BOOKLET 2012

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26 September st 1 October

2012 STUDY VISIT 3 : ROME, ITALY

INDEX

1. CEMEA DEL MEZZOGIORNO ONLUS

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2. PARTICIPANTS

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3. SCHEDULE

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4. STATE OF THE ART IN ROME

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5. THE FORUM OF SOCIAL FARMS OF THE PROVINCE OF ROME

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6. VISITING GARDENS

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7. THE MAIE PROJECT

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8. ROMAN WALK BETWEEN ALLEYS AND GARDENS

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9. ACCOMMODATION

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10. MOVING AROUND IN ROME

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11. CONTACTS

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CEMEA del Mezzogiorno, Roma, ITALY CEMEA del Mezzogiorno is an ONLUS (not for profit organization of social utility) placed in Rome and its action deals with disadvantaged young people, the promotion of non formal education through training, the development of local communities and active citizenships. In its initiatives CEMEA del Mezzogiorno involves children, teenagers, parents and teachers through play and recreational activities, which are main tools of its work. Our main activities in Italy can be summed up in: training stages for educators, teachers, animators; educative centers for children, teenagers and youngsters; artistic and cultural activities within social programs; holidays and spare time centers; international exchanges; workshops outside compulsory education;

ecological and environmental

education; exchanges with universities; national and international meetings and seminars; publishing activities (bulletins, books, reviews‌) CEMEA’s (Training Centers for Active Education Methods) educational activity, combined with the international learning opportunities offered by the European Union, support participation, intercultural approach, local dimension and active citizenship as basic elements for collective and individual actions. We develop projects under the European programs Youth in Action ; Leonardo da Vinci Grundtvig; Europe for Citizens; European Social Fund for Immigration and European Social Fund.

CEMEA del Mezzogiorno follows the meaning of Education for sustainable development (ESD) as stated by the UNESCO. Following this principles CEMEA del Mezzogiorno is one of the partner in the OTESHA process, initiated by Pistes Solidaires in 2010. From this year several international projects have been carried on: THE OTESHA PROJECT: a Multimeasure projects under the Youth in Action Program dealing with sustainable consumption (the International Youth exchange OTESHA TASTE), transports and sustainable urbanization (OTESHA RIDE TOUR 1 & 2, International Youth Exchanges) and active citizenship (OTESHA INFLUENCE, a transnational youth initiative) TRASH PROJECT #1: an International Youth exchange about waste and creative recycling, held in Lisbon in 2011, to which to which had followed a TRASHproject #2 in Sabadell (Spain) and a TRASHproject #3 organized in Italy by CEMEA del Mezzogiorno.

O.P.E.N. (OTESHA PAN EUROPEAN NETWORK): a LONG TERM TRAINING COURSE about education for sustainable development and multiplying educational tools in ESD that will establish and reinforce a European networks of 7 associations involved in the field.

CEMEA del Mezzogiorno Via Fortebraccio, 1a - 00176 ROMA (RM) Phone: +39 06.45492629 Fax +39 06.45493375 Email: eugo@cemea.eu www.cemea.eu

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PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE FULL NAME: Claudia Sommer COUNTRY : Germany ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Ton Stein und Gärten ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Urban gardener Organize of the children patches KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: How to cultivate different organic vegetables and flowers FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… - a small form of subsistence in urban cities - autonom managed green places for the people in the cities - social, intercultural and district contact and exchange

FULL NAME: Francesca Carlaccini COUNTRY : Italy ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Pistes Solidaires ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): I am currently a volunteer at the association Pistes Solidaires and I will apply for a long-term social service in the field of urban gardens.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Theories on permaculture principles History and European urban gardens dimension Types of social activities carried out by urban gardens FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… A way to share the mutual understanding of a sustainable urban reality, the human well being and a slow lifestyle; the opportunity for some sections of the society (disabled, unemployed, youngsters with fewer opportunities, etc) for a better integration; a space with a strong potential for new initiatives related to the promotion of the social inclusion and environmental protection.

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FULL NAME: Jean Claude André COUNTRY : France ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Fédération des Foyers Ruraux 13 Croq'Jardin (la Roque d'Anthéron) ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): My function is to lead and to manage a team (gardeners and teacher). To stimulate the volunteers, to welcome the public (2000 children and 1000 adults). I develop the project and look for the financing with the administrations and the sponsors.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: This year, I experimented a prison garden above-ground. It can be also developed in cities or schools without ground.

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… A place of sociability, creation and collective organization. The local residents of any age can find a place, a role and a valuation there.

