{"id":3287,"date":"2013-04-30T14:49:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2013-04-30T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T15:11:13","slug":"from-the-computer-to-the-spade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/from-the-computer-to-the-spade-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Computer To The Spade!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">I recently heard about a fascinating initiative taking place in the suburbs of Rome. It\u2019s called EutOrto, and the following newspaper article, which I\u2019ve edited and translated, explains what it\u2019s all about:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><font size=\"4\">Dal computer alla vanga, da tre anni in cassa integrazione in 20 ex Eutelia hanno preso in gestione un terreno all&#8217;Ardeatino<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">From the computer to the spade, layed off work three years ago 20 ex employees of Eutelia have taken on the management of some land at Ardeatino <\/font><font size=\"3\">(<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/AMVFr\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"3\">Click here to see map<\/font><\/strong><\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font size=\"3\">)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UyaLnKthBh8\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Noname 3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"noname-3\"  width=\"540\" height=\"410\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/noname-3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em><font color=\"#646b86\">Click on photo above to watch a video about EutOrto<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"6\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eutorto.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">EutOrto<\/a><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Per raggiungere questa storia e vederla con i propri occhi, per annusarla, bisogna superare le Fosse Ardeatine, proseguire per un chilometro, domandare dell&#8217;istituto agrario. L\u00ec, dentro una tenuta di 80 ettari &#8211; sullo sfondo, da una parte Roma 70 e dall&#8217;altra Fonte Meravigliosa &#8211; ecco i tremila metri quadrati dell&#8217;EutOrto, l&#8217;orto realizzato dai lavoratori (ingegneri, matematici, amministrativi) che dopo essere stati \u00abvenduti\u00bb dalla Bull (francese) e dall&#8217;Eutronics (olandese) all&#8217;Eutelia (italianissima&#8230;), e aver realizzato le commesse di Banca d&#8217;Italia, ministero dell&#8217;Interno, Camera, Campidoglio, ed essere stati ancora \u00abvenduti\u00bb a un&#8217;altra societ\u00e0, la \u00abAgile\u00bb, alla fine, dopo mesi senza stipendi, si sono ritrovati in cassa integrazione, senza lavoro. S\u00ec certo hanno occupato la fabbrica per sei mesi e poi per altri due sono stati (in camper) in piazza Montecitorio: ma \u00e8 chiaro che, sacra protesta a parte, mica era vita. Ecco, la storia dell&#8217;EutOrto comincia in quel momento, quando hanno deciso di reagire al disordine con la creativit\u00e0.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">To get to the bottom of the story and see it with your own eyes, to smell it out, you have to pass the <a href=\"http:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eccidio_delle_Fosse_Ardeatine\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ardeatine quarries<\/font><\/strong><\/a>, carry on for a kilometre, and ask for the agricultural institute. There, in a smallholding of 80 hectares \u2013 on one side in the background Roma 70 and on the other Fonte Meravigliosa&#160; &#8211; are the 3,000 square meters of EutOrto, the allotment created by workers (engineers, mathematicians, managers) who, after having been \u2018sold\u2019 by Bull (French) and Eutronics (Dutch) to Eutelia (very Italian\u2026.), and having carried out work commissioned by the Banca d&#8217;Italia, Ministry of Internal Affairs, House of Parliament, Rome City Council, and then being \u2018sold\u2019 once again to another society, called \u2018Agile\u2019, finally, after months without any wages, found themselves laid off. Yes, sure they protested at the factory for six months followed by two more months (living in camper vans) in piazza Montecitorio: but it\u2019s clear that, \u2018sacred\u2019 protest apart, it wasn\u2019t exactly a life. So, the story of EutOrto began at that moment, when they decided to react to the whole mess with creativity.