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	* Landscapes and cultural heritage, identity, and storytelling		* Landscapes and cultural heritage, identity, and storytelling

	= Living Lab Process ~~Story~~ =		= Living Lab Process =
	There have been four community workshops for the Solidarity Landscape Living Lab. These workshops have been structured as participatory, co-design processes with the Villaggio Solidale community. Many students involved in the workshops participated in the LED2LEAP and OLA online seminars and intensive workshops. They implemented principles of Landscape Democracy taught in the LED2LEAP and OLA courses as they participated in the Solidarity Landscape Living lab workshops.		There have been four community workshops for the Solidarity Landscape Living Lab. These workshops have been structured as participatory, co-design processes with the Villaggio Solidale community. Many students involved in the workshops participated in the LED2LEAP and OLA online seminars and intensive workshops. They implemented principles of Landscape Democracy taught in the LED2LEAP and OLA courses as they participated in the Solidarity Landscape Living lab workshops.

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	[[File:Tarantasio Trail.png\|thumb\|The Bergamo-Treviglio Highway threatens agricultural and heritage sites of the Solidarity Landscape]]		[[File:Tarantasio Trail.png\|thumb\|The Bergamo-Treviglio Highway threatens agricultural and heritage sites of the Solidarity Landscape]]
	[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]		[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]
	[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]		[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle~~]]The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.

	= Project Goals =		= Project Goals =
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	=== 2022 Workshop \| The Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Master Planning a Solidarity Landscape \| August 17-24, 2022 ===		=== 2022 Workshop \| The Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Master Planning a Solidarity Landscape \| August 17-24, 2022 ===
	The first workshop was held in Lurano, Italy, in August 2022. Dr. Deni Ruggeri and project partner Marco Vanoli led the workshop with four graduate students - three from the University of Maryland and one from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The goal of the 2022 workshop was to outline a vision for a landscape physically and conceptually linking two charitable organizations in neighboring towns, Consorzio FA/Villaggio Solidale in Lurano and FIEB/Corte dei Massari in neighboring Castel Cerreto. The clients Consorzio FA and Fondazione Instituto Educativi Bergamo (FIEB) tasked the Living Lab with the development of a participatory, strategic master plan that would help link the two communities into a new landscape system to improve both the landscape and the people living in it.		The first workshop was held in Lurano, Italy, in August 2022. Dr. Deni Ruggeri and project partner Marco Vanoli led the workshop with four graduate students - three from the University of Maryland and one from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The goal of the 2022 workshop was to outline a vision for a landscape physically and conceptually linking two charitable organizations in neighboring towns, Consorzio FA/Villaggio Solidale in Lurano and FIEB/Corte dei Massari in neighboring Castel Cerreto. The clients Consorzio FA and Fondazione Instituto Educativi Bergamo (FIEB) tasked the Living Lab with the development of a participatory, strategic master plan that would help link the two communities into a new landscape system to improve both the landscape and the people living in it.[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		<gallery widths="200" perrow="200">
			File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|The 2022 research team: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick
	<gallery widths="200" perrow="200~~" caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop~~">		File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|Prototype Tarantasio Garden at Villaggio Solidale 2022. This garden has been refurbished during each workshop.
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|~~Project partners~~: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the Villaggio Solidale landscape during the Landscape Architect for a day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a ~~Day~~ activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Mapping.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day ~~co-design~~ activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022~~
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan~~
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===		=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===
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	=== 2024 Mini Workshop \| Solidarity Landscape Ambassadors \| January 9-13, 2024 ===		=== 2024 Mini Workshop \| Solidarity Landscape Ambassadors \| January 9-13, 2024 ===
	The third workshop was a smaller event with Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Marco Vanoli, and research assistant Mary Christensen, a graduate student from the University of Maryland. This workshop explored the solidarity system within Villaggio Solidale and the larger community. The researchers engaged with the community’s social workers and educators to learn about their educational and social work practices and experience how they use the landscape with their students and clients. During site visits and interactive educational activities, they visited community partners and engaged in deep listening with the educators, social workers, and community members. The research team observed winter landscape interactions and usage and participated in community routines and activities. They performed fieldwork and site observations of nodes for the Tarantasio Trail.		The third workshop was a smaller event with Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Marco Vanoli, and research assistant Mary Christensen, a graduate student from the University of Maryland. This workshop explored the solidarity system within Villaggio Solidale and the larger community. The researchers engaged with the community’s social workers and educators to learn about their educational and social work practices and experience how they use the landscape with their students and clients. During site visits and interactive educational activities, they visited community partners and engaged in deep listening with the educators, social workers, and community members. The research team observed winter landscape interactions and usage and participated in community routines and activities. They performed fieldwork and site observations of nodes for the Tarantasio Trail.
			[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (17).jpg\|thumb\|Preserving fragile landscapes while integrating solidarity, well-being, and education. Designed by Mary Christensen]]
			[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (15).jpg\|thumb\|Creating nodes along the Tarantasio Trail for better accessibility, well-being, and solidarity. Designed by Mary Christensen]]


