As part of the Italian Mountain Lab project – FISR project, special supplementary research fund for the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), headed by UNIMONT-University of Milan in partnership with the University of Eastern Piedmont and the University of Tuscia, as part of the educational and networking activities, the first Summer School took place at the Garibaldi Refuge in Val d’Avio – Valle Camonica (BS) from 15th to 17t June 2018.
Over 50 participants, including students and teachers of high schools in 10 Italian regions, winners of the first Italian School Hackathon on the Mountains, together with students and teachers of the Mountain University, took part in a training workshop in Val d’Avio, in Upper Valle Camonica.
From hydroelectric energy to the Great War, from Plant and Animal Biology to Climate Change: these were just some of the educational activities which Summer School participants worked on, with the help of professionals and experts from the universities involved. An original proposal of “Education and training at high altitudes”, in direct contact with the mountains and its peculiarities, to develop and increase the awareness of teachers and students towards the opportunities of mountain areas on a local, regional and national scale.
Finally, also on this occasion UNIMONT promoted synergy with an international contest: during the Summer School there was also discussion about Nepal and the Himalayan environment. The next appointment with Italian mountain hackers will, in fact, be in the highlands of Nepal: an autumn mission together with colleagues of Kathmandu and Pokhara to continue the process of interaction and sharing with the communities that live in the mountains and to broaden the range of collaborations, involving all stakeholders and those interested in mountain areas.
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Thanks to: Ivan Corini (ENEL); Walter Belotti (Museo della Guerra Bianca di Temù); Gianpietro Verza (Alpinista, esperto conoscitore dell’ambiente himalayano, responsabile di numerosi progetti scientifici in alta quota per il monitoraggio dati per il cambiamento climatico); Lorenzo Micheli (Italian Mountain Lab Advisor, Mountain-Hack); Prof.ssa Anna Giorgi, Dott.ssa Sarah Whitaker, Dott. Luca Giupponi (UNIMONT- Università degli Studi di Milano).
And also Odoardo Ravizza and his team.
