Even the barn. Soc. Villaggio Globale, Monday 2021, A national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri, giving a strong social imprint to the memory of Dante, thanks to the collaboration with some facts of the Italian solidarity economy.
At Bottega on Via C. Ricci, 2 in Ravenna, it was possible to buy for a few months now Electronic t-shirts shoppers Made in collaboration with Mimosa.Tees, who instilled Dante drawings created by friends from Ravenna Pietro Baruzzi and Paolo Vernocchi. The cotton of the shirts and bags is certified organic and fair.
Starting March 25th, “Le Stelle di Dante” biscuits with Dante theme are always added to T-shirts and shoppers; Notebooks, Bags, Signs and Backpacks by Terraditutti; The O’Press Project Pins.
Biscuits “Le Stelle di Dante” (Verbania): Short star-shaped organic pastries scented with the scent of orange. Because if “A riveder le stelle” in the Divine Comedy was the last line out of Hell, thus returning to the hope of a liberated life, it can today be a symbol of the integration and social redemption of the prisoners in Verbania Prison 2007 who were working in the confectionery factory “Panda Biscotti “.
Terraditutti Notebooks, Cases, Bookmarks and Backpacks: A social enterprise that combines circular economy, reuse and intercultural creativity, in collaboration with the Design Laboratory for Sustainability of the University of Florence (LDS-UNIFI). The leftovers from production are recovered and converted into artifacts that tell a story. The things produced no longer have one face but bear traces of all the hands that made them: the craft skills that are dormant at times due to the difficult life are improved, people who stand out for their manual skills are employed, but the current system is a product that tends to be excluded.
O’Press project pins for Bottega Solidal (Genoa): An ethical screen-printing lab inside Genoa Prison in Marassi, which combines fair trade promotion with the topic of prison re-education. In fact, since 2008, the high security department has housed a veritable print workshop where some professionally trained guests are hired to create screen printing shirts and tools. In the presuppositions of the O’Press project, there is a very specific social intention inspired by Article 27 of the Constitution: to peek into the work a form of redemption and rehabilitation of prisoners, and to learn about a world currently closed to them. ; A challenge that also brings, within the cooperative, great human and professional wealth to those who deal with it.
“ Fair trade plays an essential role in building ethical and sustainable alternatives that are mindful of workers’ needs and consider reducing the environmental impact – An explanation from the global village -. There are many stories of salvation that lie behind the products of the Solidarity Circle, where many people who live in difficult, marginalized contexts and in fragile conditions, even in Italy, can enjoy new freedom and independence thanks to their work and projects assigned to them. “