	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.<gallery>		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.<gallery>
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	The '''Landscapes of the Heart''' guided meditation and drawing activity was done with Villaggio Solidale residents during the first workshop in 2022. The activity revealed themes researchers saw in many drawings, including home, attachment, comfort, climate change, the near-universal draw to water, and the frequent appearance of the Alps. Participants learned about community and family relationships from the experiences shared by the residents. We saw drawings and listened to descriptions of journeys, which many residents have experienced as recent immigrants to Italy.		The '''Landscapes of the Heart''' guided meditation and drawing activity was done with Villaggio Solidale residents during the first workshop in 2022. The activity revealed themes researchers saw in many drawings, including home, attachment, comfort, climate change, the near-universal draw to water, and the frequent appearance of the Alps. Participants learned about community and family relationships from the experiences shared by the residents. We saw drawings and listened to descriptions of journeys, which many residents have experienced as recent immigrants to Italy.
	[[File:Landscapes of the Heart Drawings.jpg\|none\|thumb\|Drawings by Villaggio Solidale residents during the Landscapes of the Heart guided meditation and drawing activity. August 2022]]		[[File:Landscapes of the Heart Drawings.jpg\|none\|thumb\|Drawings by Villaggio Solidale residents during the Landscapes of the Heart guided meditation and drawing activity. August 2022]]
	~~[[File:Unnamed (15).jpg\|thumb\|lad]]~~		The '''Landscape Architect for a Day''' co-design activity was done during the August 2022 workshop. The co-design activity included residents of Villaggio Solidale and participants of Autonomy Training Services (SFA) in the community. These mapping activities revealed the participants’ ambitions for their landscape to become an active place where they can play and continue to build community bonds. They want this to be a productive landscape where they can build community, grow food, and learn new skills. The maps show the landscape and community as they want to experience it. <gallery widths="200" heights="200">
	~~[[File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|thumb\|2]]~~
	The '''Landscape Architect for a Day''' co-design activity was done during the August 2022 workshop. The co-design activity included residents of Villaggio Solidale and participants of Autonomy Training Services (SFA) in the community. These mapping activities revealed the participants’ ambitions for their landscape to become an active place where they can play and continue to build community bonds. They want this to be a productive landscape where they can build community, grow food, and learn new skills. The maps show the landscape and community as they want to experience it.
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	~~[[File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|thumb\|1]]~~<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
	File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022		File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022
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	[[File:Collages.jpg\|none\|thumb\|My Dream Garden collages made by SFA participants at Villaggio Solidale. 2023]]		[[File:Collages.jpg\|none\|thumb\|My Dream Garden collages made by SFA participants at Villaggio Solidale. 2023]]
	The '''Solidarity Mapping''' activity was part of the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador lesson presented to Villaggio Solidale staff, social workers, and educators during the January 2024 workshop. The lesson included a discussion about solidarity and social capital. Then, they participated in a co-mapping activity to examine where solidarity was currently being practiced in the landscape (illustrated by the colorful dots). Participants were then asked to place purple hearts for potential sites for solidarity in their landscape. This was instructive as it showed not only where solidarity is practiced and where it could happen, but also illustrated where it is missing. Researchers learned about new project partners working to create an urban agriculture site, Asilo Vecchio, in nearby Castel Rozzone during the Solidarity Mapping activity in January 2024. Asilo Vecchio is located on the proposed Tarantasio Trail. The Asilo Vecchio team shares goals and values similar to those of the Solidarity Landscape project. They are now project partners, and collaboration has begun to help them develop their site. During the June 2024 workshop, researchers and the Asilo Vecchio team began a co-design of their garden.		The '''Solidarity Mapping''' activity was part of the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador lesson presented to Villaggio Solidale staff, social workers, and educators during the January 2024 workshop. The lesson included a discussion about solidarity and social capital. Then, they participated in a co-mapping activity to examine where solidarity was currently being practiced in the landscape (illustrated by the colorful dots). Participants were then asked to place purple hearts for potential sites for solidarity in their landscape. This was instructive as it showed not only where solidarity is practiced and where it could happen, but also illustrated where it is missing. Researchers learned about new project partners working to create an urban agriculture site, Asilo Vecchio, in nearby Castel Rozzone during the Solidarity Mapping activity in January 2024. Asilo Vecchio is located on the proposed Tarantasio Trail. The Asilo Vecchio team shares goals and values similar to those of the Solidarity Landscape project. They are now project partners, and collaboration has begun to help them develop their site. During the June 2024 workshop, researchers and the Asilo Vecchio team began a co-design of their garden.
			[[File:Unnamed (20).png\|none\|thumb\|Solidarity Map co-created with Solidarity Landscape Ambassador class members in January 2024]]
	Villaggio Solidale held a nature summer camp in the woods next to the village in June of 2024. The researchers prepared a '''pollinator and native plant lesson''' to share with the children during the camp. The children were well-versed in the importance of pollinators and were eager to share their knowledge. The participants played a game prepared by the research team to match pollinators with the native flowers they prefer. The summer camp participants and SFA participants then joined the research team to learn a song about pollinators, then created seed bombs together as a way to spread the seeds of the Solidarity landscape.		Villaggio Solidale held a nature summer camp in the woods next to the village in June of 2024. The researchers prepared a '''pollinator and native plant lesson''' to share with the children during the camp. The children were well-versed in the importance of pollinators and were eager to share their knowledge. The participants played a game prepared by the research team to match pollinators with the native flowers they prefer. The summer camp participants and SFA participants then joined the research team to learn a song about pollinators, then created seed bombs together as a way to spread the seeds of the Solidarity landscape.
			[[File:Unnamed (17).jpg\|none\|thumb\|Pollinator and native plant lesson with summer camp children at Villaggio Solidale, June 2024]]

