4.2 — Layers of responsibility: from policy to daily life
Learning from soil initiatives
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Emilio Sereni Landscape School
Istituto Alcide Cervi – Gattatico, Italy
Target group: adults, students, local authorities, and civil society organisations
The Emilio Sereni Landscape School is a multidisciplinary training programme dedicated to the study of landscapes, with a particular focus on the Italian agricultural landscape.
Through seminars, discussions, and field-based learning, participants explore how agricultural systems, land-use choices, and cultural traditions shape landscapes over time. The initiative promotes a vision of territorial development that places environmental sustainability, local identity, and landscape heritage at the centre of decision-making.

Left: © Participants of the Paesaggi Culturali training programme by courtesy of Biblioteca Archivio Emilio Sereni – Istituto Alcide Cervi, no changes were made to the original photo.
Right: © Field trip of the Paesaggi Culturali training programme by courtesy of Biblioteca Archivio Emilio Sereni – Istituto Alcide Cervi, no changes were made to the original photo.