Launching from 28 to 31 August 2025 in Lerici (La Spezia) is ‘MIMESIS – Biodiversity and use of the world’, an innovative and transdisciplinary training course combining ecology, philosophy, positive psychology and art, designed for researchers, educators, communicators, trainers and students, up to a maximum of 20 participants.
Realised in the unique setting of the Scuola di Mare in the heart of the Bay of Lerici, the project alternates thematic workshops, sensorial explorations, boat tours, moments of dialogue, listening and conviviality, as well as role-playing and meditation sessions, between sky, earth and sea; an immersive experience in the sign of a regenerative approach to the man-nature relationship that values the respectful use of resources as an act of care and a renewed ethics of inhabiting the world oriented towards sustainability.
The project is conceived and organised within Smart Bay Santa Teresa, the first Italian cooperative platform aiming at building a Nature – human ecosystem model to contrast the effects of climate, promoted by ENEA in collaboration with Scuola di Mare Santa Teresa, CNR, INGV, the Municipality of Lerici and Cooperativa Mitilicoltori Associati.
MIMESIS is part of the Biodiversity Gateway of the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC) and realised in collaboration with the theatre company Dynamis, the LTER Network – a national network for long-term ecological research – and the European Institute of Positive Psychology (IEPP).
Teaching staff includes terrestrial and marine ecologists, psychologists, philosophers, theatre teachers, role-playing experts and sea practitioners, a multidisciplinary team with proven experience from research institutions, training organisations and nationally accredited associations.
To register for the course, you must fill in the online form available at the following link no later than 1 July 2025. The outcome of the selection will be communicated by email by the Scuola di Mare by 15 July 2025, together with instructions for the payment of the participation fee.
Information at a glance: Check-in: on Thursday 28 from 18:30 – Check-out: on Sunday 31 from 16:00, Participation fee: € 300 (including membership fee, meals and lodging), Location: Scuola di Mare, Baia di S. Teresa – Lerici (SP), Via Santa Teresa scn 19032 Lerici (SP), Registration: Online form to be submitted by 1 July 2025, Full course description and programme, For further information: info@scuoladimare.com; Tel.: +39 348 8183008, Scuola di Mare website
