M-KOPA: the affordable kit bringing (clean) energy to Africa’s poorest areas
Since 2012, M-KOPA provides a kit made of a solar panel, LED lights, and charging USB. Everything at the cost of a telephone subscription.
Camilla Soldati
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New disturbing footage emerges from Hungary, the country rejecting refugees
The country led by the conservative Viktor Orban builds a barrier to keep migrants out. A video shows how they are treated in camps.
From cars to bikes. The urban regeneration of the bicycle parking station of Bologna
Dynamo: the bicycle parking station created from a car park that will be a meeting point dedicated to cyclists and their bikes.
Hungary. The picture of the prisoners building a wall before our very eyes
One of the main countries, and one of the most debated, chosen by refugees to reach Northern Europe is Hungary. Among the measures taken by Viktor Orbán’s government there is the construction of a wall along the border with Serbia, aimed to contain the flow of people illegally entering the country that, according to local
Venezuela, harsh sentence for opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been convicted of inciting violence during the 2014 anti-governmental protests.
Green Drop Award. Venice rewards the movie denouncing China’s crazy industrialisation
The winning movie is the documentary by Chinese director Zhao Liang that denounces the unsustainable burden of China’s uncontrolled development race.
National Geographic is now property of the climate change skeptical Rupert Murdoch
National Geographic, one of the world’s most famous magazines for environment, nature, and science, enlivened by the activity of hundreds of explorers, photographers, and scientists, has been bought by 21st Century Fox, the US information giant founded by Rupert Murdoch. He who has always expressed his scepticism about global warming and its consequences.
Refugees. How Italian associations are helping them
From donations to NGOs, to voluntary works, and hospitality. Here are some tips for those who want to do their bit for refugees in Italy, where more than 100,000 asylum seekers have arrived in 2015.
The agony of polar bears shown in a picture
A picture taken in Svalbard clearly shows the phenomenon of arctic ice melting that is threatening polar bears survival.
Endangered turtle released to the wild instead of ending in a soup
A woman bought a rare turtle at a market in the Malaysian Borneo to set it free.