The pibinko.org network: introduction and proposed services

A presentation of our services in interdisciplinary projects

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The pibinko.org
Network
ver.
Ago
25 www.pibinko.org
Introduction and proposed services

2. The Network’s Model
A group of professionals, small enterprises, and
NGOs designing and delivering interdisciplinary
projects for public and private customers
Active since 2007

3. Range of the Network
The network
operates
globally...
...although it
sometimes looks
very local
With its hub in Southern
Tuscany

4. Our Web Site
●In italian and English
●Over 6000 articles. A lot of
information (try any term in the
search window)
●Articles tagged by keywords and
locality
●News, insights, and stories (also
curious stories)

5. Service and Keywords
● Interdisciplinarity
● Participation
● Citizen Science
● Open-source
● Inclusiveness
● Maps
● History
● Cultuuure
● Environment
● Open knowledge
● Ball games
● Night sky
● ...
...let us see more in detail...
● Events
● Music
● Promotion and communication
● Facilitation
● Places
● Itineraries
● Products
● Information Technology
● Language services
● Photography
● Video
● Consulting

6. Events and Experiences
●Creation and/or management of events
●Over 200 events since 2007
●From mini-snacks to multi-day festivals
●From day trips, to campaign or residencies over months
●Entertainment, outreach, scientific research, training, etc.

7. Music
●We use music as a minimum common denominator across
projects
●Experiences with various types of musical production and
communications
●In 2018 we launched the Jug Band Colline Metallifere,
an “art&science” collective composed by network
members, with over 100 events to date (Aug. ‘25)

8. Promotion and Communication
●We are specialized in “lesser-known” topics in the fields of
environment, culture, and open innovation
●Over 10K direct email contacts. Combined online presence
with around 50K followers. Various media contacts.
●Diverse communication modes: articles, rhymes, videos,
photos..

9. Places
Connections to farm houses, vacation homes,
resorts, “farm campings”, castles, offering options
from vacation, to venues for workshops, and
studies, including research sites for many
disciplines.

10. Itineraries
●In-depth knowledge on the SW
quadrant of Tuscany
●Possibility of proposing itineraries
with various means of transportation,
typically combining famous sites and
attractions with situations and
characters known to very few people
FLORENCE

11. Products
●Consolidated connections with small but high-
quality producers in Tuscany. These typically
family-run businesses provide wine, olive oil, honey,
fruit and vegetables, cheese, game, jam, in-oil
vegetables, saffron, chestnuts, and mushrooms
●Contacts with producers in other
Italian regions
●Not only food and
beverage

12. Maps
●
Design and development of geographic
information systems since 1994.
●
Applications in numerous fields:
environment, tourism, utility surveys, water
resources, etc.
●
Free/open-source software
●
Participatory mapping (a lot!)
●
In addition to technology, experience with
geographic information policy (EU
directives)

13. Photography
●We like to document what we do and see
(without abusing with selfies)
●A peculiarity: night sky photography
●Organization of exhibitions and contests
Credits: Federico Giussani

14. Video
●Since 2006 we produce and manage videos
●We like fiction and docu-fiction

15. Miscellanea
●Experience since 2007 in the facilitation of multi-
stakeholder meetings
●Language services (translation, proofreading, review)

16. The Effects of the Network
●Economic impact
●Educational impact
●Media impact (press, radio, TV, awards…)
●Social impact

17. For more information
●[email protected]
● [phone]