	= <big>LED2LEAP Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =		= <big>LED2LEAP Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =

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	The '''Landscape Architect for a Day''' co-design activity was done during the August 2022 workshop. The co-design activity included residents of Villaggio Solidale and participants of Autonomy Training Services (SFA) in the community. These mapping activities revealed the participants’ ambitions for their landscape to become an active place where they can play and continue to build community bonds. They want this to be a productive landscape where they can build community, grow food, and learn new skills. The maps show the landscape and community as they want to experience it.		The '''Landscape Architect for a Day''' co-design activity was done during the August 2022 workshop. The co-design activity included residents of Villaggio Solidale and participants of Autonomy Training Services (SFA) in the community. These mapping activities revealed the participants’ ambitions for their landscape to become an active place where they can play and continue to build community bonds. They want this to be a productive landscape where they can build community, grow food, and learn new skills. The maps show the landscape and community as they want to experience it.
	[[File:Unnamed (16).jpg\|thumb\|sfa]]		[[File:Unnamed (16).jpg\|thumb\|sfa]]
	[[File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|thumb\|1]]		[[File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|thumb\|1]]<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
			File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022
			File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022
			File:Unnamed (15).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022
			File:Unnamed (16).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the SFA participants. 2022
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	The '''Nature Scavenger Hunt''' activity was done during the July 2023 workshop and included children and staff of Villaggio Solidale. Mary Christensen partnered with Alessandra D’Anna, a staff member of Villaggio Solidale, to create the scavenger hunt worksheets and guide the children through the woods and fontanili near Villaggio Solidale. This activity was meant to gauge the children’s interest and comfort in engaging with the landscape and to test their eco-literacy while becoming familiar with the local flora and fauna. Participants explored many features of the forest, including bark textures, spider webs, flowers, and edible plants. The activity lasted about 45 minutes, and the participants gathered the items on the list, which were brought back to the village to be sorted, discussed, and used to create art with the found objects so that the children could share their findings with the community.<gallery widths="200" heights="200">		The '''Nature Scavenger Hunt''' activity was done during the July 2023 workshop and included children and staff of Villaggio Solidale. Mary Christensen partnered with Alessandra D’Anna, a staff member of Villaggio Solidale, to create the scavenger hunt worksheets and guide the children through the woods and fontanili near Villaggio Solidale. This activity was meant to gauge the children’s interest and comfort in engaging with the landscape and to test their eco-literacy while becoming familiar with the local flora and fauna. Participants explored many features of the forest, including bark textures, spider webs, flowers, and edible plants. The activity lasted about 45 minutes, and the participants gathered the items on the list, which were brought back to the village to be sorted, discussed, and used to create art with the found objects so that the children could share their findings with the community.<gallery widths="200" heights="200">

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	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	<gallery caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		<gallery widths="200" perrow="200" caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|Project partners: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|Project partners: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day co-design activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day co-design activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan		File:Index.php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===		=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===

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	The third workshop was a smaller event with Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Marco Vanoli, and research assistant Mary Christensen, a graduate student from the University of Maryland. This workshop explored the solidarity system within Villaggio Solidale and the larger community. The researchers engaged with the community’s social workers and educators to learn about their educational and social work practices and experience how they use the landscape with their students and clients. During site visits and interactive educational activities, they visited community partners and engaged in deep listening with the educators, social workers, and community members. The research team observed winter landscape interactions and usage and participated in community routines and activities. They performed fieldwork and site observations of nodes for the Tarantasio Trail.		The third workshop was a smaller event with Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Marco Vanoli, and research assistant Mary Christensen, a graduate student from the University of Maryland. This workshop explored the solidarity system within Villaggio Solidale and the larger community. The researchers engaged with the community’s social workers and educators to learn about their educational and social work practices and experience how they use the landscape with their students and clients. During site visits and interactive educational activities, they visited community partners and engaged in deep listening with the educators, social workers, and community members. The research team observed winter landscape interactions and usage and participated in community routines and activities. They performed fieldwork and site observations of nodes for the Tarantasio Trail.

	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.<gallery>
			File:Cse.jpg\|Visiting the CSE educational center participants in Pontirolo Nuovo. January 2024
	<gallery>		File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in the landscape with Spazio Autismo students in Castel Cerreto. January 2024
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Cse.jpg\|Visiting ~~with participants at~~ the CSE ~~education~~ center ~~for adults with disabilities~~ in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024		File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching a Solidarity Landscape Ambassador lesson at Villaggio Solidale. January 2024
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in the landscape with ~~students of~~ Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024		File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|A solidarity mapping exercise with Solidarity Landscape Ambassadors class members. Villaggio Solidale January 2024
	File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching ~~the~~ Solidarity Landscape Ambassador ~~course~~ at Villaggio Solidale. 2024		File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Solidarity map showing places in the landscape where solidarity is being practiced, and sites where it could be practiced in the future. January 2024
	File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity ~~mapping activity~~. Villaggio Solidale 2024
	File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Solidarity ~~Mapping activity to~~ map where solidarity is practiced ~~in the landscape~~, and ~~potential areas~~ where it could ~~happen~~ in the future.
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	File:Cse.jpg\|Visiting with participants at the CSE education center for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Cse.jpg\|Visiting with participants at the CSE education center for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024
	File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in the landscape with students of Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in the landscape with students of Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024
			File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024
			File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Solidarity Mapping activity to map where solidarity is practiced in the landscape, and potential areas where it could happen in the future.
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	[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]		[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]
	[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]		[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]
	The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.		[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.