FULL NAME: Françoise Eymard Duvernay COUNTRY : France ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): A Fleur De Pierre, à Digne ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Chief gardener, organizer of the compost station process KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Organization of the space, preparation of the soil, care of the plants (including vegetables), etc…

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… A chance for the city people : to be in a natural environment, take action about what they can grow then eat, realize what needs to be done to meet their objectives, accept nature’s constraints, discover and marvel at nature’s ways and beauty, appreciate fully the results of their work by eating them ! share their experience with fellow gardeners.

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FULL NAME: Bettina Herzfeldt COUNTRY : Germany ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Interkulturelle Naturwerkstadt ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): gardener, help organize and advise garden work and nature exploring with and for children KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: gardener by profession, principles of permaculture FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… Bringing people (esp. children) in touch with nature, a special life quality, paradise inside concrete jungle, social exchanges

FULL NAME: Viviane Cronier COUNTRY : France ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Les Jardins de l’Espérance and RJSM ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): In my garden I’m a staff member, I’m dealing mainly with environmental education for children, adults, and disabled persons, I’m also responsible for planning the work in the vegetable garden.

In RJSM I’m the European projects manager, I’m also part of the training team KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Gardening, training, environment and sustainable development FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… Green in the city Meeting other people Taking into our own hands our life environment Vegetables and flowers Transmitting knowledge and a way to look at the world

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FULL NAME: Dechaize Coraline COUNTRY : France ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): ASSOCIATION CAP VERT – Les Jardins Traditionnels du Cap Corse - Conservatoire du patrimoine végétal cultivé de Corse ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): First Official role: Responsible of Touristic development and animations (school children, groups, events, communication, specialized training …)

Second role: in charge of different projects like ortitherapy, development of a wild Corsican garden…

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: I work in a rural garden, so I don’t have experience in urban garden FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… New and a necessary better way of life for urban people (health, alimentation, social and activities) a new vision and a better quality of environment in cities. The urban gardens can be so important for future and fight poverty which increase in urban area.

FULL NAME: Laurence Malcolm Watkins COUNTRY : UK ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cornwall.

ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Volunteer Gardener in 10 acre Formal Gardens within the Country Park, assisting with all aspects of garden maintenance.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Requirements of Plant Health. Soil management. Shrub Pruning/Trimming. Lawn Care. Seasonal task planning.

Vegetable types and their soil requirements. Watering and irrigation systems.

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… Provision of green spaces to provide a healthy environment for urban dwellers to gain benefit from leisure and social activities through contact with the natural benefits of the garden.

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FULL NAME: Bonneau Alix COUNTRY : France ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Pistes Solidaires ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): International Projects Coordinator KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Very basic FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… The future! A interesting opportunity to come back to “nature” in the cities, to come back to biorhythm. A concrete way to interconnect people in the cities, whatever their backgrounds

FULL NAME: Angelique Walter COUNTRY : Germany ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Projecthaus Potsdam ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Gardener, teacher, student, improvisor KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING : I know some things about gardening with the moon, eatable and healing plants and herbs for cosmetic and body care, how to reactivate the soil with effective microorganisms and I’m learning more each day...

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… .. a possibility to get in touch, exchange and to oppose something creative to the madness of globalization.

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FULL NAME: Gemma Velasco, Jordi Bonet COUNTRY : Spain ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Esbiosfera ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): GEMMA VELASCO: coordinator and teacher JORDI BONET: coordinator and teacher We’re creators and directors of school Esbiosfera KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Knowledge about convencional and organic agriculture (4 years experience), organizers in events about our food consumption and his global and local consequence.

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… Transformative learning for sustainable living and to feel good with yourself, with the nature and to share experiences with others gardeners

FULL NAME: Gisela Mir Viader COUNTRY : Catalonia (Spain) ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Phoenicurus Cardedeu ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Everything which is required in a small-scale market garden, from sowing to communication with the consumers.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: I have theoretical and practical knowledge about gardening in general, about Organic gardening techniques, and Permaculture in particular.

I took part in the creation of a consumers/producers cooperative and learned a lot about group organisation.

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… Communities trying to be more self-reliant, having more basic (and yet essential) knowledge about obtaining the food we need to live, and developing beautiful and useful links between local people.

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FULL NAME: Reinosa Dominique COUNTRY : France ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Les jardins de Foresta (Cosmos Kolej) Marseille ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Pilot of the projects of gardens, working directly with the new gardeners to start the gardening, and going on with the “ancients” on diversifying cultures, seeds, discovering others gardens, meeting artists in “residence” in our theater company or in different places near Marseille.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: Personal experience of urban garden and professional experience in conducting projects, and scientific mediation.

