Expo by night is worth visiting
Reduced entrance fees, several pavilions open until late, light game, awesome architectures and much more. Expo by night is definitely worth a visit.
18 May is International Museum Day
Sustainability will be the main theme this year, as combining social development and nature is one of the most important challenges of our times.
Tigers, the movie about the Nestlé baby milk scandal
Tigers is Danis Tanovic’s movie on Nestlé’s immoral practices carried out to sell artificial milk in Pakistan.
Isis terrorists, antiquity looters
Isis militants are terrorists, but, actually, they are not ignorant. As far as it seems, the systematic destruction of Niniveh and Nimrud statues and the artifacts of Ashurnasirpal’s palace in Mosul, Iraq, for propaganda purposes, was a cover to the looting of priceless artifacts offered for sale on the black market for staggering sums.
The plight of the Rohingya, the drifting invisible community
The tragedy of people fleeing their lands in order to survive, have a future, and hope for a better life doesn’t involve only the Mediterranean Sea. On the other side of the world there are the Rohingya people, which are officially recognised by the United Nations as the world’s most persecuted and segregated population. The
Rice plays a key role at Expo 2015
The rice cluster is now open. Explore six among the countries with the largest production and consumption of rice. Touch, taste and, why not, buy.
Eusébio, another indigenous leader killed in the Amazon
On 1 May 2015, the indigenous leader Eusébio, of the Ka’apor community, has been killed in an ambush in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, by two hooded men that are thought to be illegal loggers. Eusébio was shot in the back by two gunmen riding a motorbike. Though his companions sought help, Eusébio died two
What was and what is Expo now that we can visit it
Since 1851, every five years, world’s cities host a unique event for six months: the universal exposition. In 2015 it’s the capital of Lombardy’s turn, which on 1st May has opened the door of Expo 2015. As in any other world exposition, since the first one held in London, the main attractions are
Aquae Venezia, the exhibition on blue gold in the Lagoon City
How can all the world’s people have access to water? Aquae Venezia, an event corollary to Expo, tries to answer to this question.
Terra Viva: Vandana Shiva’s manifesto presented at Expo 2015
Expo Milano 2015, the very same that made agreements with some of the world’s largest and most controversial multinationals, boasts a farmstead dedicated to the civil society: Cascina Triulza – Civil Society Pavilion. It is the only structure to be present in the exposition area before Expo that has been restructured in a sustainable way.