Rural Sustainability: Tourism, Food and Wine in Central Italy

May 5 – May 23, 2014

• What is the program about?

• Coursework

• Activities & excursions

• Accommodations

• Finances

• Application process

Rural Sustainability: Tourism, Food and Wine in Central Italy

What is the program about?

Rural Sustainability will give students the opportunity to learn about the how the

wine industry functions within Central Italy

Students will tour the communities and working wineries, markets and farms with proprietors, managers and agriculturalists to learn about the variety of cultural and economic connections between the local communities and the agricultural and wine industries that sustain them.  Students will also have an opportunity to visit several agriculture and wine museums and libraries including Centro Nazionale Vini Passiti and the Lungarotti Foundation Wine Museum.

Coursework GEOG 491: Rural Sustainability:

tourism, food and wine in Central Italy. Considers aspects of the agricultural landscape, including the

various factors affecting food systems, wine and tourism production in the region hikes and tours, and interpretive mapping projects.

The course also explores the evolution of regional food and wine identities, signature icons, and the broader picture of food and wine production and consumption.

Students will explore sustainable agriculture and agritourism in self-defined, individual projects that will become part of an interpretive plan for the cultural landscapes of the region and their rural surroundings especially as they may be applied at home in British Columbia.

Coursework

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Activities & Excursions

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Activities & Excursions

Here you could put lots of photos of outside of the course excursions, so option weekend trips that the students could take

Accommodations• Students will be housed in the Medieval Relais il Borgo Passignano at Lake Trasimeno in the

province of Umbria about 2 hours north of Rome. 

• Students will have access to all areas of the property as a living classroom.

• The hamlet’s outbuildings have been converted into 17 apartments of various sizes. Each apartment is equipped with modern comforts and furnished in simple Umbrian country style. 

Note:•You will be expected to share accommodations with other students; approx. 3 students per apartment.•WiFi is available on the property

Accommodations• You will find a washing

machine, telephone, safe, colour television, internet, fridge with deep freeze, gas stove with electric oven, and a dishwasher in each unit.

• Most apartments have a fireplace, and heating is centralized.

• Each apartment has its own fully modern bathroom with shower.

• The property is also complimented by an authentic wood-burning Forno oven for pizza cooking. Outdoor coal and wood-burning barbeques are also available.

Finances

Program fee $3,100Includes:• Accommodations • 6 off-site meals• One cooking class• Bi-weekly trips to farmer’s markets• All in-country transportation • Cultural activities, field trips and taste testing

during the three weeks• $384.25 Go Global fee

Program fee of $3,100 does not include:

• Round-trip air ticket (approx. $1,000-1,200)• UBC tuition for 1 course• Immunizations (if needed)• Groceries/meals • Visas (not required for

Canadian citizens)• Health/travel insurance• Personal spending money

Day trips and recreation.

Finances

Go Global Award of $1,000:• 70% average in your best

24 credits (8 courses)

• Looking at your 2012-13 year – so last year!

• No Fails or Standing Defers

• Deposited in March directly to your SSC

Finances

How the Program Fee is paid1. Deposit in early December ($500)

**Flight purchase ideally between Dec-Feb.

2. Second payment in late January ($600)3. Third payment in late February ($1000)4. Fourth payment in mid March ($1000)

Finances

Application process• Deadline: November 20th

• Application is 100% online

• Respond to all questions on the application

• You may be asked for an interview

• Students notified near the end of November

Pre-departure• 1 or 2 separate days on campus in Term 2• Preparation for your three weeks in Italy• Meet all other students in the

program

Questions?

Program Director• Donna Senese(donna.senese@ubc.ca)

Go Global Coordinator• Dana Lowton (dana.lowton@ubc.ca)