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… A way to improve our proximity environment, to talk with others about the living, to share moments that leads to project or dream (a vegetable, new leaves or fruits), to try new experiences…

FULL NAME: Lee Michael Stenning COUNTRY : UK ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cornwall ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION/GARDEN(S): Head Gardener, responsible for the Managment of 100 acres of Grade 1 landscape park and formal gardens including planning of formal flower beds, managing two full time staff; seven volunteers and government work placement unemployed. Curator of the National Camellia Collection which was one of the first gardens to be awarded Camellia Garden of Excellence in 2003.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ABOUT URBAN GARDENING: 20 years managing and maintaining Grade 1 landscape park within one mile of the tenth largest city in the UK, with free access and over 350,000 visitors per year. Personal practice of inner city allotment vegetable growing.

FOR ME URBAN GARDENING REPRESENTS… an opportunity for people living in a city to connect with nature and the therapeutic process of growing and nurturing plants.

SCHEDULE STUDY VISIT 3 – ROME ITALY 26th of September to 1st of October 2012

EVENING

21.00: Dinner

Friday 28th Sept

10.30: Visit to U.G. TERRA D’ORTO

Saturday 29th Sept

09.30: CIBI D’ITALIA (CAMPAGNA AMICA) Tasting food specialties from all Italian regions and Work-shops

13.00 : Lunch

15.30: Guided visit to DOMUS ROMANAE in Valentini Palace

16.00: Visit to U.G. Amici della Terra

18.30: Visit to U.G. FERMENTI DI TERRA

18.30: Walking on the Gianicolo and sighting of Rome

18.00 : Meeting with AIAB Presentation of MAIE European Project

18.00: Public debate and evaluation of the visit in Casale Garibaldi

21.00: Dinner

21.00: Dinner

20.30 : Dinner

21.30 Dinner Farewell party at Circolo degli Artisti

Rome by night in Trastevere

Visit to Orange Garden or Rosegarden

Practicing in CIBI D’ITALIA

Rome by night in Testaccio

Monday 1st Oct

09.30: Visit to U.G. Garbatella

13.30: Lunch

Rome by night in Pigneto

13.00 : Lunch

Sunday 30th Sept

13.30: Lunch 16.00: Visit to U.G. ORTO DIDATTICO LAVANGAQUADRA

DEPARTURES

Thursday 27th Sept

10.30: Welcoming at the Province of Rome

ARRIVALS

AFTERNOON

MORNING

Wednesday 26th Sept

STATE OF THE ART IN ROME Rome Rome is the capital of Italy, the capital of Lazio region and the principal town of the Province of Rome. It is also the country's largest and most populated city with over 2.7 million residents, plus 4.2 million persons that usually go to Roma every day to work and live in the greater Rome area (which can be approximately identified with its administrative province).

According to the latest statistics conducted by ISTAT, approximately 9.5% of the population consists of foreign residents, while hundreds of Romani gypsies live in illegal trailer camps on the city's outskirts and there is a growing population of homeless people in Rome, mostly not Italian and estimated at 7000.

Rome is a modern and urbanized city, with a very huge metropolitan area, but if we compare the total population with the territory’s extension, Rome has one of the lowest population densities in Italy.

In fact, almost 68% of its territory are green areas, not built up area. The 34% of this green territory is intended for agricultural practices and rural areas that are still inside the urban borders: this makes Roma a unique city in Europe, one of the biggest agricultural cities.

Rome occupies the forth place in Europe as the greenest city.

Inside the urban borders of the city green areas, as parks and empty areas, are very large. This makes Rome a city with a distinct geographic conformation.

Urban gardens in Rome Rome has the characteristic of an agricultural city, with cultivated lands inside the urban borders and an incredible number of parks and protected areas.

During the XXth century it was possible to find gardens in the city center, just close to the Coliseum or the Imperial Fori, annexed to small houses built with recycled materials, the so-called baracche.

Today, in Rome the phenomenon of urban gardens is significant, many initiatives are becoming a political subject, a request from citizens for a better urban environment in degraded areas.

Despite this, there is no support from the municipality for the creation of legal areas dedicated to urban gardening and the citizens and the organizations find a lot of difficulties to start any legal urban garden initiative. The urban agriculture in Rome has still an informal character, which means that the urban gardens are created and managed without a renting contract or any other form of regulation for land appropriation – all the community gardens in Rome come from citizens or associations’ initiatives, and the private sector starts to be interested in it.

