On May 23rd and 24th, the ORGACCM (Organización Galega de Comunidades de Montes en Man Común) held its VIII congress at the House of Culture in the Municipality of Allariz. The congress is a quadrennial meeting designed to collectively determine the requests, demands, and main priorities of the ORGACCM in defending the heritage of the […]
On May 8th, students from the Secondary School “G. B. Vico – Umberto I – R. Gagliardi” of Ragusa visited Ibla and the WRENCH pilot site, the Dome of the Church of Saint George. They were guided by their professors, Ing. Giuseppe Occhipinti, and by the association Novum 1693, with the generous contribution of Tano […]
Wrench and Occupy Climate Change! invite you to a three-days interdisciplinary summer school titled “Reshaping Memory and Nature. Commons in the Face of Climate Change”, addressed to everyone interested in exploring Climate change, Heritage and Commons, from a climate justice, environmental humanities and political ecology perspective. The school is specifically for those interested in interdisciplinary […]
On Friday, May 8, Giusy Pappalardo, on behalf of the WRENCH research team, will deliver a lecture titled “Narrar, cuidar, hacer: notas sobre la relación entre patrimonio y cambio climático en Sitges“(Narrating, Caring, Doing: Notes on the Relationship Between Heritage and Climate Change) at the Sitges Museum. The lecture will also offer an opportunity to […]
On April 21, the local collective WREMAR (WRENCH Matanza–Riachuelo) coordinates a community workshop at Profesorado Pueblos de América – Decir es Poder, Villa 21-24. You can read all the details in the documents below. El 21 de abril, el colectivo local WREMAR (WRENCH Matanza–Riachuelo) coordina un taller comunitario en el Profesorado Pueblos de América – […]
Here is an excerpt from Marco Armiero’s reflections on toxic heritage and uncomfortable pasts, published in the “Landscape” section of the Italian magazine L’Indice della Settimana, dedicated to European cultures, translated into English. Before we were swept up by wars and energy crises, for a few years we asked ourselves—and perhaps some still do—about our […]
We are very pleased to announce that the volume Weavers of the Future. Empowerment of Local Actors for Heritage and Biodiversity Regeneration in Times of Climate Crisis (Borrelli, N., Dal Santo, R., González-Reforma, M. S., McMillan, V., & Mura, G., eds., 2026, Ledizioni, Milano) has been published. It includes a contribution dedicated to the WRENCH […]
On 18 March, students from the Vico–Umberto I–Gagliardi School in Ragusa met with Architect Gina Spitale of MUSA Progetti Engineering Cooperative, an organization active in the fields of energy, safety, and professional training. The session introduced students to the principles of integrated design through a range of approaches and technologies, including Building Information Modeling (BIM), […]
On 17 March, the University of Santiago de Compostela is hosting a conference focused on human mobility caused by climate change. The event is part of the Eco‑RefugLit project, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Science and coordinated by professors Jorge Sacido and Noemí Pereira. The aim of the project is to analyse, from […]
On Wednesday, 11 March, the students of the secondary school “G. B. Vico – Umberto I – R. Gagliardi” in Ragusa met Vincenzo Cascone, who is developing an interesting project – BITUME – about the memories of bitumen extraction and processing in Ragusa. Cascone explained: “Bitume was, above all, an experience. It was born in […]
