etrurian town which provided Rome with its symbols of the bundles of the
lictors and the axe. The period of its greatest glory was between the 7th and the 6thcentury before
Christ. Nearby today’s town, which hosts an important archaeological museum, there is a
necropolis with tombs of great interest.
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Roselle is an Etruscan (VIIth century before Christ), Roman and medieval town which lies just a few
kilometres from Grosseto. The most important ruins which deserve to be mentioned are: the forum
on which the basilica and the Roman workshops overlook, the Roman Domus also called “ Domus
of Mosaics, the impressive amphitheatre which is still used as a stage for theatre performances and
the surrounding walls. Besides Roselle you can organize a very interesting historical tour of the
Etruscan and Roman ruins such as Vetulonia, Populonia, Ghiaccio Forte, Vitozza, Cosa, Tarquinia,
etc.
Participation fee: the fee varies according to the kind of services requested.

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