13 Thanks to the work of studioUAP, an organisation dedicated to the architecture of public spaces and the active participation, that implemented Zappata Romana project, Rome has now a map containing more than 70 community gardens, community edible gardens and guerrilla spot gardens. Adding the 67 urban gardens identified by the Municipality of Rome.

The map of Zappata Romana

www.zappataromana.net

In Rome the community-run green areas are more than 100: 51% of them are public parks and gardens where citizens take care of portions of public green.

26% of them are community gardens or community shared gardens, created for a social or pedagogical purposes.

22% are hot spot gardens, created by “guerrilla gardening� actions The so-called guerrilla gardeners carry out their actions at night, in relative secrecy, to sow and tend a new vegetable patch or flower garden.

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THE FORUM OF SOCIAL FARMS IN THE PROVINCE OF ROME Institutional Partner of EU’GO project

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The Province of Rome, specifically the handicap sector, has created in 2006 a provincial Forum of Social Farms, which adheres to the National one. The Forum of Social Farms is composed of factory farms or social cooperatives which gather together the practice of agriculture and the orthoterapy with an integration and sociorehabilitation purpose. They carry out a social service, due to the recognition to this therapies’ methods. In Italy a scientific recognition of its benefits is ongoing. The Province of Rome supports and promotes the social agricultural with studies, researches and technical assistance to the adherents farms.

VISITING GARDENS FERMENTI DI TERRA , THE PIGNETO’S URBAN GARDEN Pigneto neighbourhood is historically characterised by the mix of the poor and the popular that nowadays has received new young trends open to an artistic and cultural ferment. The urban garden was born on the 8th of October 2011 from an individual initiative. The main aim of the urban garden was the establishment of a public shared space through a concrete and not mediated action of an informal group that, on a voluntary base, is in charge of taking care of a little productive area whose fruits are at all people disposal.

Address:

Surface:

Giardini Nuccitelli Persiani, Roma Informal group, association/NGO 40m2

No plots:

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Type of organization:

Management : The group is open to anybody is interested in taking care of the urban garden and in participating to all the activities of FERMENT DI TERRA. All the members are volunteers. The management of the garden is left to the individuals’ sense of responsibility.

There are no fixed working shifts but we consult periodically on the work and the activities that have to be done in the garden.

The communication is based on a mailing list and Facebook. All the activities are financed by the members of the group but for some specific activities for which there is the possibility to ask a fee from the participants that is reinvested in the garden activities.

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Another aim has been to favour social cohesion and make the population aware of a more responsible use of the public spaces. Another aim was to spread the culture related to the agriculture, to increase the direct relationship with the land and to promote the production of our own food, mostly among the young generations that otherwise don’t have the possibility to come in contact with this reality.

The urban garden includes two big initiatives: THE OPEN SPACE: Small neighbourhood parties are organised and vegetables are offered to the people.

THE GARDEN IN THE KINDERGARTEN: This practice aims to stimulate the learning of pre-school aged children through educational activities that increase their care for the environment. The laboratory is divided in two parts: There are practical educational activities that stimulate the contact with the natural elements and teach about the relationship between cultivation – production – nutrition.

With the help of children’s parents, a garden is realised and managed further on with the children, by experiencing the concrete practice of gardening and concepts like ecological cycle, ecosystem, metabolism.

TERRA D’ ORTO

Address:

Via Talarchiana, Roma

The organization TERRA D’ORTO ONLUS was Type of organization: Association/NGO born in September 2010, following the pedagogy Surface: 5000 m2 of Don Luigi managed by the Guanello, a priest Association, 4150 m2 owned by Casa Santa that lived at the end Rose of olive tree of 1800’s beginning grove and orchard of 1900’s, who No plots: 4 for the community worked for the shared garden plus 1 for the greenhouse rehabilitation, the and 2 historical inclusion and the frames of assistance of disabled people. One of the most greenhouses important actions was the professional and Management : The management of 5000 m2 of soil in loan for use social integration of disabled people through contract, property of Casa Santa Rosa (Opera Don agricultural activities: the Casa Santa Rosa Guanella.) The Association is composed of a structure is one of the first initiatives. The president and two members of the governing association has the headquarter at Casa Santa body. The president is responsible for the coordination of the activities and projects. In the Rosa base in the Regional Park of Appia Antica activities are employed specialized educators that and it aims to promote social, training, sports, follow the gardens. leisure, job and integration activities for disabled people and in general people with physical and social malaise.

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Therefore the gardening activities are one of the main aims and tools they use for therapeutic purposes (horticultural therapy).

The newest project is the opening of a shared community garden in which families can cultivate the land for their subsistence and aims to open the activities of the organization to a larger public.

