MVI Co-Working Days 2026
Working, learning, and building regenerative futures — together.
Dates
2-6 May 2026
Place
MonViso Institute campus, Serre Lamboi, Ostana, Valle Po, Italy
What it is
The MVI Co-Working Days are an immersive, hands-on working format on the MonViso Institute campus in the Italian Alps. A small group of participants comes together to contribute to real design, restoration, and regeneration work while learning directly from ongoing campus development and community embedding.
This is a shared working environment combining guided outdoor tasks, collective meals, time in the landscape, and informal exchange around regenerative practices, mountain systems, physical work skills, and place-based learning.
Participants contribute meaningful work time and, in return, gain insight, skills, experience, and connection.
Detailed schedule & format
Virtual pre-call check-in by mid-April
Arrival: Saturday, May 2, by noon
Program ends: Wednesday, May 6, in the afternoon (17h)
Optional full-day excursion: Thursday, May 7 (weather-dependent)
Daily rhythm (Sun–Wed):
• Group breakfast at the Merenderia (served) or self-prepared in the Foresteria kitchen
• Morning work session: 09:00–12:00
• Lunch & rest (Merenderia or self-prepared)
• Afternoon work session: 14:00–17:00
• Evenings: time to explore, short walks, informal exchange, shared dinners
• Workdays are focused but intentionally not overlong.
Who can join
Maximum 12 participants.
Small teams, clear guidance, and hands-on collaboration.
Open to people interested in regenerative practice, landscape and tools work, and learning by doing.
What we work on
Tasks respond to real needs on campus in this season and are introduced and guided by experienced practitioners. Final selection depends on weather and readiness.
Typical tasks include:
• Hemp sowing
• Trail building and maintenance
• Native tree planting
• Fence building
• Pond excavation (preparatory phases)
• Glamping platform construction
• Permaculture garden preparation
• Other land-care and small infrastructure tasks
• Landscape time
• Walks and explorations during evenings
• Optional full-day excursion on Thursday (e.g., Source of the Po), including shared transport
Accommodation & Food
• Shared accommodation in the on-site Foresteria
• One social campus dinner provided - joint pizza making at the outdoor pizza wood fire oven ( weather permitting, May 6th)
• One social group dinner at a local restaurant included (arrival day, May 5th)
• Other meals (breakfast, lunch, two dinners) are self-organized (shared cooking or local options)
Costs & Contribution
• MVI covers basic shared costs (meals on campus, excursion transport, starter food equipment for the kitchen, small gifts).
• Accommodation and individual meals are paid individually.
• Participation is based on contributing work time, care, and engagement.
Travel
• Public transport via Pinerolo / Saluzzo → Barge or Paesana → Ostana
• Pick-ups possible from nearby hubs; e-bike rental to arrive from Saluzzo is possible and advised
• EV charging available in Ostana.
For questions and your application, please email to apply@monviso-institute.org.