La Foresta got a new website :) Thanks to the work of Fabio and Angelica Cianflone, the community academy La Foresta finally has a new website. There we share insights into the academy’s activities, approaches, economies and…
Publication: Moving from critical to caring design practices What can it mean to shift from a critical to a caring design practice? In the book Care Beyond Crisis, edited by Kris Krois et al., Bianca raises this question…
Community Economies in Action: A Practice Retreat 2023 Together with the Community Economies Institute we announce an inspiring Practice Retreat: Community Economies in Action. The retreat will be held 12-19 July 2023, in the Italian Alps (in Rovereto,…
Research trip: Pontevedra & Frojám, ES In our quest to learn more about traditional land-based commons, we spent a few days in Galicia with fellow CERN member Noortje Keurhorst. For her PhD, Noortje works on…
Theory of Change for CIPRA network With Bianca’s co-presidency of CIPRA International also comes the chance (and challenge) to dive into the Theory of Change methodology. Since January 2022, Bianca is involved in trainings, workshops and…
Local research trip: 4 weeks of Vallagarina In August, we spent 4 weeks camping in different corners of the Vallagarina to get a much more detailed understanding of our territory. Each basecamp was set up between 20…
Research trip: Tschlin, CH This time our research trip focused on historical and contemporary commons took us to Tschlin (CH) to meet Curdin Tones of Somalgors 74. Curdin is running an eclectic cultural programm…
Publication: “Ci concimiamo a vicenda” in Critical By Design A conversation between Bianca and Meike Hardt has come out as part of the book Critical by Design? edited by Claudia Mareis, Moritz Greiner-Petter and Michael Renner. The book explores…
La Foresta: awarded Bandiera Verde by Legambiente For its eco-social engagement, which connects the care for people with the care for nature, La Foresta- community academy has been awarded the Bandiera Verde (Green Flag) by Legambiente, Italy’s…
Researching Postcapitalist Possibilities – Community economies institute From 1-9 June, Bianca and Flora Mammana have been facilitating the face-to-face node of this year’s summer school organised by the Community Economies Institute. Under the banner of Researching Postcapitalist…
