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Sustainability starts from local territories
Interview with Klaus Algieri President, in your discussion with the students of Green Social Impact Manager, you stated that sustainability starts from local territories: how important is it today that…
The “real world” driving the just transition
Interview with Grammenos Mastrojeni Dr. Mastrojeni, this is your first experience as part of the Green Social Impact Manager faculty. What prompted you to accept the Foundation’s invitation and offer…
The Energy Transition as a Cultural Process
The Interview with Paolo D’Ermo It was a very participatory discussion. I had an excellent impression regarding the curiosity and willingness to take action of the students I met. We…
Fondazione Augurusa Welcomes Quarto Anno Rondine
In Filogaso, young witnesses of peace in the spirit of little Antonio Emanuele A meeting centered on peace, sustainability, and intergenerational dialogue. On Monday, May 25, Fondazione Antonio Emanuele Augurusa…
Sustainability rooted in local territories: Fondazione Augurusa brings institutions and international diplomacy to the Vibo Valentia area for the Green Social Impact Manager course
The Third Edition of the Advanced Training Course of the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation Green Social Impact Manager (SIM) continues with high-profile institutional appointments, transforming the small village of Filogaso…
Communicating Impact with Green SIM
The Interview with Chiara Pazzaglia and Filippo Diaco Dr. Pazzaglia, Dr. Diaco, we thank you for accepting our invitation for the second time to come to Calabria to share your…
Filippo Callipo meets the youth of the Augurusa Foundation
The lectio magistralis of the Callipo group for the Augurusa Foundation’s Green Social Impact Manager program There is no development without history, as taught by Filippo Callipo, guest of the…
Building Social Innovation with Green SIM
Dr. Michelini, thank you for engaging with our students and sharing your experience. What are your impressions at the end of these sessions? It is an extremely positive impression. I…
Renewable Energy Communities with Green SIM
An interview with Fulvio Rodda Dr. Rodda, after this lesson at the Green Social Impact Manager, what impressions do you take away from the discussion with our students? Very good…
Global crisis and the future of Europe discussed in Filogaso: Gianluca Ansalone presents “Estremi” to Green SIM High-Level Training Course students
In a world marked by increasing polarization and radical transformations, the ability to understand and analyze global dynamics becomes fundamental for training the leaders of tomorrow. On Tuesday April 29,…
Creare e non catturare valore con Green SIM
L’intervista a Gianpaolo Basile Innanzitutto la ringraziamo per essere qui con noi, quali siano le sue sensazioni al termine di questa esperienza con i nostri studenti? L’esperienza è sempre molto…
Earth Day in Filogaso: Fondazione Augurusa celebrates the planet and launches the 3rd edition of the Green Social Impact Manager Advanced Training Course
Children, young talents, and local organizations come together for climate education. The Advanced Training program officially begins, transforming Calabria into a hub of sustainability and social innovation. “Climate education: towards…
Happy Earth Day from Kathleen Rogers
Message from Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day International, for the Earth Day 2026 event “Climate Education: Towards a More Sustainable Future” organized by the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation in…
Community Resilience and One Health with Green SIM
The Interview with Domenico Vito With your lecture, our free Advanced Green Training course Social Impact Manager got underway, entering into the heart of the Introduction to Sustainable Development module.…
“Destination Calabria” with Green SIM
The interview with Mariangela Preta Director, you were given the task of inaugurating this third edition of the Green Social Impact Manager Advanced Training Course. This was not a random…
Onda Calabra Starts from Filogaso
Cycling Through the Vibonese Hinterland Nothing makes us happier than supporting events that showcase our land, the villages, and the places where our history began. We had the latest confirmation…
Francesco Augurusa, his son Leone, and the parchment for the Holy Father
“May the economy be a space for fraternity and the common good” On Sunday, March 8, the Holy Father visited the Parish of Santa Maria della Presentazione on Via di…
Fondazione Augurusa partner of the ITS Academy “ARCA”
A center of excellence for the home system is born in Locride Once again, the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation steps in to support the technical training of young people in…
The Italy of invisible poverty
20% of the population at risk On Thursday, February 5, at the Chiostro di San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome, the volume by Alleanza contro la povertà (Alliance Against Poverty)…
Investigating Creation to Find the Creator: My Thanks to Zichichi, Man of Science and of God
From that book I read as a boy to my vision as an entrepreneur: the memory of how Zichichi taught me to see a Design where others see only chance.…
Cyclone Harry, Augurusa: “Funds are not enough if there is no direction. Training and employment to leave no one behind”
The UCID president: “Let us move beyond emergency response to embrace a logic of care: rebuilding does not simply mean putting stones back in their place.” The Augurusa Foundation announces…
Cyclone Harry hits Southern Italy
