Our projects

We have been working with the community of Ngarenanyuki and Oldonyo Sambu Districts for four years in order to assure the access to renewable energy creating commercial activities and parallel services. Starting from training: together with the staff in charge of energy policies in the two Districts, after specific training courses,  we created two Committees […]

The Ticino landscape, shared between Italy and Switzerland, is one of the most important natural areas in Europe: it is the only one connecting the Alps with the Apennines through the Po Plain, home to rich biodiversity and a key resource to counter the adverse effects of climate change.  The historical colonization of the banks […]

When facing a precarious situation, such as the one the population of Cabo Delgado Province is versing now, the first step is to assist people who lost everything. The following steps are boosting agricultural activities and diversifying the sources of livelihood. Above all, it is important to spread healthy food practices while respecting Covid-19 sanitary […]

We intend to shape a new generation of citizens, conscious and keen to commit personally in order to build a more equal and sustainable future, without letting fear, rejection and disillusion take over. Alternative economic processes do exist, it is all about starting to talk about them and giving them value. And then finally to […]

With Green School Italy we want to contribute to consolidating and expanding a work started 13 years ago by Varese Province and the CAST association, first with the city's schools, and then with the entire region of Lombardy. The Green School network involved 619 schools, 146,414 students and 12,195 teachers in environmental and awareness educational paths. […]

We want to make the school community a protagonist in the protection of biodiversity and the fight against climate change. To do this, we directly involve primary and secondary school students in training and activation paths. Infact, the transition towards a greener and fairer society is in the hands of tomorrow's citizens.  School: a priority […]

With the AlleLanza project, we support the Land Association with an important goal: to prevent and oppose land abandonment and disruption through the activation of community management of abandoned land. The project intervenes on three fronts: 1. Capacity building for public administration We want environmental issues to become an integral part of municipal activities. Therefore, […]

Nature as a common ground To build a bridge of peace between Beirut’s Christian minorities and the hosting community, it is essential to focus on what unites us. We engage 750 students from 15 schools in activities that promote peaceful coexistence and environmental protection as a meeting point for diversity: caring for the environment is […]

Nowadays, people are used to buy more clothes than what is necessary and they change them more and more often. At a social and environmental level, the cost of fast fashion is becoming increasingly high. Meanwhile, tracing all the steps of the production chain of our garment is getting more difficult every day: global production […]

Environmental degradation and livelihood vulnerability are two sides of the same coin. The only way to break this cycle is to restore coastal ecosystems, which are as fragile as they are valuable. Our approach to winning this challenge is based on cooperation between civil organizations, authorities, and local communities. 1. Protecting the sea and coasts: civil […]

In the Maasai Steppe in Northern Tanzania, being a woman is a challenge. It means quitting school to take care of their houses, first of all gathering wood and water, more times a day, often walking many kilometers from where they live. It means being victim of abuses and oppression. It means having no job, […]

To protect the Ngezi-Vumawimbi Forest, we are focusing on three key areas. 1.    Biodiversity Conservation. Our ecologists are collaborating with local and international researchers to study the forest ecosystem’s biodiversity, monitoring plant species, mammals, birds, and lepidoptera using camera traps, pitfall traps, and field research conducted day and night. Strengthening forest management is a key […]

The Thandwe District, in Southern Rakhine, has an enormous and recognized environmental and cultural value. It includes a great variety of environments and huge forests areas that represent one of the most important productive resources in the region: they offer building material as wood and bamboo, but especially food for local communities, whom survival is […]

Two and a half years after Cyclone Kenneth, many school buildings in the hardest-hit areas still lack roofs, latrines and clean water. Around 30,000 children up to the age of 17 are conducting school activities in temporary structures, made of improvised tents, and without any school equipment. Blackboards, desks, and chairs are a luxury they cannot […]

In the Arusha Region more than 100 Secondary Schools have no access to electricity services. Classes and dormitories have no illumination and students use kerosene lamps which are harmful for their health and dangerous due to fire risk. There is no electricity for external lights, that makes it easier for felons and thieves to break […]

The population of Mozambique is overtaken by serious climatic events: in Northern regions rains are condensed in increasingly short periods of time, often causing floods, while the South cyclically goes through prolonged droughts. The consequences on food security, agricultural production and livestock are clear: in 2015, 62,000 ha and 4,000 herds were lost only in […]

Our goal is ambitious: to lead the transition to an ecologically sustainable society. Education, civic engagement and environmental awareness come together to forge a culture of environmental and social responsibility. Teachers, young people and citizens become the protagonists of this change. Transformative education and ecological literacy We invest in training the educating community for lasting […]

We imagine an agricultural system capable of responding to the challenges posed by the ongoing environmental crisis, and a territory that can support biodiversity. How? Through the valorization of natural resources, employability in agriculture, and the promotion of social aggregation. This is what we aim to achieve in the Insubria-Olona Ecosystemic Territorial Scope (ETS) with […]