Awareness

We act with the awareness that any territorial development and regeneration project must be accompanied by educational, informational, and civic engagement actions.

Every territorial development project goes beyond reforestation: we believe in the power of education and civic engagement. Through cultural initiatives and educational pathways, we promote awareness and active participation for a more sustainable and shared territory.

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROJECTS

CULTURAL PROJECTS

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROJECTS

AMICO ALBERO FOR SCHOOLS

A training course for teachers of all levels on the rights of plants, aimed at bringing man closer to nature. The first «Amico Albero» project was carried out in collaboration with experts from the educational sector at Minervino di Lecce during the 2021/2022 school year, successfully involving 15 teachers and 950 students.

Vivaio forestale

Project born in collaboration with the cooperative XFarm to realize a forest nursery of 5000 native plants at a structure of Caritas Ambrosiana in Mediglia (MI), which will host a youth gathering center and a community of minors. The nursery will offer pathways for work integration and environmental education.

AIR FACTORY

The emergency waiting room of the Santobono Pediatric Hospital in Naples features the PNAT designed “Air Factory”; oxygen-producing palms and plants create a healthier, purified environment for young patients and their families.

LUISS FOR TREE

University of Rome

A tree for each freshman at Luiss Guido Carli University. It will be an intervention of reforestation and redevelopment of an ancient olive grove affected by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in Salento.

The successful intervention completed in Autumn 2024. More than 20 tree and shrub species chosen from the native varieties of the Mediterranean scrub will be planted.

KNOWLEDGE PARK

CREA and Unisalento

Agro-forestry project carried out in collaboration between institutions and applied research. In Monteroni di Lecce we have planted almost a thousand plants of native species dedicated to the community of Alumni of the University of Salento and the study of agro-forestry.

CULTURAL PROJECTS

XYLELLA STUDIES

PICTURES OF EDWARD BURTINSKY

Collaboration between Edward Burtinsky, internationally renowned Canadian landscape photographer, and the Sylva Foundation to document one of the most painful ecological disasters in Italy in recent decades. The project called Xylella Studies, consists of a series of powerful and dramatic shots that tell a journey through the expanses of dead olive trees giving the sense of collaboration with Sylva Foundation.

OLIVE DITTICS AND TRITTICS

PHOTO OF PAOLO PELLEGRIN

Collaboration with Paolo Pellegrin, photographer and contemporary photojournalist among the most famous and celebrated in the world, and Sylva Foundation. With his shots, taken at night under the full moon to make use of very long exposure times, Pellegrin wanted to document and interpret the environmental catastrophe of the dead olive trees of Salento.

ALIVE

PHOTO OF FRANCESCO BOSSO

Collaboration with the Apulian landscape photographer Francesco Bosso and Sylva Foundation to tell the beauty and majesty of the wonderful olive trees of North Puglia against the spectrality of the dry olive trees of Salento destroyed by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. The project called ALIVE consists of a series of shots for exhibitions and events that affirm the passion for the Earth and stimulate respect for places and the protection of nature, ecosystems and the terrestrial biosphere with its fragile balance.

MUSIC4NATURE

Music for the environment and reforestation

Music4Nature is our campaign raised funds that involved dozens of Italian artists, born with a collaboration with the band Negramaro who, on the occasion of their twenty years of activity, wanted to support the commitment of Sylva Foundation, to help regenerate the Salento area affected by Xylella.

THIRD PARADISE OF THE OLIVE TREES APULIANS

MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO

A special reconstruction of the Third Paradise, by the master Michelangelo Pistoletto, was made in Bari, with the plants of Fondazione Sylva and the wood of the Apulian olive trees struck by Xylella. The installation is located in the urban park Maugeri. With the help of students from the Art School “Pino Pascali” and the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari, we planted an olive tree of eighteen years old and a selection of Mediterranean plants.

THE MUSIC OF BEATRICE RANA FOR THE SYLVA FOUNDATION

CLASSICHE FORME

What can music do for the environment and the planet? Like all forms of art, it can be a powerful vehicle of message, as well as a driver of commitment, change and collaboration. The collaboration with Classiche Forme was born in this spirit, the classical music festival founded and directed by Beatrice Rana, a world-famous pianist. The partnership aimed at natural regeneration in the Salento areas affected by xylella.

TREES, PEOPLE AND DIPTHYKS

PHOTO BY LOREDANA NEMES

Collaboration with the photographer Loredana Nemes, who celebrates the bond between trees and man with her extraordinary photos. “Sicilia” is the title of the project in which the artist, born in Romania but based in Berlin since 2001, celebrates the importance that trees have for our lives, and the bond that each person portrayed has established with their own fetish tree. Exhibited for the first time at the twelfth edition of the Ragusa Foto Festival, Nemes’ project is a hymn of love for nature and the plant universe.

Awareness

Every territorial development project goes beyond reforestation: we believe in the power of education and civic engagement. Through cultural initiatives and educational pathways, we promote awareness and active participation for a more sustainable and shared territory.

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROJECTS

AMICO ALBERO FOR SCHOOLS

CULTURAL PROJECTS

XYLELLA STUDIES

PICTURES OF EDWARD BURTINSKY

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