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20.04. - 23.04. SC tour Po rice farmer tour

Deepening the Po River experience through exchange with rice agriculture farmers; water regimes, food systems, and river landscapes
Format: multi-day, cycling-based
Read & download more info: SC Tour – Reading the Po rice landscape

24.04. - 25.04. SC tour Annecy Explore

Water, mountains, and sustainability around Lake Annecy; tourism, ecology, and alpine–lacustrine systems
Format: 2 days, cycling, multi-modal
Read & download more info: SC Tour - The metabolism of an alpine basin

08.05. - 10.05. SC guide training level 1 Venice Lagoon

Venice Lagoon - hidden living systems in a touristic hotspot
Format: SC guide training level 1
Foundation training introducing systemic guiding, slow mobility, sensing, mapping, reflection, and co-guiding practice in a highly layered lagoon landscape.

Read & download more info: SC Guide Training Level I - Salinification: reading a threshold ecology in motion

27.05. - 31.05. SC tour Ticino Explore

contradictions - "Ticino: the sunny paradise or the rural wilderness?"
Format: multi-day, cycling-based
details see below

20.06. - 23.06. SC as a Tool MAS/ETHZ/DDRS

2 day SC implemented in the MAS Field Design Trip / ETHZ
Format: 2 day, embedded in DRRS MAS
more info will follow soon

10.07. - 12.07. SC guide training level 2 training

Freiburg to Fribourg: a SC guide guide exploration Tour from Schwarzwald (de) to "Röstigraben" (ch)
Format: SC guide training level 2, multi day, cycling based
more info will follow soon

30.09. - 03.10. SC guide training level 3 training

Piedmont to Liguria (Ostana – Cuneo – Finale)
Format: SC guide training level 2, multi day, cycling based
Expert-level training for full autonomy: multi-day bioregional expedition, mountain-to-sea transitions, advanced facilitation, and regenerative weaving.
more info will follow soon

Ticino - Switzerland

contradictions - "Ticino: the sunny paradise or the rural wilderness?"

Ticino is a Swiss canton of contrasts: where the Ticino river meets the Lago Maggiore it is heavily developed and oriented toward tourism and agriculture. And yet only a few kilometers away rural Ticino starts, featuring stark natural beauty as well as a bucolic lifestyle.

This tour combines a two-day experiential Systemic Cycle with a one-day retreat to discuss experiences and brainstorming about ways to help Ticino achieve a resilient future.

Ticino is in many senses at crossroads: the emphasis on tourism is waning – Swiss prices are too high for many – while the new high-tech service economy is increasingly dependent on frontalieri, or foreign day workers, who commute into Ticino each day from Italy, a model which is profitable for some, but controversial for many. Meanwhile, the ski industry in Upper Ticino is suffering due to climate change, and dramatic extreme weather events are becoming increasingly common.

On this tour we will attempt to learn more about the wide range of activity going on in Ticino and think about the future it will face in the coming years. Tour details

Bioregion Bellinzona, Vallemaggia, Val Bavona
Duration: 4 1/2 days tour
Mode: cycling based, road and gravel, mountain terrain, max. 50km/day, up to 1000m climbs/day. includes a 2h hike

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