	= Project Goals =		= Project Goals =
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	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	<gallery ~~perrow="5" widths="200" heights="200"~~ caption="~~The~~ 2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		<gallery caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|~~2022 Research Team~~: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick		File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|Project partners: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index~~.~~php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail - a soft mobility loop connecting~~ Villaggio Solidale~~, CSE Pontirolo, and Corte dei Massari~~		File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:~~Index.php?title=File:Mapping~~.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day co-design activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:~~Index.php?title=File:Co-design~~.jpg\|~~Co-designing during the Landdcape~~ Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]~~

	=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===		=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===
	The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.		The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.
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	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.

	<gallery ~~caption="2024 Mini Solidarity Landscape Workshp"~~>		<gallery>
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Cse.jpg\|~~A visit to~~ CSE~~, a~~ center ~~for education~~ for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024		File:Cse.jpg\|Visiting with participants at the CSE education center for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in ~~nature~~ with students ~~from~~ Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024		File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in the landscape with students of Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024~~
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity at Villaggio Solidale. 2024~~
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Mapping where solidarity is being practiced in the landscape - and learning about potential partners and other spaces it could be practiced.~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Mary.christensen at 16:10, 22 November 2024

2024-11-22T16:10:38Z

Mary.christensen: 2024 summer workshop

2024-11-22T16:04:53Z

2024 summer workshop

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	File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing during the Landdcape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing during the Landdcape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	</gallery>		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
			[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]

			=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===
			The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.

	<gallery caption="The 2023 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		Through extensive fieldwork, the student team refined the design of the Tarantasio Trail and determined the locations of several trail nodes to invite further landscape exploration. Students designed in detail how such landscapes would look and function at these strategic locations, connecting communities, landscapes, and experiences to foster individual, community, and ecological well-being.<gallery caption="The 2023 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	File:Solar.jpg\|Making solar prints with findings from the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023		File:Solar.jpg\|Making solar prints with findings from the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023
	File:Foraging.jpg\|Finding figs on the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023		File:Foraging.jpg\|Finding figs on the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023
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	File:2023 Visit with Davide.jpg\|Meeting with Accessibility Activist, Davide Paolella. Villaggio Solidale 2023		File:2023 Visit with Davide.jpg\|Meeting with Accessibility Activist, Davide Paolella. Villaggio Solidale 2023
	</gallery>		</gallery>
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]~~
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]~~

	~~=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===~~
	The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.

	Through extensive fieldwork, the student team refined the design of the Tarantasio Trail and determined the locations of several trail nodes to invite further landscape exploration. Students designed in detail how such landscapes would look and function at these strategic locations, connecting communities, landscapes, and experiences to foster individual, community, and ecological well-being.
	[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (13).jpg\|thumb\|Before and after showing the transformation to Lurano's landscape when agroecology is practiced in the landscape. By Patrick Boyle]]		[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (13).jpg\|thumb\|Before and after showing the transformation to Lurano's landscape when agroecology is practiced in the landscape. By Patrick Boyle]]

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	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.

	<gallery>		<gallery caption="2024 Mini Solidarity Landscape Workshp">
	File:Cse.jpg\|A visit to CSE, a center for education for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Cse.jpg\|A visit to CSE, a center for education for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024
	File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in nature with students from Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in nature with students from Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024
	File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024
	File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity at Villaggio Solidale. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity at Villaggio Solidale. 2024
	File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Mapping where solidarity is being practiced in the landscape - and learning about potential partners and other spaces it could be practiced.		File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Mapping where solidarity is being practiced in the landscape - and learning about potential partners and other spaces it could be practiced.
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	The research team did in-depth mapping and field work along the proposed trail and engaged in participatory activities with the community, including listening, site visits, co-design with new project partners, an interactive lesson on pollinators, co-creating seed bombs, and rejuvenating the Tarantasio Garden prototype from the previous workshops.		The research team did in-depth mapping and field work along the proposed trail and engaged in participatory activities with the community, including listening, site visits, co-design with new project partners, an interactive lesson on pollinators, co-creating seed bombs, and rejuvenating the Tarantasio Garden prototype from the previous workshops.

