The untold story: climate change sinks below the headlines
A report shows how Europe and US mainstream media coverage of climate change is scarce, incomplete and does not give voice to the victims
Neil Young: his new album against Monsanto
A political, social, and ecological album: The Monsanto Years will be released on 16 June, but the album’s title talks turkey. Neil Young has always been on the front line to raise fans’ awareness on environmental and sustainable farming issues and, after having taken a stand against large oil companies in Canada, he now rails
Barnraiser, crowdfunding dedicated to sustainable food
The huge genetically modified maize fields in the US could be old-fashioned. This is thanks to a crowdfunding experiment, aimed to promote and support small, organic and sustainable farms, and projects – from art to literature – regarding healthy eating. Barnraiser is a new platform, and its mission “is to put a billion dollars
Top 50 songs of 2014
It’s the end of the year, it’s time to make our music chart. In January we have published a playlist of that month’s best songs. Within twelve months we have made a list of the most appreciated and played songs of the year. It would have been impossible to put 50 songs in order of
5 SmartDriving Apps
The spread of smartphones apps has allowed for the development of useful software to help us while driving: allowing us to avoid traffic congestion, reduce pollution, make smart choices in every moment of urban life and save money. 5 SmartDriving apps that will change your life on the road. Waze www.waze.com This is the
Let’s change the way women are portrayed on the Internet
The American stock photo agency Getty Images launched on Monday 10th February the Lean In Collection in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Lean In created by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. With more than 2,500 pictures and the promise to add more every month, the aim of this new initiative by Getty is to
World’s most polluted cities
Dopo la notizia sui livelli di polveri sottili fuori controllo rilevati a Pechino, l’Economist ha pubblicato il grafico delle città più inquinate al mondo.