Permaculture Project Planning at Borgo Basino
Permaculture is a design system for areas inhabited by people that seeks to harmoniously integrate various aspects of the natural world, resulting in a sustainable,
Author: Evan
Sowing- The Time to Wait
“Sow someone where the driver passed with the strength of the bulls: the seed shines in a shower of gold descending between the shadow of
Experiential Tourism
Discovering authentic local opportunities For over twenty years, Fattorie Faggioli and now Borgo Basino have collaborated with Professor Hiroko Kudo in welcoming Japanese delegations of
The Ecovillage Project
Discovering new answers to life's daily needs What is an ecovillage? You may have wondered what an ecovillage is. Perhaps you have some disconnected, even
History of a Community: the roots of Borgo Basino
The idea of the Borgo Basino took root in the summer of 2013. We started by deepening and developing the concept of place-based organizing, considering
LEARNING FROM DIVERSITY EcoCamp 2020
Last summer, July 2020, Borgo Basino hosted a camp for visually impaired children. The two intense weeks of residential “Ecocamp,” in collaboration with the Francesco
The Borgo Basino Educational Farm
In Italy, a fattoria didattica, or educational farm, is a farm which goes beyond food production to include educational and training activities for schools, families
World Soil Day
A few weeks ago our youngest son came home from kindergarten with a hand decorated manifesto entitled "The 10 Natural Rights of Children." We learned
The Leaves the Summer Lent
Autumn repays the earth the leaves which summer lent it. -Georg Christoph Lichtenberg I geared up the other day to check in on the bees. As I've
Bori
We've just said goodbye to someone who's shared a very particular moment with us. In addition to being a huge help over the last months,
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Transition
June 14, 2024 -
Happy solstice from Borgo Basino!
December 25, 2023 -
Our road is open!
July 16, 2023