Voltri (GE)

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The camp is the result of a collaboration between IBO Italy, the ecological and social farm “La Tabacca” and the social farm “Tutti giù per terra” in Voltri - Genoa (380 m.).
“La Tabacca” is the result of a rural settlement project through which an ecological and social farm was established, fostering environmental education and activism, networking with the local area and civil society. The design of the place and the house was done through ecological design with the support of a multidisciplinary team that included the restoration of the house with natural techniques and materials, the installation of solar panels and insulation of the house with 200 straw bales, and careful design of water recovery that includes a phyto-purification tank, canalization and dry toilets in addition to agricultural techniques to save water in cultivation. The process of rural settlement has created participation, sharing of sustainable practices and processes for social change.
The social farm “Tutti giù per terra” was born from a dream and the sharing of a need: to return to the land, to live together, to work in the open air because we are convinced of the pedagogical and therapeutic effectiveness that contact with the land possesses.
The organization of spaces and activities at “Tutti giù per terra” through the tool of educational workshops, allow everyone to express their potential to the fullest:
- the “handy” vegetable garden, where even those with physical problems can cultivate;
- the sensory path, designed to stimulate all the senses;
- the educational farm, for pet therapy;
- the processing workshop where it is possible to process all the raw materials produced on the farm.
This group volunteer project is part of a European Solidarity Corps project-High Priority Area entitled “VEIL-Corps” and will take place between these two realities: the first week at “La Tabacca” and the second week at “Tutti giù per terra”. The project aimed at young people aged 18-30 years will fall within the areas of agricultural and forest management with agroecological approach and will include practical activities to maintain biodiversity, prevention to hydrogeological disruptions with the involvement of the local and urban community.