MOLINARA INNOVATION LIVING LAB


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Molinara Innovation
Living Lab



Fostering innovation and unlocking
endogenous potential in rural communities



The Molinara Innovation Center facilitates building relationships

with like-minded individuals through the exchange of high-quality

information, sponsor a communal makerspace for the communities

surrounding Molinara, including San Marco dei Cavoti, Baselice and

San Giorgio La Molara. Makerspaces - also known as Learning

Factories - are community-orientated spaces with a philosophy of

sharing and a spirit of craftsmanship. They are collaborative spaces

designed to promote active participation of community members in

scientific and citizen-science research and knowledge sharing through

open-ended exploration and experimentation.


The goal of the Molinara Innovation Center makerspace is to

support a learning factor where individuals can work together to

learn, collaborate, and share information that allows them to explore,

create new things, or improve things that already exist, allowing

people to enter with an idea and leave with a complete project.


* Hosts for Erasmus+ KA1 mobility for students and teachers in

soil sciences, forest resources and alternative energy

* Summer Ag Institute for small group learning and hands-on

experience in analytical techniques that help educators use

agriculture and sustainability concepts as a context for teaching

standard middle school and secondary education subjects like

science, math, and social studies. Participants are provided with

educational materials to help them bring what they learn in the field

into the classroom

* Revitalization of small Italian villages plagued by a progressive and

increasingly steep depopulation curve due to migration of young people

to urban areas

* Venue for the Sustainability Academy for Circularity

* Airbnb for individual study projects accommodations


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OUR CURRENT PROJECS
Agrifoods * Experimental / Vertical Gardens * Soil Science * Agrovoltaics
Computer/Media Lab * Pathways to VET * Reducing Food Waste



EXTRA VIRGEN OLIVE OIL, DRIED FRUITS



At 500m elevation, Molinara's moderate diurnal temperature variation and fertile soils promote optimal physiological processes to produce exceptionally high-quality fruits like figs, olives, apples and grapes that are harvested and packaged as our agrifoods product line. Research focused on sustainable food packaging innovation in recycable resources towards a reduction of plastic use.



A LIVING LAB AS A PLACE FOR EXPERIMENTATION



From agrovoltaics to vertical gardens, Molinara Innovation Living Lab is a space experimentation in soil sciences, innovative and participative research, and activities that use multidisciplinary approaches to promote co-creation paradigms for problem-solving and an environment for replicating the Smart Village model.



FROM TEACHER TRAINING TO LEARNING PATHWAYS



Living Labs are a valuable player in the education arena, offering unique opportunities for hands-on, experiential learning, innovation, and collaboration that prepare individuals and organizations alike for the challenges of the future with skills development, entrepreneurial mindsets and facilitating collaborative calls to action on societal challenges.



WE ARE READY TO PARTNER!



REPARING FOR UPCOMING CALLS FROM

- erasmus+

kEY ACTION 1 (TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY) AND key action 2

- horizon

BIO-BASED FERTILIZERS, Novel technologies for resilient agriculture, back to earth: bringing communities and citizens closer to soil, Soil-friendly practices in horticulture,

Choose your Fish: a campaign for responsible consumption of products from the sea, Ocean & Water and the arts: Creative Sectors to Mission Ocean, European Blue Parks, Preventing and Reducing Food Waste to Reduce Environmental Impacts, Food Waste for Stakeholders 2023, Stimulating Experimentation Practices, Expanding Academia-Enterprise Collaborations

- EUREKA

Innovation beyond borders

- Single Market Programme

tackling food waste,

- EuREKA EUROSTARS

AGTECH AND AGROVOLTAICS


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molinara innovation living lab


Experimentation Venue for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Studies
Molinara, BN 82020 - Province of Benevento, Campania, Italy
Email: info@molinarainnovation.com