Photo Credit: ANSA Thoughts and solidarity for the victims and the affected regions Sustainability, attention to climate change, and care for our planet have always been among our areas of…
The “Energie con il Sud” project kicks off in Vibo
A three-year training and job placement program in the renewable energy sector is arriving for young people in Calabria. “Energie con il Sud” begins, the three-year program that aims to…
Energie con il Sud: training and employment for 300 young people in Southern Italy
The three-year project, supported by Fondazione Snam and Fondazione CON IL SUD along with Isola Catania, Brindisi & C., Seme di Pace, and Fondazione Augurusa, aims to combat youth unemployment…
Interview with Professor Simone Baldetti (Part II)
The social reuse of decommissioned ecclesiastical heritage This September, the results of a research project, as well as a doctoral thesis, by Professor Simone Baldetti, a jurist of Intercultural Law…
Interview with Professor Simone Baldetti (Part I)
The social reuse of decommissioned ecclesiastical heritage This September, the results of the research and doctoral thesis of Professor Simone Baldetti, a jurist of Intercultural Law at the University of…
Calabria bets on Augurusa
Unanimously re-elected to the Regional Presidency of Catholic entrepreneurs Calabrian entrepreneurs choose Francesco Augurusa for the Presidency of UCID Calabria, renewing their trust in the entrepreneur from Vibo Valentia who…
New Year’s Message from Father Anthony Pizzo
We begin this 2026 with a profound reflection coming directly from Chicago. We are pleased to share the words of our spiritual guide, Father Anthony Pizzo, O.S.A., Provincial Prior of…
The 59th World Day of Peace
Antonio Emanuele’s dream and Pope Leo XIV’s vision for an unarmed and disarming peace. At the beginning of the calendar that measures and describes the journey of human life through…
The Olympic Flame in Vibo Valentia
President Francesco Augurusa Torchbearer of the Olympic Truce On the occasion of the Journey of the Olympic Flame toward Milano Cortina 2026, our President Francesco Augurusa was selected as Torchbearer…
Olympic Flame in Vibo: President of the Augurusa Foundation among the torchbearers
It was a historic morning in Vibo Valentia with the passing of the Olympic flame, which has begun its journey toward the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games scheduled for next February.…
Fondazione Augurusa Official Sponsor of the 2025 Accorinti Award
Fondazione Augurusa Together with UCID to Support Young Leaders of Ethical Business The Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation had the privilege of being the official sponsor of the fourth edition of…
Fondazione Augurusa is the spokesperson for the Italian third sector at COP30
The Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation arrives in Brazil to discuss ecological transition and social justice. The extraordinary participation of civil society at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the…
The power of the “mutirão” for a better future
What COP30 in Belém leaves us with. The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) took place from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Brazil. Ten years after the Paris…
Spirituality at the service of others
The meeting with Father Pizzo, the Foundation’s new guide When, during one of our very first meetings, we asked Father Anthony Pizzo—recently appointed as our spiritual guide ad quinquennium—to tell…
The Pope’s Friend, Father Pizzo, Is the New Spiritual Guide of the Augurusa Foundation
From Chicago to Calabria, Father Anthony Pizzo: “Antonio Augurusa Like Saint Carlo Acutis” Father Anthony Pizzo, O.S.A., Provincial Prior of the Augustinians of the Midwest, is the new Spiritual Guide…
Msgr. Savino in Filogaso: “Antonio Augurusa, a genius in heart, spirit, and mind”
The Prefect of Vibo Valentia Colosimo, the Vice President of the CEI Msgr. Savino, and the Bishop of Mileto Msgr. Nostro in dialogue with the young people of the Augurusa…
Future Generation: New Energy for Development from the Augurusa Foundation
In Filogaso, Children and Youth Cultivate the Future Together with the Community Today, Monday October 13, in Filogaso (VV), the event Future Generation – New Energy for Development took place.…
The Augurusa Foundation at the 40th National Convention of Young Entrepreneurs of Confindustria
On October 10 and 11, the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation had the privilege of participating in the 40th National Convention of Young Entrepreneurs of Confindustria, held in the picturesque setting…
Prefect and leaders of the Italian Church guests of the Augurusa Foundation
Prefect Colosimo, the Secretary of the Calabrian bishops Msgr. Nostro, and the Vice President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Msgr. Savino protagonists of the Augurusa Foundation’s Green SIM project The…
Augurusa Foundation and CISP: An Alliance for Peace
The Augurusa Foundation takes a new strategic step in its cultural and social mission by forging an important partnership with the CISP – Interdisciplinary Center for Peace Sciences at the…
The Public Prosecutor of Vibo Valentia Camillo Falvo takes the chair with the Augurusa Foundation
Prosecutor Falvo is expected in Filogaso on Wednesday, October 1, for a day dedicated to “Legality, Ethics, and Community” as part of the Augurusa Foundation’s Green Social Impact Manager project…
An Appeal from Filogaso for the Future of the Planet
For the second and third weeks of Green SIM, lecturers from ICN, University of Pisa, Fondazione SNAM, Federmanager Giovani, Tor Vergata University: “Green SIM is one of the most beautiful…
Green Social Impact Manager: the second edition of the free advanced training course kicks off!
