The Italian Association of Youth Hostels offers 500 beds to refugees
The Italian Association of Youth Hostels (AIG) opens its structures to help refugees. Another example of solidarity and integration.
Italian children don’t read much and lack basic numeracy skills
Save the Children reveals alarming data: “Too many teenagers lack competences to fight their way in life”. But there’s a solution.
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
Syria, the environmental crisis behind the civil war
Syrian drought, exacerbated by human-related activities, seems to have contributed to trigger the conflict that is putting the country on its knees and is causing millions of refugees.
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.
Refugees. How Italian associations are helping them
From donations to NGOs, to voluntary works, and hospitality. Here are some tips for those who want to do their bit for refugees in Italy, where more than 100,000 asylum seekers have arrived in 2015.
India saves energy investing in LEDs
20 million traditional light bulbs illuminating Indian streets and houses in a quite inefficient way will be soon replaced by LEDs. This is what the Minister for Energy Piyush Goyal on behalf of the Indian government has announced by renewing its pledge of improving the lighting industry through the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP). The estimated
COP21 is getting close: governments meet but they lack in results
Two preparatory meetings have been held in Bonn and Paris in view of the COP21: governments found common ground, but problems remain unsolved.
8 September is International Literacy Day
Illiteracy is a reality that still involves over 700 million adults all over the world.
Cycling makes you healthier and richer, studies show
It is commonly known that daily cycling is healthy, but studies and statistics now make it an ever evident fact. In particular, they underline how riding bicycle allows attaining both physical and economic wellbeing. The Netherlands is a practical example of the positive results achieved thanks to mass bicycle mobility, as the study “Dutch