Additionally it’s in progress the opening of a second shared urban garden, a summer camp integrated for children and the transformation in a social far

AMICI DELLA TERRA MONTEVERDE A garden created 3 years ago by some citizens and one old man passionate with the practice of gardening in order to avoid from property speculation the area of the national railways, not working anymore .After the inauguration of the new railway, close to the old one, 3 hectares of uncultivated field should have been bought by the Municipality to create a kindergarten, a playing park and a didactical garden. The municipality still didn’t buy this land and even if it’s still property of national railways, some citizens started some initiatives to defend the environment and eventual property speculation.

Address: Type of organization :

Viale Quattroventi, Roma Informal group

Surface:

1100m2

No plots:

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Management Antonio Antonelli takes care of the different phases of the cultivation, follows the participants of an annual class, explains to the children and visitors the secrets of the garden.

Maria Antonietta Cossu and Anna Pugni take care of the aromatic and medicinal herbs bed, the relations with schools and the organization of workshops. Moreover they teach dances dedicated to vegetables, flowers, trees and to the ritual of seeding, by revealing the esoteric language of the garden.

Vincenzo helps Antonio in the garden and the constructions of wooden artifacts.

The neighborhood Committee planted and took care of more than 50 trees, another association a flower bed, while the group Amici della Terra-Monteverde organized a didactical garden right next to the Senior Citizen Center and to the bowling.The garden is in the middle of the city, hidden by the buildings and placed on old railways and vegetables produced from it are given as a present to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Today it is managed by 2 women and 2 men, one of them is the same from the beginning and they organise paths for blind persons and vegetable dances that help the growing of vegetables.

Even if the garden is not legally recognised they continue to work in it and they are organising educational activities for the school.

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ORTO DIDATTICO DI CAMPAGNA AMICA DEL CIRCO MASSIMO The project was born in 2010 in order to promote and support the practice of urban gardening made by citizens.

Due to the proliferation of urban gardens in Italy, the Foundation aims to offer its expertise and its network of farmers and nursery to people who wanted to learn and act as sustainable consumers and citizens. Each garden has to respect the values of Campagna Amica that are the support to the local agriculture, a sustainable consumption, the respect for the environment and for the biodiversity.

CAMPAGNA AMICA created also an educational and demonstrative garden inside a Farmer’s Market, placed in the city centre, in order to embellish and liven the external court of the farmer’s market. Its creation is linked to the purpose of making aware the consumers of environmental and healthy food issues.

The Market is united to a garden placed in the court as a demonstration that urban gardening can be done everywhere. There have been educational activities with an important number of schools. Many events was organised as “Botte da Orti” in 2011 and in the 2012 there will be “Culinaria” event about food from all Italy.The Garden is always open to the Farmer’s Market visitors or visitors in general. In the Farmer’s Market is present also a restaurant with local products and there is the possibility to have meals in the area of the urban garden.

Address: Type of organization : Surface: No plots:

Via di san teodoro 74 Roma Campagna Amica Foundation 30 m2 of gardens + 200 m2 of court None

Management The agricultural association COLDIRETTI Lazio and its Campagna Amica Foundation finance the garden. There iso one farmer responsible for taking care of the area dor free and voluntarly. In return he has a good image and more visibilità of his products, selled in the farmer’s market. There is one project manager that coordinate and organize the activities inside the gardens as well as communication and advertisement.

ORTI URBANI GARBATELLA One of the first initiative of urban gardens in Rome. After 15 years of environmental actions for the right to a greener city and neighbourhood, in 2009 a group of associations and citizens started to cultivate a piece of land just behind the base of Lazio Region. Today the garden counts on more than 60 individuals and different organisations, that are still waiting the assignation of the land

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from the Municipality. They organise many activities as social events, Permacultura training, Japanese garden training, and there are some good examples of inclusion activities for disabled people and migrants.

The garden in inside a public park of 45000m. The municipality of Rome is intended to assign the area of the garden to Legambiente Garbatella Address: Public Park association. Still there are no formal contracts with Via Rosa Raimondi the public institution. Two of the associations that Garibaldi exist in the public Park of Via Rosa Raimondi 00145 - Garbatella Roma Garibaldi is the “Orti Urbani Garbatella/Hagape Type of organization : Coordination of 2000” and “Asinitas” Orti urbani Garbatella Organizations legambiente.

HAGAPE 2000 The Association HAGAPE2000 was founded on July

Surface:

2000m2

No plots:

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Management The group is made by volunteers. The activities in the gardens are regulated by an international regulation, shared by all the participants to the project. Modification to the internal regulations are made collectively and based on the experiences of every day. The activities are coordinated by a Managemetn committee, responsible for the respect of the common rules and the maintenance of the common areas inside the garden : water system, fruit trees, external hedges as well as the management and administration of the annual fee (50euros) reinvested in the urban garden.

