Sustainable urban mobility, the missing link between innovation and planning

Sustainable urban mobility, the missing link between innovation and planning

Traffic, pollution, energy consumption are all problems linked to urban mobility. The development of public transport and research on technological innovations is the best way to improve the management of resources and citizens’ quality of life.   Mobility is one of the key factors for local and global socio-economic development of urban spaces. For this reason,

Afghani girls skateboard to empowerment

Afghani girls skateboard to empowerment

Skateboarding will improve female condition in Afghanistan, thanks to the labour of the non-profit organisation Skateistan, founded in 2007 by the skater Oliver Percovich. It is a project that allows young Afghani girls practicing this sport, having fun, and studying, together with boys.   It is a possibility often denied to many children coming from poor families,

Music can save Lebanon’s cedars

Music can save Lebanon’s cedars

For Lebanese people, the cedar is much more than a tree, as it symbolises unity and is proudly portrayed on the national flag. Unfortunately cedars, one of the oldest and most extraordinary plants growing in Lebanon, are at risk of extinction. The creation of three protected area was not enough to prevent their dramatic reduction

Weather Warlock turns weather forecasts into music

Weather Warlock turns weather forecasts into music

Mr Quintron has been described several times as one of the craziest and most over the top personality of New Orleans underground scene. He has always been attracted by odd sounds and to an all-encompassing music deconstruction, was an organ antique dealer and enjoys self-producing and assembling new extraordinary and eccentric musical instruments. Mr Quintron is so

Nettle dumplings with saffron sauce

Nettle dumplings with saffron sauce

In the spring there are many edible wild plants. Here is a recipe that will lead you to travel out of town in search of a precious ingredient: nettle. With which you can prepare scrumptious dumplings.

3 pop revolutions in half a century

3 pop revolutions in half a century

A lot of stuff has been written about the origin and the history of pop music, but in most cases it all proved to be just a series of anecdotes with no scientific confirmation, at least not until today. A group of researchers at Queen Mary University and at London Imperial College discovered that pop