Michelle Obama’s organic garden wins America’s hearts
In the US, 72 percent more organic food on our tables. California ranks first in the top ten organic States, but the market is booming all across the country.
The letter Sophie Cruz gave to Pope Francis: “I’m afraid of losing my father”
Sophie Cruz is 5 years old, she lives in the United States but has Mexican origins. On Wednesday, like thousands of other people, she was anxiously waiting, with his father Raúl, for Pope Francis to pass by in his Popemobile on the National Mall, the monumental street of Washington, capital of the United States.
Volkswagen has cheated us all: the environmental damage the fraud has caused
“If Volkswagen cheated in America, couldn’t it do so somewhere else?” wondered Luca Poma in his article published a couple of days ago on the scandal of the German car manufacturer. Just a few hours later, the confirmation. The scandal on VW cheating emissions tests involves 11 million cars marketed all over the world since
When breast milk is junk food
The Brazilian campaign on the dangerousness of junk food during breastfeeding went around the world. Discover what it claims.
Here is what happens in San Francisco if cyclists follow all the rules
In San Francisco, the police decided to enforce the law by fining cyclists who broke the rules. This instigated cyclists’ protests so much so they wanted to show the city what would have happened if they had strictly abided by the rules. So, each of them stopped at the crossroads one behind the
Volkswagen cheated on US emission rules with 482,000 diesel cars
Volkswagen, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, has falsified the emissions data of diesel cars sold in the United States, in order to elude tests of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The accusation, confirmed by Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn, has been made by the EPA in reference to vehicles sold in the US between
Francis and Fidel. A historic meeting to talk about the environment
Pope Francis and Fidel Castro together, to talk about climate and environment. An historic meeting, almost surreal, emerged from the first official visit of the Argentinean Pope in the Caribbean and communist country, from 19 to 22 September. An exchange of opinions (and presents) that lasted 30 minutes, at the residence of Castro in the
Norway pays 1 billion dollars to Brazil in recognition of reduced deforestation
When the Amazon was going through one of its toughest moments due to deforestation – in 2008 – Norway, one of the world’s main oil producers and forests protectors at the same time, decided to support Brazil’s government in fighting deforestation, by pledging 1 million dollars if it could curb the trend. Seven
The clay speakers reproducing “the sound of the earth”
Chile is a country whose traditions and cultural identities are commended through the works of skilled artisans that hand down their own working techniques from one generation to another. Chilean design encloses this, being still far from well-known brands and industrial factories. The designer Pablo Ocqueteau has realised handmade clay speakers that combine ancestral ceramic techniques with
Coal’s inexorable decline: a mine worth millions is sold for a dollar
The collapse in coal prices is real. The “Isaac Plains” coking coal mine in Australia, valued at 860 Australian dollars (about $631 million) three years ago has been sold for $1. According to Bloomberg, the Brazilian mining group Vale SA and Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. offloaded the “Isaac Plains” mine for just $1, selling it to