Pollica English Club
In January, an English course with native-speaking teachers will begin in Pollica. The program includes grammar and conversation lessons, thematic workshops focused on tourism, hospitality and local heritage promotion, as well as online mentoring and in-person classes. The course lasts 4 months, for a total of 90 hours, organized into 3 weekly sessions. The course […]
Water and Integral Ecological Regeneration: The Italian Case
These days, talking about water immediately brings to mind images of a country severely affected by sudden and violent cloudbursts. Southern Italy, which until just a few weeks ago was directly experiencing a dangerous and relentless process of tropicalization, is now dealing with flooding and major disruption. Heavy rainfall is also affecting the North of […]
The Paideia Digital Academy Is Born in Pollica to Support Human Development Through Digital Tools
In today’s V.U.C.A. world — an acronym used to describe a context defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity — there is a clear need to redesign educational tools so they can respond to the specific challenges of the present and enable young people to understand, even before interpreting, the many interconnections around them, preparing […]
Power to the soil
Integral ecological regeneration begins with protecting the “soil” ecosystem. One of the greatest lessons we have learned from these difficult years — marked by challenges to solve, races against time and new models to rebuild — is the realization that no problem, just like no change, ever comes alone. Within the web of life, where […]
The United Nations for the “Mediterranean Way of Life”
Reason and Feeling: the Mediterranean Diet at the United Nations In “Letters to Contemporaries”, Hermann Hesse writes that “those who do not adapt to the world are always close to finding themselves. Those who adapt to the world never find themselves, but may become national councillors.” Sitting at the table in a United Nations meeting […]
Italian Cuisine: A Journey Through Identity, Memory, Conviviality, Innovation and Sustainability
Eating is a political act and an “act of love”: notes from the Italian Cuisine Week promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The seventh edition of “Italian Cuisine Week” has just come to an end. Launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the wake of Expo Milano 2015, the initiative was created […]
Integral Ecological Regeneration: The Mediterranean Diet as a Model of Sustainable Development
What are the essential ingredients for explaining integral ecological regeneration to 140 high school students? Choose the right location, one capable of conveying knowledge and understanding directly. In this sense, Cilento represents an extraordinary open-air classroom where students can experience firsthand what regeneration truly means. Choose the right storytellers: authentic and credible people who can […]
Mediterranean Diet Anniversary
Today, November 16, 2022, marks the 12th anniversary of the recognition of the Mediterranean Diet as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Its value lies in its ability to connect people and nature through social rituals in which food becomes a unique and unrepeatable cultural moment for sharing the social identity of a community. The Mediterranean […]
The Power of Innovation: Preserving and Relaunching the Mediterranean Through an Experimental Marine Area
From today until October 21, the FAO Science and Innovation Forum is taking place, a forum entirely dedicated to science, technology and innovation for the transformation of agrifood systems. Science and innovation are crucial to redesigning agrifood systems capable of promoting better production and nutrition, respecting the environment, ensuring a better life for everyone and, […]
Health Waste or Food Waste?
There is a reason why Climate Week, which has just ended in New York, is immediately followed by another major international moment focused on food: the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. And looking at the world today, the answer seems quite clear. According to the Food Waste Index Report 2021, 931 […]
