The teacher travelling in his truck giving books to children
The retired teacher Antonio La Cava travels the most remote villages with his Booktruck. “I didn’t want to get old in a country where people don’t read.”
Gay rights, it’s time for Italy to recognise them
Italy has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for violating same-sex couples’ rights. According to the Strasbourg-based Court, the Italian government violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, notably the right to respect for private and family life. The Court ruled following the appeal (Case of Oliari and others
Milan decreases cars and improves air quality
Traffic, cars, and pollution have decreased, whilst shared and public transports have increased. Milan’s mobility offer to citizens shows definitely positive results.
The first hand-made funfair works without electricity
Nel cuore del bosco del Montello, “sior Bruno” ha costruito un parco divertimenti unico al mondo. Frutto di intuizioni, sogni e 40 anni di pratica.
Siena, the Palio of horse death is back
A Siena, ancora prima dell’inizio del Palio, è morto un altro cavallo, il settimo dal 2000 ad oggi.
The UNESCO World Heritage list
From 28 June to 7 July the World Heritage Committee will choose the new sites to be included on the World Heritage List.
From No Logo to the Vatican. Naomi Klein joins Pope Francis to fight climate change
During the last-winter presentation of her latest book, This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein predicted it: climate change is the last chance for the world to act and change the economic system, the capitalism, which is everything but sustainable for people and the environment. However, she probably didn’t expected that in this battle she would have
Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows Italy’s Lake Como in beautiful detail
World-reknowned photographer, documentary maker, and environmental activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand is back with a video realised with his typical aerial view: on board of a hot-air balloon. He decided to capture one of the world’s most beautiful lakes and one of Italy’s most extraordinary natural places, Lake Como. The 21-minute video is entitled Lake Como seen
Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden top ECF charts
As usual, Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden top the charts of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), one of whose aims is to reduce by a half the number of dead cyclists in Europe by 2020. Italy, in spite of the number of bikes sold has increased by 6% in 2014, went down by two positions (from 15th
Rome Grab will be the world’s longest cycling lane
The capital of Italy will have a ring road for bike too called Grab. Consisting of 44.2 km of cycle and pedestrian route, Grab will make Rome the city with the world’s longest cycle route. Actually, cyclists can already bike across this route, as it has already happened unofficially several times during these years.