A new leadership for change is born in Filogaso The second edition of the free advanced training course in Green Social Impact Manager (Green SIM), promoted by the Augurusa Foundation…
The European Parliament also supports the Filogaso model
From Spain to Kazakhstan, they come to Calabria to train for free as Green Social Impact Managers An extraordinary start for the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation, which in recent days…
Over 1,000 Candidates from Italy and Abroad Choose Filogaso: the Green Social Impact Manager Course is Born
The Augurusa Foundation leads the sustainable initiative that conquers the international stage After the great success of the first edition, the new edition starts in Filogaso (VV), from September 2…
Summer Interns Aude Fabbiana Chat with the Foundation – the Interview
Every year, the Augurusa Foundation’s Summer Internship Program welcomes young talents from all over the world, who want to grow as future leaders and experience firsthand the joy of creating…
Augurusa Foundation rewrites labor market rules
An incredible success with national resonance for the free Advanced Training Course in Social Impact Management by the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation, co-organized with Randstad and the UCID Youth Movement,…
Augurusa Foundation and MO.D.A.V.I. Together for V.I.A.: Volunteers Traveling against Addictions
Since 1996, the social promotion association MO.D.A.V.I. (Movement of Italian Volunteer Associations) has been working to build more inclusive and equitable societies, starting from the needs of the most disadvantaged…
Augurusa Foundation Rewrites the Rules of the Labor Market
Italy's first Social Impact Managers emerge: Augurusa Foundation's strategy to train tomorrow's leaders
Augurusa Foundation Celebrates the Entrepreneurs’ Jubilee in Vatican with Msgr. Francesco Savino
On the Occasion of the Workers and Entrepreneurs’ Jubilee, the Vice President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Discusses the Church’s Legacy and Future in an Exclusive Interview with the Augurusa…
Let’s Write a New Story of Hope Together
The Letter from the Regional President of Christian Entrepreneurs Francesco Augurusa to the Calabrian People, Inspired by Pope Francis Dear Calabrian people, youth of today and yesterday, There is a…
Augurusa Foundation: Creating the Roots of the Future in Filogaso
During Earth Day’s 55th anniversary week, the planet’s largest environmentalevent, the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation joins incelebrating Earth with an event featuring children from nursery, elementary, andmiddle schools, young participants…
Filogaso Becomes the Davos of Social Impact
The Augurusa Foundation’s Contribution to a New World Balance Responding to the call are the World President of Christian Entrepreneurs, the Presidentand Secretary General of European Bishops, the Secretary of…
Social Impact Manager: Augurusa Foundation wins the bet
The Augurusa Foundation launches the challenge of free Advanced Training in Filogaso (VV) and the academic and business world responds enthusiastically. A prestigious group of institutions including LUMSA University, Sapienza’s…
Young People Discuss Their Future at the Pontifical Salesian University
An inspiring meeting, full of energy and depth, enlivened the halls of the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome: the protagonists were high school students and our President Francesco Augurusa, in…
Filogaso Becomes a University Campus
A Free Advanced Training Course with Important Academic Collaborations,Scholarships and Internships to Train Future Social Impact Professionals The Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation launches its first Advanced Training Course“Social Impact Manager”.…
Francesco Augurusa Elected National Deputy Vice President of Young Christian Entrepreneurs
For an Economy in Service of the Common Good A particularly appreciated human and professional journey in UCID (Christian Union ofEntrepreneurs and Managers) is that of Francesco Augurusa, who over…
From Classroom to Workplace: Virtus Lab Launches New Professional Courses for Autumn
Two Completely Free Training Programs Aimed at Job Placement for CNC Operators, Pile Drivers, and Cable Installers Starting in November, the new professional courses by Virtus Lab, a social innovation…