			<gallery caption="2024 Summer Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
			File:PXL 20240610 141028142 (3).jpg\|Making a nature memory game with SFA participants using images of experiences to be had along the Tarantasio Trail. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:PXL 20240610 125839954.MP (2).jpg\|Making seed bombs to spread the Solidarity Landscape far and wide. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:PXL 20240610 121411135 (4).jpg\|Teaching a lesson on the importance of pollinators in the landscape at a summer camp in the woods. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:PXL 20240606 114104730 (2).jpg\|Visiting Spazio Autismo to learn about teaching children with autism. Castel Cerreto 2024
			File:PXL 20240606 094330462 (1).jpg\|Visiting with Farmer Fabio at Cascina Pelesa to learn about organic farming techniques in Castel Cerreto. 2024
			File:PXL 20240605 141538152 (3).jpg\|Co-designing an urban garden called Asilo Vecchio with new project partners. Castel Rozzone 2024
			</gallery>

	= <big>Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =		= <big>Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =

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	[[File:Tarantasio Trail.png\|thumb\|The Bergamo-Treviglio Highway threatens agricultural and heritage sites of the Solidarity Landscape]]		[[File:Tarantasio Trail.png\|thumb\|The Bergamo-Treviglio Highway threatens agricultural and heritage sites of the Solidarity Landscape]]
	[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]		[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]
	[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]		[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle~~]]The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.

	= Project Goals =		= Project Goals =
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	=== 2022 Workshop \| The Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Master Planning a Solidarity Landscape \| August 17-24, 2022 ===		=== 2022 Workshop \| The Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Master Planning a Solidarity Landscape \| August 17-24, 2022 ===
	The first workshop was held in Lurano, Italy, in August 2022. Dr. Deni Ruggeri and project partner Marco Vanoli led the workshop with four graduate students - three from the University of Maryland and one from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The goal of the 2022 workshop was to outline a vision for a landscape physically and conceptually linking two charitable organizations in neighboring towns, Consorzio FA/Villaggio Solidale in Lurano and FIEB/Corte dei Massari in neighboring Castel Cerreto. The clients Consorzio FA and Fondazione Instituto Educativi Bergamo (FIEB) tasked the Living Lab with the development of a participatory, strategic master plan that would help link the two communities into a new landscape system to improve both the landscape and the people living in it.		The first workshop was held in Lurano, Italy, in August 2022. Dr. Deni Ruggeri and project partner Marco Vanoli led the workshop with four graduate students - three from the University of Maryland and one from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The goal of the 2022 workshop was to outline a vision for a landscape physically and conceptually linking two charitable organizations in neighboring towns, Consorzio FA/Villaggio Solidale in Lurano and FIEB/Corte dei Massari in neighboring Castel Cerreto. The clients Consorzio FA and Fondazione Instituto Educativi Bergamo (FIEB) tasked the Living Lab with the development of a participatory, strategic master plan that would help link the two communities into a new landscape system to improve both the landscape and the people living in it.[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		<gallery widths="200" perrow="200">
			File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|The 2022 research team: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick
	<gallery widths="200" perrow="200~~" caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop~~">		File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|Prototype Tarantasio Garden at Villaggio Solidale 2022. This garden has been refurbished during each workshop.
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|~~Project partners~~: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the Villaggio Solidale landscape during the Landscape Architect for a day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a ~~Day~~ activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Mapping.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day ~~co-design~~ activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022~~
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan~~
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===		=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===
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	=== 2024 Mini Workshop \| Solidarity Landscape Ambassadors \| January 9-13, 2024 ===		=== 2024 Mini Workshop \| Solidarity Landscape Ambassadors \| January 9-13, 2024 ===
	The third workshop was a smaller event with Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Marco Vanoli, and research assistant Mary Christensen, a graduate student from the University of Maryland. This workshop explored the solidarity system within Villaggio Solidale and the larger community. The researchers engaged with the community’s social workers and educators to learn about their educational and social work practices and experience how they use the landscape with their students and clients. During site visits and interactive educational activities, they visited community partners and engaged in deep listening with the educators, social workers, and community members. The research team observed winter landscape interactions and usage and participated in community routines and activities. They performed fieldwork and site observations of nodes for the Tarantasio Trail.		The third workshop was a smaller event with Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Marco Vanoli, and research assistant Mary Christensen, a graduate student from the University of Maryland. This workshop explored the solidarity system within Villaggio Solidale and the larger community. The researchers engaged with the community’s social workers and educators to learn about their educational and social work practices and experience how they use the landscape with their students and clients. During site visits and interactive educational activities, they visited community partners and engaged in deep listening with the educators, social workers, and community members. The research team observed winter landscape interactions and usage and participated in community routines and activities. They performed fieldwork and site observations of nodes for the Tarantasio Trail.
			[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (17).jpg\|thumb\|Preserving fragile landscapes while integrating solidarity, well-being, and education. Designed by Mary Christensen]]
			[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (15).jpg\|thumb\|Creating nodes along the Tarantasio Trail for better accessibility, well-being, and solidarity. Designed by Mary Christensen]]


