by Eleonora Anello
A different way to spend holidays: not only relaxing but also training and opportunities for comparison, and an original way to learn something about natural disasters.
The associations Apare (Association pour la Participation et l'Action Régionale) and GEC (Groupement Européen des Campus) have promoted for years these activities related to the heritage preservation and environment care. Both based in France, they have long experience in this area and since the Eighties organize campus aimed at volunteers from all over Europe and from the Mediterranean, to promote the participation and exchange and put to the fore some important issues like the conservation and the sustainable development.
This year there will also be some campus focus on natural disasters.
In Tétouan, Morocco, from 8 to July 29 the prevention of landslides will be discussed. Ideas will be proposed for the realization of tools for information on the risks associated with landslides direct to the local population, particularly to rural areas residents.
In the Bouches-du-Rhône and Vaucluse, in France, from 1 to September 19 will be addressed the subject of flooding, specifically how to raise awareness the citizens affected. Not how to design communication tools, but also how to increase environmental awareness among the citizens affected. The objective is to develop informational documents of scientific, technical and historical characteristics to promote solidarity and cooperation among citizens.
Finally, it is proposed campus on earthquakes, aimed at creating an educational places of the earthquake that struck in 1909 the French region of Lambesc. It caused 46 victims and some villages still bear the signs. A hundred years from that dramatic event, the idea is to propose a tourist journey in order to raise awareness among visitors about the risk of earthquake. Continuing the work undertaken in the laboratory last year, will be designed a layout for construction of a teaching guide intended for tourists who want to visit those places. The project will involve the authorities and local associations, including the BRGM (Research Institute of Earth Sciences).
All the campus on the prevention of natural risks are borne by the Council of the Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and the French Ministry for ecology, sustainability, planning and development.
The invitation to participate is aimed primarily at students and young professionals with skills, interests or specific experiences as geology, architecture, eco-tourism, local development or communication.
They are also proposed 26 different work sites, focusing on the recovery of architectural and natural sites in Italy, France and Maghreb. Participants will have the opportunity to discover the rich local heritage, learn ancient techniques of construction and to live a human and cultural experience within international groups.
Further information on initiative and procedures for participation are available on the website or can be requested to apare@apare-gec.org.
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