The festival offers authentic opportunities for connection: communal meals, civic rituals, folk arts, unhurried conversations, music, the local area and community activities.
📅 30 May – 2 June 2026
📍Valle delle Sorgenti, Gaverina Terme
PROGRAMME:
SATURDAY 30 MAY, Imagination and Narrative
Morning
Arrival of participants and speakers at Valle delle Sorgenti, Gaverina Terme
Afternoon
Imagination and freedom, with Maurizio Lai, Stefania Consiglieri and Stefano Boni
Creation and Hope, with Don Marco Belleri and Isabella Nuntini
Visions of Community: Training the Collective Imagination, with Daniela Bartolini (Italia che cambia) and Anita Dognini
Words as seeds of change, with Massimo Angelini
Evening
Outdoor knowledge games, with We Care Bergamo
SUNDAY 31 MAY, Community, Democracy, New Worlds
Morning
Shout out, create and imagine new worlds, with Gianluca Carmosino (Comune-info), Stefania Consigliere and Claudio Orru
Shared living, Ecosol co-housing in Fidenza, Le Case Franche co-housing in Forlì, Fondazione Internazionale Lumen and Ecovillaggio Lumen in San Pietro in Cerro (PC), MCF Mondo Comunità e Famiglia, Comunità il Montebello (Limbiate – MB), Comunità ‘La casa di Antonia’ (Pasturo – LC)
Democracy, ecology and conviviality: revitalising the democratic imagination in an age of catastrophes and fears, with Marco Deriu, Osman Arrobbio and Pasquale Pagano
Afternoon
The banality of evil from Hanna Arendt to the present day. The attack is procedural, sterile, artificial.
Critique of the regulatory system and new ideas for social participation in the formation of law, with Matteo Rossi and Francesco Bernabei
Collective intelligence workshop to tackle the climate crisis, with Marco Zen and Francine (Affresco del clima)
Evening
Rosemary for remembrance, please my love, remember, open-air performance with Candelaria Romero
MONDAY 1 JUNE, Technology and convivial practices
Morning
Commonspoly, let’s play with the commons, with Silvia Mandelli (GIT Banca Etica Milano)
Energy for whom, for what? A reflection starting from energy and equity, Elena Gerebizza (Recommon)
Workshop proposals: community design presentation, painting and other creative activities
Ecological wisdom and social botany, with Maria Elena Bertoli (Association for Degrowth) and Mauro Ferrari
Afternoon
Community Economy: Good practices in action, with facilitators from MAG2
Saltatio, Chorea, Tripidium. Dance and conviviality: a ritual of hope, with Michele and Romana (los rivale che balla)
Digital technologies. Capture tools. Digital dementia, sclerotisation of the self, political polarisation, with Claudio Orrù
Evening
Entertainment with folk dances, organised by lo Stivale che balla
TUESDAY 2 JUNE
A day dedicated to socialising in a spontaneous and creative way. The programme? We’ll put it together
Morning
Walks, group sessions, improvisations
Afternoon
Farewells and departures
