Climate change explained in a 60-second video

Climate change explained in a 60-second video

Everybody talk about climate change, but most people wouldn’t be able to explain it in a simple way, and in 60 seconds. Scientists of the Royal society and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) decided to make a video tutorial on climate change. It reminds us the one used by Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient

Climate change fuels child labour in India

Climate change fuels child labour in India

Disasters caused by climate change bring many Indian families to their knees, reaching extreme poverty levels. Condition that leads mothers and fathers to put their children in human traffickers’ hands, making them work illegally or forcing them in the prostitution racket.  This dramatic situation has been revealed by the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Kailash Satyarthi,

Amaranth, the plant saving Argentinian families

Amaranth, the plant saving Argentinian families

Amaranth has high quality nutrients: its small grains (1 gram contains 1,000-3,000 grains depending on the variety) are rich in proteins and have a high content of calcium and phosphorus. Thanks to the lack of gluten, it is an ideal product for celiac and diabetic people’s diets.     The monks who accompanied the conquistadores

Naomi Klein. This changes everything, not just the climate

Naomi Klein. This changes everything, not just the climate

Naomi Klein, in her latest essay This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, starts with the basic assumption that without a radical change in the way in which people live, produce and manage their economic activities, there is no way to avoid environmental destruction.   15 years after the publication of No logo, the bible of the anti-globalization

Barnraiser, crowdfunding dedicated to sustainable food

Barnraiser, crowdfunding dedicated to sustainable food

The huge genetically modified maize fields in the US could be old-fashioned. This is thanks to a crowdfunding experiment, aimed to promote and support small, organic and sustainable farms, and projects – from art to literature – regarding healthy eating.   Barnraiser is a new platform, and its mission “is to put a billion dollars