2000 by a groups of parents of disabled people, youngsters and adults. The organisation was born in order to offer a meeting point for people with disabilities where they could carry out recreational and creative activities. The aim is to give them the possibility to socialize and to continue their educational and learning development, especially after the end of their school experience. The organisation aims to protect the rights of disabled people and it is an aggregation point for the families who deal with disability issues and who often experience isolation. The management and the coordination of the organisation are in charge of a Committee composed of the parents, members of the association, that are involved for free in the administrative work of the organisation as well as in the laboratories assigned to them. In this way the members –parents contribute in an active way to the development of the association.

The laboratories are the most important part of the activities we carry on and they are opened to other external people in order to favour integration and awareness.

ASINITAS The Asinitas NGO takes on the management of the garden from January 2012, after the assignation made by Legambiente.

The association, following the principles of active education, promotes the importance of creating environments for individual and communitarian growth, for socialisation, intercultural conviviality and cohabitation. Mainly in the garden are involved young students and adults from the L2 School

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of Italian language for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants of Asinitas, but also teachers and volunteers.

Having the management of a piece of land responds to the objective of offering the immigrants paths that facilitate socialisation, meeting, intercultural dialogue and new communitarian feelings of belonging to a place and a group. All of this is realized thanks to the care and cultivation of the earth and of the green spaces, activities that help promote an exchange of knowledge and competences between people with different origins in order to bring them together and put them into value. In the garden also are happening work-shops for learning Italian language, work-shops to improve the vocabulary with words describing the nature, the tools and the ways of cultivation.

ORTO DIDATTICO LAVANGAQUADRA A group of citizens Address: VI municipio ,Roma from the 6th Municipio Type of organization : Association/NGO of Rome well Surface: Around 100m2 organised who are searching for a nonNo plots: To be defined contaminated area in Management order to create an urban garden. The movement was born in 2011 and counts 143 citizens They are organised on an horizontal system and the communications are based on a mailing list, involved today and in different way active for website, a facebook page and meeting in a creating a legal area. There have been already restaurant or social assembly. The organisation of two lands found and good for gardening, but this group can suggest a method of work. after an analysis of the soil they found that it is The organizational system is for now based on contaminated. Now they are trying to depurate volunteering. Some people are more active, others the land with some plants, but this system lasts just take part to assemblies where the reports are made. long time. They have inaugurated the ORTO Actual resources : commitment of few people DIDATTICO LAVANGAQUADRA where every whobecame active and self-funding.. weekend they organise social and theatre events.

They are organised on an horizontal system and the communications are based on a mailing list, website, a facebook page and meeting in a restaurant or social assembly. The organisation of this group can suggest a method of work. They also invented the “nursery widespread”, seeds in pots that have been distributed to the group’s members and when it’s time they will plant those vegetables there.

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THE MAIE PROJECT Multifunctional Agriculture in Europe - Social and Ecological Impacts on Organic Farms

The MAIE project “Multifunctional Agriculture in Europe – Social and Ecological Impacts on Organic Farms� consists of representatives from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Finland and Germany.

Our vision is to develop a variety of ways of spreading knowledge about social farming by: promoting the social farming movement, supporting rural areas to work in well-organized networks, developing fields of social work in combination with agriculture, and establishing links between movements and activities in Europe.

Multifunctional agriculture and social farming provides opportunities for individual personal development and promotes quality of life. It fosters a sustainable approach to managing nature and the revitalisation of rural areas. Social farming involves many individuals working together according to common ideals and social values to develop small-scale alternatives to highly rationalised farming and fierce competition on prices. In the long term, multifunctional agriculture opens up the prospect of a potential paradigm shift.

Project objectives and methodology Qualification Development of a 120-hour curriculum, which will qualify students, teachers, trainers, social workers, farmers and educationalists in various aspects of Multifunctional Agriculture/Social Farming. The material will be developed in a modular design and offered in eight languages as an online teaching tool. It will be targeted at people who need extra occupational training.

Networking Multifunctional Agriculture/Social Farming provides the opportunity to link partners across the sectors of agriculture, social services, healthcare, justice and education. Via the focus groups, we will stress Multifunctional Agriculture/ Social Farming as an integrative tool which can be used not only for agricultural purposes, but also to provide other benefits; for example, old people are offered places to live in a rural farm environment, and prisons offer their prisoners work in forestry and agriculture.

