The Centro di Educazione Ambientale \u201cGiano\u201d <\/b>[Environmental Education Centre] in Monterubbiano is based on the second floor of the Polo Culturale di San Francesco<\/b>.<\/p>\n
It operates throughout the middle and lower Valle dell\u2019Asso<\/b>, an agricultural zone<\/b> with a high level of agricultural biodiversity.<\/p>\n
The CEA \u201cGiano\u201d has a scientific library<\/b> inside the Polo Culturale San Francesco, and has created a botanical kitchen garden <\/b>with various medicinal plants<\/b> in the cloisters of the former convent. The garden is tended all year round and used for educational activities<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The CEA promotes a number of different initiatives each year, including a market for typical local produce <\/b>and the \u201cSettimana del Bambino<\/b>\u201d [week of the child], during which it organizes educational workshops and play sessions for children<\/b> from the surrounding area.<\/p>\n
Many of the initiatives promoted by the CEA \u201cGiano\u201d are held outdoors<\/b>, along the network of paths<\/b> equipped with signs, posts and information boards. Open to walkers and cyclists<\/b>, these paths cover a total of around one hundred and fifty kilometres <\/b>and allow users to rediscover the old routes that once linked the villages and hamlets in ten local municipalities<\/b>. The network also encompasses a number of historic and environmental attractions<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Lastly, the CEA has also worked hard to promote local food specialities<\/b> (particularly oil, fruit and vegetables) in partnership<\/b> with a number of local farms<\/b>.<\/p>\n
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USEFUL INFORMATION<\/b><\/p>\n
Centro di Educazione Ambientale \u201cGiano\u201d<\/p>\n
Polo culturale San Francesco,\u00a0 Via Pagani, 25<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.museipiceni.it\/page.asp?id=106040100<\/a><\/p>\n