	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.<gallery>		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.<gallery>
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	The '''Landscapes of the Heart''' guided meditation and drawing activity was done with Villaggio Solidale residents during the first workshop in 2022. The activity revealed themes researchers saw in many drawings, including home, attachment, comfort, climate change, the near-universal draw to water, and the frequent appearance of the Alps. Participants learned about community and family relationships from the experiences shared by the residents. We saw drawings and listened to descriptions of journeys, which many residents have experienced as recent immigrants to Italy.		The '''Landscapes of the Heart''' guided meditation and drawing activity was done with Villaggio Solidale residents during the first workshop in 2022. The activity revealed themes researchers saw in many drawings, including home, attachment, comfort, climate change, the near-universal draw to water, and the frequent appearance of the Alps. Participants learned about community and family relationships from the experiences shared by the residents. We saw drawings and listened to descriptions of journeys, which many residents have experienced as recent immigrants to Italy.
	[[File:Landscapes of the Heart Drawings.jpg\|none\|thumb\|Drawings by Villaggio Solidale residents during the Landscapes of the Heart guided meditation and drawing activity. August 2022]]		[[File:Landscapes of the Heart Drawings.jpg\|none\|thumb\|Drawings by Villaggio Solidale residents during the Landscapes of the Heart guided meditation and drawing activity. August 2022]]
	~~[[File:Unnamed (15).jpg\|thumb\|lad]]~~		The '''Landscape Architect for a Day''' co-design activity was done during the August 2022 workshop. The co-design activity included residents of Villaggio Solidale and participants of Autonomy Training Services (SFA) in the community. These mapping activities revealed the participants’ ambitions for their landscape to become an active place where they can play and continue to build community bonds. They want this to be a productive landscape where they can build community, grow food, and learn new skills. The maps show the landscape and community as they want to experience it. <gallery widths="200" heights="200">
	~~[[File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|thumb\|2]]~~
	The '''Landscape Architect for a Day''' co-design activity was done during the August 2022 workshop. The co-design activity included residents of Villaggio Solidale and participants of Autonomy Training Services (SFA) in the community. These mapping activities revealed the participants’ ambitions for their landscape to become an active place where they can play and continue to build community bonds. They want this to be a productive landscape where they can build community, grow food, and learn new skills. The maps show the landscape and community as they want to experience it.
	~~[[File:Unnamed (16).jpg\|thumb\|sfa]]~~
	~~[[File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|thumb\|1]]~~<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
	File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022		File:Unnamed (13).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022
	File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022		File:Unnamed (14).jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day map co-created with the Villaggio Solidale residents. 2022
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	[[File:Collages.jpg\|none\|thumb\|My Dream Garden collages made by SFA participants at Villaggio Solidale. 2023]]		[[File:Collages.jpg\|none\|thumb\|My Dream Garden collages made by SFA participants at Villaggio Solidale. 2023]]
	The '''Solidarity Mapping''' activity was part of the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador lesson presented to Villaggio Solidale staff, social workers, and educators during the January 2024 workshop. The lesson included a discussion about solidarity and social capital. Then, they participated in a co-mapping activity to examine where solidarity was currently being practiced in the landscape (illustrated by the colorful dots). Participants were then asked to place purple hearts for potential sites for solidarity in their landscape. This was instructive as it showed not only where solidarity is practiced and where it could happen, but also illustrated where it is missing. Researchers learned about new project partners working to create an urban agriculture site, Asilo Vecchio, in nearby Castel Rozzone during the Solidarity Mapping activity in January 2024. Asilo Vecchio is located on the proposed Tarantasio Trail. The Asilo Vecchio team shares goals and values similar to those of the Solidarity Landscape project. They are now project partners, and collaboration has begun to help them develop their site. During the June 2024 workshop, researchers and the Asilo Vecchio team began a co-design of their garden.		The '''Solidarity Mapping''' activity was part of the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador lesson presented to Villaggio Solidale staff, social workers, and educators during the January 2024 workshop. The lesson included a discussion about solidarity and social capital. Then, they participated in a co-mapping activity to examine where solidarity was currently being practiced in the landscape (illustrated by the colorful dots). Participants were then asked to place purple hearts for potential sites for solidarity in their landscape. This was instructive as it showed not only where solidarity is practiced and where it could happen, but also illustrated where it is missing. Researchers learned about new project partners working to create an urban agriculture site, Asilo Vecchio, in nearby Castel Rozzone during the Solidarity Mapping activity in January 2024. Asilo Vecchio is located on the proposed Tarantasio Trail. The Asilo Vecchio team shares goals and values similar to those of the Solidarity Landscape project. They are now project partners, and collaboration has begun to help them develop their site. During the June 2024 workshop, researchers and the Asilo Vecchio team began a co-design of their garden.
			[[File:Unnamed (20).png\|none\|thumb\|Solidarity Map co-created with Solidarity Landscape Ambassador class members in January 2024]]
	Villaggio Solidale held a nature summer camp in the woods next to the village in June of 2024. The researchers prepared a '''pollinator and native plant lesson''' to share with the children during the camp. The children were well-versed in the importance of pollinators and were eager to share their knowledge. The participants played a game prepared by the research team to match pollinators with the native flowers they prefer. The summer camp participants and SFA participants then joined the research team to learn a song about pollinators, then created seed bombs together as a way to spread the seeds of the Solidarity landscape.		Villaggio Solidale held a nature summer camp in the woods next to the village in June of 2024. The researchers prepared a '''pollinator and native plant lesson''' to share with the children during the camp. The children were well-versed in the importance of pollinators and were eager to share their knowledge. The participants played a game prepared by the research team to match pollinators with the native flowers they prefer. The summer camp participants and SFA participants then joined the research team to learn a song about pollinators, then created seed bombs together as a way to spread the seeds of the Solidarity landscape.
			[[File:Unnamed (17).jpg\|none\|thumb\|Pollinator and native plant lesson with summer camp children at Villaggio Solidale, June 2024]]

	= <big>LED2LEAP Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =		= <big>LED2LEAP Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =

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	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	<gallery caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		<gallery widths="200" perrow="200" caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|Project partners: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|Project partners: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day co-design activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day co-design activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan		File:Index.php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===		=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===

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	[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]		[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]
	[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]		[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]
	The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.		[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.

