In France, the forest saved by citizens
A group of French citizens succeeded in fighting against the project aimed at the construction of an immense holiday village in the heart of Chambarans forest.
Ice is life: research reveals all the latest data on Italian glaciers
The new Italian Glacier Inventory has been published, thanks to years of work, data collection, updates, and discoveries.
Cycle superhighway in the middle of a motorway
The opportunity of building cycle superhighways, as the one planned for London, has been recently discussed and they will likely be a future trend. However, in South Korea, a cycle superhighway has been built in the middle of a motorway About 30 km long, the route links Daejeon (South Korea’s fifth largest metropolis) with
Palm oil: what you need to know about health and environment
Palm oil is an edible oil plant that is a common ingredient in many consumer products, and it has become the most widely produced vegetable oil worldwide. Palm oil global consumption increased sharply: in 2014 it amounted to 56.63 million metric tonnes, and it is expected to exceed 60 million in 2015, according to studies by The
GMO cultivation drops in the EU
Alongside the publication on the EU Official Journal of the EU Directive (2015/412) regarding the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory, a survey carried out by Coldiretti (National Small Farmers’ Confederation) shows that lands sown with biotech seeds decreased by 3% in
Italy on foot: the beauty of walking
Everybody can do it, every day. We can walk to work, looking at the places we live in with new perspective and curiosity. Alternatively, we can leave home to discover unknown places whilst walking along roads and paths. Walking is a way of travelling, maybe the most fascinating. It allows you to establish a
5 species you can only admire in Italy
On the occasion of the World Wildlife Day let’s discover some unique species of Italy.
Itinerary. Top 10 Italy’s most “appetizing” medieval villages
The beauty of some medieval villages demonstrates that the Dark Ages were not so dark. In this period (from the Fifth century to the year one thousand), the agrarian economy and the feudalism encourage the rise of new settlements around abbeys and castles. Many Medieval cities and towns were notable for narrow and winding streets that wrapped themselves
The man who howls at wolves
German zoologist Werner Freund has been studying the behaviour of wolves in their environment for over 40 years, by living with them.
10 songs about our love for mountains
10 musicians sing their passion for one of the most fascinating habitats in the world: music and mountains, the highest of couplings.