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.
Spoleto-Norcia: from an abandoned railway to a breath-taking path
The ex-railroad from Spoleto to Norcia is turning into an easy historic, artistic and naturalistic path. At the moment not all the trail can be passed through but there are breath-taking cycling and pesdestrian stretches that let those who go through it plunge into the green. The project of a late ‘800 railway was
The committee of environmental associations says no to glyphosate
Weed killer glyohosate is harmful for the health and environment: the Committee of Environmental Associations and Organic Farming asks the Italian Government to banish it.
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.
Tackling insomnia with essential oils
Aromatherapy is an effective and natural solution in case of insomnia. Let’s see which essential oils to choose to tackle sleep disorders.
Lentil and pumpkin soup
The lentil and pumpkin soup with a few leaves of spinach is a perfect common meal for autumn evenings.
Bhutan, the fairy tale of the thunder dragon kingdom
The Himalayan country where the king said: “I will be happy if my subjects will be happy”. Bhutan.
Bamboo, the advantages of employing it in the construction industry
Bamboo, renamed “vegetable steel”, is a natural resource particularly useful for constructing buildings. Here is why.
Vayando: ditch the guidebook, leave the beaten path and do as the locals do
Travelling isn’t always about following classic guidebook itineraries. It’s also about passing through other people’s realities, discovering new cultures and ways of life, cuisines, fascinating traditions and languages. In the words of Henry Miller: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things”. Bringing tourists and locals together The travel
How climate change changes music
Since 2009 Karen Aplin is a researcher in the Physics division at Oxford University. Before getting to manage the teaching laboratories of this renowned English university, Karen obtained a doctorate degree in atmospheric physics at the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, but also a diploma in music performance from Trinity College, London. Metheorology