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Di colpo lasciati senza soldi e lavoro, hanno preso a diserbare, piantare, innaffiare: cos\u00ec, una stagione dopo l&#8217;altra, hanno capito che, oltre a sfamare le famiglie, potevano avere qualcosa d&#8217;altro, non solo cibo. Per fare solo un esempio, a capitare all&#8217;orto di venerd\u00ec si pu\u00f2 incontrare uno psicologo. Ma perch\u00e9 \u00e8 qui? \u00abPer fare il mio lavoro, hanno bisogno di sostegno: parliamo di persone che s\u00ec, si sono reinventate, ma comunque non hanno risolto tutto&#8230;\u00bb. S\u00ec, ma scusi, come la pagano? \u00abIn questa stagione con broccoletti, carote, finocchi. Ma d&#8217;estate pagano meglio, e di pi\u00f9!\u00bb.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Suddenly left without work and money, they began to weed, plant, and water: in this way, season after season, they understood that, other than feeding their families, they could obtain something more than just food. To give just one example, if you come to the allotment on a Friday, you can meet a psychologist. But why is he here?&#160; <em>\u201cTo do my job, they need support: we are talking about people who, yes, have reinvented themselves, but haven\u2019t however sorted out all their problems \u2026\u201d<\/em> Yes, but, excuse me, how do they pay you? <em>\u201cIn this season with broccoli, carrots, fennel. But in the summer they pay me better, and more !\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/eutorto.jpg\" aria-label=\"Eutorto Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"eutorto\"  width=\"540\" height=\"410\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/eutorto_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cI cavoletti di Bruxelles stanno iniziando a germogliare. Poi, all&#8217;improvviso, il grumolo rosso di Verona\u201d &#8211; si legge nel <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eutorto.eu\/category\/diario\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>diario on line<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> -&#160; \u201cArrivi all&#8217;orto e trovi meraviglie. Lo scorso anno sono spuntati due fichi&#160; che abbiamo deciso di mantenere lungo il vialetto. Oggi li abbiamo trovati pieni di gemme e di frutti\u201d. Certo, non sar\u00e0 mai una tredicesima, ferie, giorni di malattia pagati: \u00abMa \u00e8 stato un modo per lavorare &#8211; racconta Gloria Salvatori, 56 anni &#8211; per non perdere la socialit\u00e0 del lavoro, qui non crescono solo pomodori\u00bb.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cThe Brussels sprouts are starting to sprout. Then, suddenly, the Grumolo Rosso di Verona\u201d \u2013 one reads in the online diary \u2013 \u201cYou arrive at the allotment and find marvels. Last year two fig trees came up, and we decided to keep them along the driveway. Today we found them full of buds and fruits\u201d. Of course, there will never be a bonus, paid holiday, or sick leave: \u201cBut it\u2019s been a way to work \u2013 says 56 year old Gloria Salvatori \u2013 a way to not loose the social interaction of work, not only tomatoes grow here\u201d.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Ancora dal diario on line: \u201cCosa ci auguriamo se non di uscire dal precariato? Una stabilit\u00e0 per far di questo EutOrto il nostro luogo, per sempre\u201d. Il futuro \u00e8 tutto da immaginare ma le braccia rubate all&#8217;informatica, almeno, hanno un presente: \u201cCi ha consentito di conservare la coesione tra noi, l&#8217;identit\u00e0 di essere lavoratori cassintegrati, e credo &#8211; sorride Gloria Salvatori &#8211; che siamo riuscito a realizzare ci\u00f2 che avevamo sperato, reagire al disordine con una risposta creativa, il nostro orto urbano. Certo facevamo altro, eravamo altro, ma siamo stati capaci di trasformarci\u201d. Da ingegneri informatici ad agricoltori, quasi una rivoluzione!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Once again from the online diary: \u201cWhat do we want for ourselves if not of getting away from insecurity? Stability in order to turn EutOrto into our place, for ever\u201d. The future can be left to the imagination, but the workforce which was torn away from Information Technology at least have a present: \u201cIt allows us to maintain cohesion amongst us, the identity of being laid off workers, and I believe \u2013 smiles Gloria Salvatori -&#160; that we\u2019ve managed to realise what we hoped for, react to disorder with a creative reply, our urban allotment. Sure we did something else before, we were something else, but we\u2019ve been able to transform ourselves\u201d. From IT engineers to farmers, almost a revolution!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/noname-3-1-350x266.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/noname-3-1-350x266.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/noname-3-1.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>I recently heard about a fascinating initiative taking place in the suburbs of Rome. 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