	= Project Goals =		= Project Goals =
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	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	<gallery ~~perrow="5" widths="200" heights="200"~~ caption="~~The~~ 2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		<gallery caption="2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|~~2022 Research Team~~: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick		File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|Project partners: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index~~.~~php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail - a soft mobility loop connecting~~ Villaggio Solidale~~, CSE Pontirolo, and Corte dei Massari~~		File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:~~Index.php?title=File:Mapping~~.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Mapping.jpg\|Landscape Architect for a Day co-design activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:~~Index.php?title=File:Co-design~~.jpg\|~~Co-designing during the Landdcape~~ Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail. Image by Erin Callahan
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]~~

	=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===		=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===
	The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.		The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.
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	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.

	<gallery ~~caption="2024 Mini Solidarity Landscape Workshp"~~>		<gallery>
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Cse.jpg\|~~A visit to~~ CSE~~, a~~ center ~~for education~~ for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024		File:Cse.jpg\|Visiting with participants at the CSE education center for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024
	~~File:Index.php?title=~~File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in ~~nature~~ with students ~~from~~ Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024		File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in the landscape with students of Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024~~
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity at Villaggio Solidale. 2024~~
	~~File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Mapping where solidarity is being practiced in the landscape - and learning about potential partners and other spaces it could be practiced.~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing during the Landdcape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing during the Landdcape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	</gallery>		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
			[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]

			=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===
			The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.

	<gallery caption="The 2023 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		Through extensive fieldwork, the student team refined the design of the Tarantasio Trail and determined the locations of several trail nodes to invite further landscape exploration. Students designed in detail how such landscapes would look and function at these strategic locations, connecting communities, landscapes, and experiences to foster individual, community, and ecological well-being.<gallery caption="The 2023 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	File:Solar.jpg\|Making solar prints with findings from the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023		File:Solar.jpg\|Making solar prints with findings from the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023
	File:Foraging.jpg\|Finding figs on the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023		File:Foraging.jpg\|Finding figs on the Nature Scavenger Hunt. Villaggio Solidale 2023
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	File:2023 Visit with Davide.jpg\|Meeting with Accessibility Activist, Davide Paolella. Villaggio Solidale 2023		File:2023 Visit with Davide.jpg\|Meeting with Accessibility Activist, Davide Paolella. Villaggio Solidale 2023
	</gallery>		</gallery>
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]~~
	~~[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]~~

	~~=== 2023 Workshop \| Advancing the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden: Solidarity Landscape from Idea to Implementation \| July 12-19, 2023 ===~~
	The second workshop took place in July of 2023 with seven graduate students and two undergraduate students from the University of Maryland led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Dr. David Myers, and Marco Vanoli. The goal was to advance the vision for an extended agroecological district called the Tarantasio Garden. The research team worked closely with the Villaggio Solidale residents and community partners to understand their landscape knowledge and experiences. They engaged the community in participatory activities such as listening, site visits, a nature scavenger hunt, art projects, and revisiting the prototype from the previous workshop.

	Through extensive fieldwork, the student team refined the design of the Tarantasio Trail and determined the locations of several trail nodes to invite further landscape exploration. Students designed in detail how such landscapes would look and function at these strategic locations, connecting communities, landscapes, and experiences to foster individual, community, and ecological well-being.
	[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (13).jpg\|thumb\|Before and after showing the transformation to Lurano's landscape when agroecology is practiced in the landscape. By Patrick Boyle]]		[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (13).jpg\|thumb\|Before and after showing the transformation to Lurano's landscape when agroecology is practiced in the landscape. By Patrick Boyle]]

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	Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.		Part of Mary Christensen’s Master of Landscape Architecture thesis work involved co-creating the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador training curriculum with Villaggio Solidale educators and social workers. During the workshop, she taught the second lesson of the four-lesson series in person at Villaggio Solidale, which included group discussions on landscape theories, nature-based interventions, a solidarity mapping activity, and linking with new project partners.