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Roman Walk between Alleys and Gardens

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Gianicolo The Janiculum (Gianicolo, in Italian) is a hill in western Rome. Although the second-tallest hill (the tallest being Monte Mario) in the contemporary city of Rome, the Janiculum does not figure among the proverbial Seven Hills of Rome, being west of the Tiber and outside the boundaries of the ancient city.

Sights The Janiculum is one of the best locations in Rome for a breathtaking view of the innumerable domes and bell towers that pierce the skyline of the multi-hued architectural museum. Other sights on the Janiculum include the church of San Pietro in Montorio, built upon the site formerly thought to be where St Peter was crucified; the small shrine known as the Tempietto, designed by Donato Bramante, marks the supposed site of Peter's death.

The Janiculum also houses a Baroque fountain built by Pope Paul V in the late-17th century, the Acqua Paola, and several foreign research institutions, including the American Academy in Rome and the Spanish Academy in Rome. The Hill is also the location of the Botanical Garden of "La Sapienza" University, the Palazzo Montorio, residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, and the Villa Doria Pamphili, the largest public park in the city.

Ancient history and mythology The Janiculum was a center for the cult of the god Janus, and the fact that it overlooked the city made it a good place for augurs to observe the auspices.

In Roman mythology, Janiculum is the name of an ancient town founded by the god Janus (the two-faced god of beginnings). According to Livy, the Janiculum was incorporated into ancient Rome during the time of king Ancus Marcius in order that it not be occupied by an enemy. It was fortified by a wall and a bridge constructed across the Tiber to join it to the rest of the city.

The meridional side of the hill was part of the Caesaris Gardens together with the plain along the Tiber. The emperor constructed there a somptous villa to host Cleopatra.

19th century to present The Janiculum is the site of a battle in 1849 between the forces of Garibaldi, defending the revolutionary Roman Republic and French forces fighting to restore the Temporal power of the Pope over Rome.

Daily at noon, a cannon fires once from the Janiculum in the direction of the Tiber to signal the exact time.

The neighbourhood became famous thanks to Pasolini’s film "Ragazzi di vita" (‘Boys of life’/’Hustlers’).

The neighbourhood covering most of the hill is generally called "Monteverde", having two parts: the new Monteverde and the old Monteverde. Monteverde Vecchio (Old Monteverde), is a

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neighbourhood first mentioned in the town planning in 1909 as a residential area with alleys and gardens called ‘The Garden City’. It hosts many pubblic figures like politics, film directors, actors, singers and writers.

Trastevere Trastevere is a rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. The area began to be considered part of the Roman city under Augustus, who divided Rome into 14 regions (regiones in Latin); modern Trastevere was the XIV and was called Trans Tiberim, meaning literally "beyond the Tiber".

Since the Ancient Roman period, Trastevere had a multicultural population. The inhabitants of Trastevere, called Trasteverini, developed a culture of their own.

The sightseeing in Trastevere includes two of the most ancient churches in Rome: Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, and Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.

History In Rome's Regal period (753-509 BC), the area across the Tiber belonged to the Etruscans. Rome conquered it to gain control of and access to the river from both banks.

By the time of the Republic c. 509 BC, the number of sailors and fishermen making a living from the river had increased, and many had taken up residence in Trastevere. Immigrants from the East also settled there, mainly Jews and Syrians.

Since the end of the Roman Republic the quarter was also the center of an important Jewish community, which inhabited there until the end of the Middle Ages.

With the wealth of the Imperial Age, several important figures decided to build their villas in Trastevere, including Julius Caesar (his part of Trastevere was called the Horti Caesaris, Caesar’s Gardens).

In the Middle Ages Trastevere had narrow, winding, irregular streets. There was a strong contrast between the large, opulent houses of the upper classes and the small, dilapidated houses of the poor. The streets were and are still covered with sampietrini (cobble stones), suitable for carriages.

Modern day Nowadays, Trastevere maintains its character thanks to its narrow cobbled streets lined by medieval houses. At night, natives and tourists alike flock to its many pubs and restaurants. The area is also home to several foreign academic institutions including The American University of Rome and John Cabot University (both of which are private American universities), the Rome campus of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, the American Pratt Institute School of Architecture therefore serving as home to an international student body.

The unique character of this neighborhood has attracted artists, foreign expats, and many famous people.

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MAP OF GIANICOLO AND TRASTEVERE BY WALKING

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ACCOMMODATION

You will be hosted in Residence Girasole weekend: close to Porta Maggiore, one of the oldest main entrances to Rome. The apartments are housed in a property which was once the ancient Mill of Rome.

