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Saturday 27th October 2018, 5.30 pm | Turin, National Museum of the Mountain – Sala Stemmi The aim of the meeting is to analyse the state of the art on the design and construction of alpine shelters and bivouacs, highlighting their heritage value and cultural and technical implications, through a comparison between experiences in the field […]

The Mountain General Assembly was held in Rome on 16th October, organized by the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomy with delegation for mountain areas, Erika Stefani who presided over the meeting and explained its objectives, that of starting a procedure that calls the stakeholders of Italian mountains together for continuous and effective comparison, in 11 permanent […]

The Mountain University (UNIMONT) – University of Milan is organizing a series of seminars dedicated to “Administrating and Managing Mountain areas”, which was inaugurated on Friday 19th October at 5.30 pm. The series of seminars to be held on a weekly basis, every Monday at 5.30 p.m. from 22nd October 2018 to 28th January 2019, provides […]

#UNIMONT_MISSIONENEPAL On Friday 5th October 2018, Dr. Luca Giupponi and Prof. Roberto Pilu of the Mountain University (UNIMONT) – University of Milan, three UNIMONT students and 16 students and 4 teachers from 15 different schools and cities in Italy, representing 9 Italian regions and 7 courses of study, led by Lorenzo Micheli – Italian Mountain Lab Advisor, left for Nepal. During the […]

Eight appointments dedicated to reading and literature on mountain themes organized from October 2018 to May 2019 by the Mountain University – Edolo Campus of the University of Milan where mountains are the protagonist as an inspiration for emblematic literary products. Also this year the combination of literature and mountain territory will be celebrated with […]

Connecting and transforming territories is the theme proposed by the third Conference of the Alps in progress cycle. Organized by the “Laurent Ferretti” Observatory of the Courmayeur Mont Blanc Foundation together with the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Conservationists of Valle d’Aosta, the program of meetings, conferences and publications has been developed and organized by Francesca Chiorino and Marco Mulazzani.

The Expert Workshop Mountain Dimension of Cooperation will be held on 9th November from 9:00-17:00 in the Conference Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels. The objective of the one-day seminar is to discuss on policies, projects and governance that contribute to the development of mountainous areas in the EU. It will bring together EU Institutions, Interreg programmes, stakeholders and representatives […]

The course intends to continue the reflection begun together with the local community for an increasingly articulated and extended “enhancement of the mountains”. Launched in the first edition in 2017/2018, it is organized by the Municipality of Bormio that has led to an organic project – which now continues – elaborated by Maria Chiara Cattaneo […]

On 4th and 5th October, at the University of Milan-Bicocca, “Essenziali a Milano” will be held, two days of dedicated study and professional updating regarding future applications for essential oils in the medical, nutritional and cosmetic fields. The initiative, promoted by the magazine Erboristeria domani with FEM2 Environment, official spin-off of the University of Milan-Bicocca, […]

The 28th edition of the Incontri Tra/Montani, an event dedicated to the historical, economic and cultural aspects of  dairy and zootechnical activities and their rediscovered value for territorial development, took place from 28th to 30th September 2018, in Valassina – Prato Buscante di BARZIO (LC). The conference “DAIRY ART AND ZOOTECHNY IN THE ALPINE AND PREALPINE VALLEYS: […]