	<gallery>		<gallery caption="2024 Mini Solidarity Landscape Workshp">
	File:Cse.jpg\|A visit to CSE, a center for education for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Cse.jpg\|A visit to CSE, a center for education for adults with disabilities in Pontirolo Nuovo. 2024
	File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in nature with students from Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Spazio.jpg\|Walking in nature with students from Spazio Autismo in Castel Cerreto. 2024
	File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:SLA.jpg\|Teaching the Solidarity Landscape Ambassador course at Villaggio Solidale. 2024
	File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity at Villaggio Solidale. 2024		File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Mapping.jpg\|Solidarity mapping activity at Villaggio Solidale. 2024
	File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Mapping where solidarity is being practiced in the landscape - and learning about potential partners and other spaces it could be practiced.		File:Index.php?title=File:Solidarity Map.jpg\|Mapping where solidarity is being practiced in the landscape - and learning about potential partners and other spaces it could be practiced.
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	The research team did in-depth mapping and field work along the proposed trail and engaged in participatory activities with the community, including listening, site visits, co-design with new project partners, an interactive lesson on pollinators, co-creating seed bombs, and rejuvenating the Tarantasio Garden prototype from the previous workshops.		The research team did in-depth mapping and field work along the proposed trail and engaged in participatory activities with the community, including listening, site visits, co-design with new project partners, an interactive lesson on pollinators, co-creating seed bombs, and rejuvenating the Tarantasio Garden prototype from the previous workshops.

			<gallery caption="2024 Summer Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
			File:PXL 20240610 141028142 (3).jpg\|Making a nature memory game with SFA participants using images of experiences to be had along the Tarantasio Trail. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:PXL 20240610 125839954.MP (2).jpg\|Making seed bombs to spread the Solidarity Landscape far and wide. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:PXL 20240610 121411135 (4).jpg\|Teaching a lesson on the importance of pollinators in the landscape at a summer camp in the woods. Villaggio Solidale 2024
			File:PXL 20240606 114104730 (2).jpg\|Visiting Spazio Autismo to learn about teaching children with autism. Castel Cerreto 2024
			File:PXL 20240606 094330462 (1).jpg\|Visiting with Farmer Fabio at Cascina Pelesa to learn about organic farming techniques in Castel Cerreto. 2024
			File:PXL 20240605 141538152 (3).jpg\|Co-designing an urban garden called Asilo Vecchio with new project partners. Castel Rozzone 2024
			</gallery>

	= <big>Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =		= <big>Phase A: Mapping Your Community</big> =

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	[[File:Tarantasio Trail.png\|thumb\|The Bergamo-Treviglio Highway threatens agricultural and heritage sites of the Solidarity Landscape]]		[[File:Tarantasio Trail.png\|thumb\|The Bergamo-Treviglio Highway threatens agricultural and heritage sites of the Solidarity Landscape]]
	[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]		[[File:VS Copy of MC Thesis Presentation (13).jpg\|thumb\|Consorzio FA is a consortium of social cooperatives that provide assistance, social services, and educational opportunities to individuals and families in need. ]]
	~~[[File:UNSDGs.jpg\|thumb\|The research team chose five of the UN Sustainable Development goals to guide the project.]]~~
	[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]		[[File:Solidarity Landscape.png\|thumb\|The concept of the Solidarity Landscape was co-created by researchers and the community including a shared definition of solidarity and social capital. These can be cultivated in the landscape. By Mary Christensen]]
	The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.		The Villaggio Solidale staff and community accomplish this work by practicing solidarity and enacting social capital. The staff of Villaggio Solidale describes solidarity as a value that encourages empathy, unity, attention, care, and support of others. Solidarity cannot happen without social capital, relationships, and connections built over time. As the research team learned more about the Villaggio Solidale community and its surrounding landscape, they saw the potential in linking solidarity and social capital through a landscape where these principles can be activated and cultivated beyond the confines of Villaggio Solidale to benefit the well-being of the greater community and the ecology of the entire region. Thus, the Solidarity Landscape was born.
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	This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.		This workshop endeavored to build on peoples’ current experiences in the landscape and their hidden ambitions and help connect stakeholders and their environments. Through participatory activities such as listening, guided meditation, drawing, co-designing, and prototyping, the research team began to co-create a vision for a pedestrian—and bike-friendly trail linking the communities to selected agricultural, ecological, solidarity, and heritage sites. The idea for the Tarantasio Trail was born.

	<gallery perrow="5" caption="The 2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">		<gallery perrow="5" widths="200" heights="200" caption="The 2022 Solidarity Landscape Workshop">
	File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|2022 Research Team: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick		File:Index.php?title=File:301172933 10225238167694049 338292847570087595 n.jpg\|2022 Research Team: Patrick Boyle, Yilin Niu, Marco Vanoli, Deni Ruggeri, Mary Christensen, and Katie McCormick
	File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail - a soft mobility loop connecting Villaggio Solidale, CSE Pontirolo, and Corte dei Massari		File:Index.php?title=File:Trail map.png\|The proposed Tarantasio Trail - a soft mobility loop connecting Villaggio Solidale, CSE Pontirolo, and Corte dei Massari
	File:Mapping.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:Mapping.jpg\|Co-designing the landscape during the Landscape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing during the Landdcape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:Co-design.jpg\|Co-designing during the Landdcape Architect for a Day activity. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022		File:Index.php?title=File:35008653-d958-49bd-b7fe-9b7e3962d699.jpg\|The Tarantasio Garden prototype. Villaggio Solidale 2022
	</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]		</gallery>[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (11).jpg\|thumb\|Applying agroecology concepts for proposed conservation zones in the Tarantasio Agricultural Garden. By Patrick Boyle]]
	[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]		[[File:VS Copy of Patrick's Thesis Presentation '24 (10).jpg\|thumb\|The final Tarantasio Trail layout - by Patrick Boyle]]