Today, it has been transformed into an elegant building, thanks to a careful and thoughtful archaeological restoration.

You will be hosted in 5 different apartments: number 32,33, 34,35 and 37. Each apartment is fully equipped elegant and comfortable and with all the required facilities and services for a comfortable stay: secure entrance, digital TV, wireless internet, air conditioning, washing machine, dishwasher, oven and microwave, linen towels and soaps. At your arrival you will receive a card with the access code for internet but you have to activate within the day of your arrival.

Each apartment has a bedroom with two individual beds and a living room with a single bed.

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE- GIRASOLE WEEKEND Via Casilina, 3U 00182 Roma 334 113 5742 www.girasoleweekend.com

MOVING AROUND IN ROME

WEDNESDAY 26TH THURSDAY 27TH morning

FROM: TRAIN STATION ROMA TERMINI Piazza dei Cinquecento

TO: APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

PALAZZO VALENTINI Via IV Novembre 119

PALAZZO VALENTINI Via IV Novembre 119

U.G. FERMENTI DI TERRA Via Mariano da Sarno

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

U.G. TERRA D’ORTO Via Talarchiana

U.G. TERRA D’ORTO Via Talarchiana

U.G. AMICI DELLA TERRA Viale Quattroventi

ISOLE DI SICILIA RESTAURANT Via Garibaldi, 68

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

afternoon

FRIDAY 28TH morning

afternoon

evening

MEANS OF TRANSPORT: BUS 105 (STAZ.NE GROTTE CELONI) for 5 stops STOP: CASILINA/P.LE LABICANO 1- BUS 105 (TERMINI) till the end 2- Bus 40 (P.za Pia/ Castel S.Angelo) for 3 stops STOP: PIAZZA VENEZIA 1- BUS TO TERMINI till the end 2- TRAM 14 (TOGLIATTI) or 5 (GERANI) for 8 stops STOP: P.ZLE PRENESTINO 1- BUS 105 (TERMINI) till the end 2- METRO A (ANAGNINA) for 7 stops STOP: COLLI ALBANI 3- BUS 663 (CIRO’) for 15 stops STOP: APPIA PIGNATELLI/ S. TARCISIO 1- BUS 118 (P.ZLE OSTIENSE) till the end 2- TRAIN (FIUMICINO AEROPORTO) for 1 stop STOP: TRASTEVERE 3- Tram 8 (CASALETTO) 1 STOP STOP: GIANICOLENSE/PONTE BIANCO 1- Walk to Viale di Trastevere TRAM STOP BELLI 2- TRAM 8 (ARGENTINA) till the end 3- BUS 40 (TERMINI) till the end 4- BUS 105 (STAZ.NE GROTTE CELONI) for 5 stops STOP: CASILINA/P.LE LABICANO

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SATURDAY 29th morning

afternoon

SATURDAY 29TH evening

SUNDAY 30TH morning

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

CIRCO MASSIMO Via del Circo Massimo

CIRCO MASSIMO Via del Circo Massimo

CAE – Città dell’Altra Economia Largo Dino Frisullo

PIRAMIDE STATION

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

APPARTAMENTI PORTA MAGGIORE Via Casilina 3U

U.G. GARBATELLA Parco Rosa Raimondi

1- BUS 105 (TERMINI) till the end 2- METRO B (LAURENTINA) for 4 stops STOP: GARBATELLA

U.G. GARBATELLA Parco Rosa Raimondi

U.G. ORTO DIDATTICO LAVANGAQUADRA Casale Garibaldi Via R. Balzani, 87

1- METRO B (REBIBBIA) for 6 stops STOP: TERMINI 2- BUS 105 (STAZ.NE GROTTE CELONI) STOP : CASILINA /BALZANI

afternoon

1- BUS 105 (TERMINI) till the end 2- METRO B (LAURENTINA) for 3 stops STOP: CIRCO MASSIMO 1- METRO B (LAURENTINA) for 1 stop STOP: PIRAMIDE 2- BY WALK 30 MINUTES 1- METRO B (REBIBBIA) or MTERO B1 (CONCA D’ORO) 4 stops STOP: TERMINI 2- BUS 105 (STAZ.NE GROTTE CELONI) STOP : CASILINA /P.LE LABICANO

CONTACTS

CEMEA del Mezzogiorno Onlus Via Argentina Altobelli 32, 00177 Roma – ITALIA Tel. +39 06 45492629 Fax. +39 06 45493375 Webpage: www.cemea.eu Email : eugo@cemea.eu

POLICE: 113 AMBULANCE : 118 FIRE : 115 TAXI : 3570

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