Scientists moving between narratives towards an ecological vision. The "Cammino of Feudozzo" (CaFe) experience

Starting from reflections on crises in science and society (Benessia and Funtowicz, 2013; Guimaraes Pereira and Funtowicz, 2015; Benessia et al., 2016) and on the role and responsibility of researchers in a context where calls for a greater public engagement in the process of knowledge building have increased (Owen et al., 2012 Davies, 2014), this editorial describes the experience, called "Cammino of Feudozzo" (CaFe), conceived and carried out within the framework of the Italian Long-Term Ecological Research network (LTER-Italy). CaFe is strictly connected with the informal and itinerant sci-ence communication initiative called "Cammini LTER", a series of trails (Cammini in Italian) followed since 2015 by LTER researchers, of which it maintains the name and the main vision. In particular, the researchers aimed at critically reflecting on whether and how different ways of understanding and describing the natural environment can have a constructive effect on their work and facilitate and reinforce their dialogue with society. We present the theoretical background and themes discussed during CaFe, with the aim of fostering debate among researchers from different disciplines and exploring other forms of description, knowledge, and interpretation of the natural world (e.g., artistic-aesthetic, philosophical, mythical). In this way, we introduce the special issue of Visions for Sustainability "Scientists moving between differ-ent narratives towards an ecological vision", which is dedicated to the per-spectives proposed by the participants in the CaFe experience.