Trentino, Italy - The Environment and its Inhabitants

Saturday, February 15, 2020 – Sunday February 23, 2020

• 7 Student Participants
• 1 Student Team Leader
• 2 Team Leaders

*Note: this experience can accommodate up to 14 participants (including team leaders), assuming airline seats are available; however, this may mean additional participants pay an increased fee (based on new flight prices). 

• Take a beginner's lesson in “Via Ferrata”
• Explore captivating views while hiking the mountains region of Trentino
• Visit the Prehistoric Heritage Lab at Fiave Pile Dwellings UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Demonstrate the ability to explore ideas, issues, and global systems from viewpoints other than your own, through reflective practice, group discussions and program activities
• Work under conditions of ambiguity or uncertainty by engaging with community partners, community members and working as a team
• Demonstrate an understanding of intercultural competence, sensitivity and humility by completing pre-departure workshops, activities in OWL and the Reflective Practice Workbook, and engaging in the 1-2 week community-based experience
• Identify and describe the complex relationship between ecology, identity and sustainability
• Critically examine justice issues caused by climate change, poor resources management and destructive environmental practices

You should be flexible, patient, open to a new culture, hard-working, and able to handle yourself professionally in delicate community situations. Please understand that Italy has a very different culture, history, cuisine, climate, and language.

Total cost (subject to change) – $3,800

Costs include:

• Flight
• Registration and programs fees with Amizade
• Contribution to the project and comprehensive on-site support
• Insurance (health, flight cancellation, baggage)
• Transportation to/from airport
• Transportation in Italy
• Accommodation
• Meals
• Administrative Fee (buff, team leader contribution, journal)

Note: Impact Experience participants will be responsible for any luggage costs assigned by individual airlines, airport tax, souvenirs, or additional food/snacks during the trip.

Day 1-2 – you will fly into Milan and depart for Trentino by way of a private bus. You will be welcomed by our community partners and be introduced to the city you will call home for the next 8 days. You will go through a program orientation, visit the prehistoric heritage lab at Fiave Pile Dwellings UNESCO World Heritage Site and you will end each evening with reflection.

Day 3  - you will visit the historic heritage and sustainable agricultural lab at the Campo Castle Farm and enjoy this Historical Alpine Civilization Heritage at the Stenico Castle and Par Ieri community ethnographic collection.

Day 4-5 – will be mixed with hiking at the sustainable agriculture and food heritage hike at the DEGES farms along with volunteer work and association workshop at Pro-Loco and Societa degli Alpinisti Tridentini local sections.

Day 6 – will be a day of adventure, starting your day out with a refreshing hike at Tenno and Rifugio San Pietro alpine hut followed by a beginners “Via Ferrata” guided experience. 

Day 7 – you will start your day with a closing relfection before joining a group of young local volunteers for a trip to Riva del Garda.

Day 8 – you will start your journey back to Toronto with a private coach to Venice.  

*NOTE – Itinerary is subject to change at any point in time, as with all community driven experiences.

Amizade coordinates appropriate accommodations that reflect the atmosphere of the region. They do this by working with local partners and while in the Giudicarie Valley, you will stay in a modest hotel. 

A variety of meals will be offered. Some meals will be provided on site, and some will be at local restaurants, and will reflect a variety of local foods.

All group meals on program days are included, and you will be responsible for any meals during travel days as well as personal snacks.