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October 2020
Opportunities for a Circular Economy in High River Po Valley
Building resilience through new circular flows Cosa significa pensare in modo sistemico e circolare? Quanto è importante costruire relazioni sul proprio territorio? Presentazione dei progetti realizzati durante il corso “Open System Design Lab” a.a. 2019/2020, della Laurea Magistrale in Design Sistemico del Politecnico di Torino. Aperitivo con i designer Please sign up here.
Find out more »December 2020
Here and Now – Inaugurazione
Starting Wednesday, Dec 12 2020. The first date of this new event series is on Zoom: https://aho.zoom.us/j/67981268637 To keep in touch, sign up for the MVI newsletter and connect to this new groups' Facebook page.
Find out more »January 2021
Here and Now
Welcoming 2021 with continued conversations on solidarity, sustainability and new alpine living. Like last December, we look forward to seeing you virtually on Zoom for an aperitivo!
Find out more »February 2021
HERE AND NOW
Following the MVI ski-building workshop, please join us for a Meet and Greet with Grown Skis and learning about regenerative outdoor recreation by doing! We plan to ski and snowshoe in the Valle Po, further details to be communicated later.
Find out more »May 2021
Permaculture course I
co-working weeks on water systems: pond, black water cleaning system, grey water
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VIRTUAL APERITIVO / CENA Let's celebrate our local and regional food traditions! Please join us for a virtual aperitivo/cena and bring with you a typical, traditional meal or food item from your area (trofie al pesto, agnolotti del plin, fårikål, maultaschen) wherever you are located! We can talk about how our local traditions can relate to Permaculture and Slow Food principles to think about ways of making (or keeping) our daily meals more regenerative. https://www.slowfood.com/ https://permakultur.de/home/
Find out more »Permaculture course II
co-working weeks on water systems: pond, black water cleaning system, grey water
Find out more »June 2021
ETH EPFL SDL PhD summer school
An experiential educational co-creation hybridizing science, design, social outdoor joy, and local people action. Organized by ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, MonViso Institute. Partnering with The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, TU Delft, and Politecnico Torino. This PhD school prototypes a new hybrid format as part of the future of higher education: a physical onsite core group, small and rich, developing place-based content with reasonable travel effort; accompanied and embedded in a virtual setting to allow global participation with a low carbon footprint and rich cross-fertilization. PhD…
Find out more »11th RDT Solidarity: urban-apine life after/with Covid
Solidarity: urban-apine life after/with Covid; mindful innovation, systems lense, mobility, silence, respect > and what we can learn frrom living in mtn livelihoods for re-designing city life
Find out more »July 2021
Week-end of sustainability
Sabato 10/07 II Raduno auto elettriche EV meeting 13:45 Ritrovo auto elettriche (EV) a Saluzzo in Piazza Cavour per consegna PASS Meeting place at Saluzzo 14:00 Partenza della carovana EV con destina- zione Ostana Start of the caravan 14:45 Arrivo a Ostana con accesso a parcheggio riservato Arrival to Ostana 15:00 Presente e futuro della mobilità sostenibile (Presso l’ala coperta d’Ostana loca- lità Villa). Testimonianze, progettualità e scommesse per uno sviluppo sostenibile. Talking about present and future of the sustainable…
Find out more »11 RDT – Mindsummer: e-mobility day
Week-end della sostenibilità a Ostana (Week-end of sustainability) 11th REGENERATIVE DESIGN TALK Talking about present and future of the sustainable mobility. 15:00 Presente e futuro della mobilità sostenibile (Presso l’ala coperta d’Ostana loca- lità Villa). Testimonianze, progettualità e scommesse per uno sviluppo sostenibile. See the detailed program offer here.
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Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive (MSC) – Opening Hearts and Engaging Through Mindful Self-Compassion: A Time to Come Alive, Thrive and Care for our Planet Earth
Teacher: Mirjam Luthe and Helga Luger-Schreiner Live-Online Inspirational Practice with Christiane Wolf and Cassondra Graff in two evenings (Dhana) The radiant, elegant cosmos that we can observe is actually our own consciousness and not something separate from us on the outside. (Thich Nhat Hanh) We are living in a time, when confusion, loss of control and fear seem to take hold of our minds. (Self-)Compassion can become an antidote: To live well, thrive and care, we need to…
Find out more »Course: Mindful Innovation – “Becoming change agents for sustainability”
Teacher: Tobias Luthe, Justyna Swat, Mirjam Luthe and Live-Online Inspirational Practices with Mark Coleman (tbc) or other “Awake in the Wild” Teachers (Dhana) and Dr. Susan Eirich (EarthFire Institute) Towards a personal toolkit for regeneration and resilience The challenges to respond to the multiple global crises seem overwhelming. Pandemics require more resilient regional economies with less dependence on global supply chains, and more livable cities with larger green space access for anyone and cleaner air. Climate change requires the…
Find out more »Monte Viso – Timeout Trekking: A Hike through Mindfulness and Nature
Guide: Philip Svobodnik Wild nature - reflection and wakefulness await you during this Timeout Trekking“ During this multi-day hike we want to find more aliveness and lightness together. With the help of guided meditations, systemic exercises and the wisdom of nature, you can take new perspectives and draw strength and inspiration for your daily life. On an inner and outer journey, you will become familiar with mindfulness and meditation. You will train your perception and practice opening your heart…
Find out more »Systemic Design Exploration The High Po Valley by (e)Gravel Bike
Learn, exchange, connect with like-minded people on cycling, industrial history, design for regeneration and entrepreneurial engagement. Explore local sustainable development initiatives, wild nature, regional food and culture. Develop ideas, methods and concepts to apply Systemic Design in job and life. An inspiring journey for conscious and engaged people, professionals, policy makers, students through the Italian Piedmont. See the detailed program offer here.
Find out more »September 2021
October 2021
HERE AND NOW
Join us in visiting our important local businesses combining tradition with innovative environmentally friendly principles, such as Calce Piasco. Together with La Banca della Calce, they produce CalceCanapa, an "eco-compatible building materials and products based on magnesium lime and hemp." Hiking or skiing in the nearby Valle Varaita will follow, with hopefully aperitivo / dinner together.
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HERE AND NOW- Paraloup (To be defined)
Continuing the theme of solidarity and new alpine living, we plan to visit the rifugio and borgata Paraloup, as "Un nuovo modello di sviluppo sostenibile per la montagna." Transportation to Paraloup aims to be powered by clean electric energy, thanks to our E-Mobility event in Ostana the following day. Mountain biking in Valle Maira to follow. To be confirmed https://paraloup.it/
Find out more »November 2021
12 RDT
SYSTEMIC CYCLES: A new way of weaving and activating bioregional supply chain Un nuovo modo di tessere e attivare filiere bioregionali This in-person Regenerative Design Talk revisits MVI’s “Systemic Cycles” multi-day sustainable bicycle tour of circular supply chains within the Piedemonte, held back in August 2021. Join us for a video screening of the tour, presentation of the Politecnico di Torino students’ publication and an open design workshop to explore ways of expanding “Systemic Cycles” into a longer term collaboration…
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