TheN.E.P.I. – Nourishing Being with the Pleasure of Ideasproject is an initiative promoted by the Aso Valley Ecomuseum.

Among its main actions:

Launch event and workshop: during the Grand Tour of Museums (May 2020), the NEPI project was publicly presented through videos, events, and lectures designed to actively engage the community

Spot and multimedia production: a promotional video was made in 2020 and launched at the BIT in Milan as a key element of the project. This video, created in honor of historian Gabriele Nepi, chronicles “the valley through an emotional audiovisual walk,” promoting history, traditions, nature and community

Intergenerational and community involvement: protagonists are young people, the elderly, farms and local associations, united to enhance the intangible and material heritage of the Aso Valley.

“I am the president, but the work is a team effort, we are beginning to
think with one head and speak with one voice, putting aside
parochialism, we are coming out of isolation. Recognitions have been many,
but the best thing is that people are beginning to network, with a
whattsapp group exchanging ideas and solutions. This year the Ecomuseum will participate
in typicality, will hold a show-cooking with chef Giampiero Dei Piceni, this
participation to make us better known to our neighbors, because outside already
know us, in fact, comparing 70 applications from all over Italy
we received a prestigious award at Federcultura, we were awarded
with the Aquileia foundation, with the Theater of Bari and with the museum of ancient
Egyptian in Turin. Another recognition, will be that of the rural network
national, 70 students will come from all over Italy to visit Valdaso.”

Ercole D’Ercoli, president Ecomuseum