Author: Silvia Ombellini

Forget the car and traffic. In Plan you are surrounded only by mountains (the Italian Alps), the sound of cowbells and rivers. The cheerful voice of children playing in the streets welcome us in this wonderful carfree village of Passeiertal (Val Passiria, in Italian), South Tyrol. Our journey to discover the Alpine Pearls starts from Plan […]

Sustainability and Alpine sometimes rhyme. Perhaps because the mountain puts you immediately in front of the immense power and fragility of nature, where there are limits to be respected and environments to be protected: that nature that is generous and welcoming, but if badly treated, it can become dangerous and hostile. That must be why the […]

Old mines and breathtaking waterfalls, wooden huts and trails kissed by the sun, we start exploring the Ahrntal (Valle Aurina in Italian) and Predoi Valley, a paradise in the Alps in South Tyrol, the northernmost municipality of Italy. When we get in the Ahrntal, the colors of the mountains, lit by the last warm rays of the […]

What if we didn’t longer thinks just in terms of “how much money it cost me” before we buy a product or before traveling but we thought “how many trees will it cost?” This is the idea behind HowManyTrees, website of ​​two engineers who we met few days ago. In the website, answering simple questions about your lifestyle, you […]

Did you know that the product consumption (including production, transport and distribution), represents about 50% of CO2 emissions contributing to climate change? This is nothing new: the average of waste generated each year by each inhabitant of Europe is 525 kilograms, and need to be reduced drastically. Our lifestyle based on consumption should evolve in the culture of reuse, […]

Still a month to share your green adventure, participating to the online Contest launched by Ecobnb with the European Project EcoDots, and win an eco-friendly weekend in Italy, from the ligurian Sea to the Apennines mountains. Share your green adventure! By October 30th, 2015 you can describe with photos and text your a green itinerary […]

Living without a car is possible and actually there are so many people getting around by foot, by bike or by public transport all around the world. But there are places where, more than a personal choice, moving around sustainably is a philosophy of life and driving a car is not allowed anymore. There are […]

Some months ago we discovered the amazing nature of Mercantour National Park in France. In that occasion we stopped in a nice local refuge inside the park, where we tasted zero miles chees and special wine, and we visited amazing tree houses surrounded by nature. We also discovered that French National Parks launched the Spirit National Park, a […]

From September 1st to 6 2015, we are going to travel to a greener future. It’s called Eco Future, and is the exhibition dedicated to eco-sustainablility and self-construction. The location is perfect: the beautiful hills of Umbria, halfway between Gubbio and Perugia, at the eco-friendly village Libera Università di Alcatraz. The most innovative people of Italy in the field of ecology […]

Do you love holidays in contact with nature but do not give up comfort? Discover 15 ecological and beautiful glamping in Italy! It’s a tent, but comfortable as a home. Have you ever heard of Glamping? The word comes from a combination of ‘camping’ and ‘Glamour’ and is the new frontier of outdoor vacations.  The […]