#ticinomoments 2024

LEARN — OLIVONE
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A LABORATORY IN A GREEN SETTING
From micro
to macro
Do you want to learn about the world of life
sciences while having fun? Now you can.
Experiment in the laboratory and explore the local
area and its biodiversity at the Alpine Institute in
Olivone, in the Blenio Valley.
OLIVONE
“For years the Alpine Institute focused primarily on education.
We would now like to open up to other sectors, including ecotourism,
so that we can introduce a broader audience to the
Blenio area’s unique natural and cultural features.” Leonardo
Azzalini, head of the Alpine Institute, has no doubts and his
belief is backed up by growing interest in what the school has
to offer. The Alpine Institute was founded in 2018 in the former
herbalism laboratory to promote the region’s biological resources
and herbal medicines. Assisted by 7 co-workers, Leonardo has
extended the range of educational and training proposals over
the years on the basis of this clear identity. The Alpine Institute
now covers most of the natural sciences: from astronomy to
geology, incorporating botany. From micro to macro. There is
no other organisation of the kind in the Italian-speaking part
of Switzerland that caters for children, adults and academics.