What is the most sustainable way of reading a book?
Both printed and digital books have an environmental impact. Let’s find out what the greenest way of reading is.
Vertical Farms, the greenhouses teaching healthy eating
By 2050 more the 80% of the world’s population will live in ever-expanding cities. To feed 9 billion people without consuming excessive expanses of soil, Professor Dickson Despommier of Columbia University in the City of New York devised the concept of vertical farming. Vertical farms are buildings which, instead of being used as
Eight stunning videos to celebrate Earth Day
What better way to celebrate the Earth Day than showing the extraordinary variety of landscapes and creatures of the Planet?
The secret of true love between humans and dogs lies in their gaze
Eye contact between humans and dogs increases levels of oxytocin, the “love hormone”, research says.
Citizens sue Dutch government because it has failed to reduce CO2
900 citizens and Urgenda take the Dutch government to court: “It is not taking action for combating climate change, and it violates fundamental human rights.”
How the WWF is protecting great apes in Central Africa
A meeting between environmental, scientific and government organisations has yielded a programme to protect gorillas and chimpanzees.
Climate change: how food will disappear from our table
Carrots, aubergines, strawberries, lemons, potatoes, lentils. Climate change will modify the quality of numerous food products in the next decades, according to an Australian study, published in March by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, in collaboration with WWF. The research shows how the taste of some fruits and vegetables will significantly change due to temperature
Video shows the extraordinary beauty of blossoming cherry trees in Japan
We’ve already talked about the flowering of sakura in Japan, and about hanami. All that’s left is to enjoy this stunning high-definition video of blossoming cherry trees that shows the extraordinary beauty Japanese people can admire during the spring. The footage is by Gaijin Tips.
There’s who decided to give land for free to see it relive
The increase in people enrolling for the agriculture department and the boom in organic products are clear: young people want to return to work the land. This is one of the positive effects of the economic crisis: unemployment is tackled by going back to the land. There’s who works family lands, who rent out cooperatives’
Small island takes big step to protect the environment
Questa scelta ha portato evidenti vantaggi all’ambiente ma anche l’economia ne ha giovato, grazie ad un nuovo settore.