Category Archives: curiosity
Curiosities and news, suggestion for travel (also for free), unusual places to visit, from the ghost towns to the disappeared islands, amazing stories of travel, by bicycle, by foot, donkey, horse back or canoa.

Dog Bed without any Waste: 6 Ideas of Creative Recycling
Creative recycling is an art form. Here are 6 ideas to create a dog bed by reusing old stuff. Which one do you prefer? Creating without waste encourages creativity. Indeed, it is a chance to save money, to wake up our imagination and to test our skills to make use of resources at our disposal. […]
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Sydney: a Model of Sustainability and a Key to the Economic Recover
The Australian capital is the first city on the planet powered 100% by renewable energy. In addition to becoming a model of sustainability, Sydney suggests to the world a possible key to recovery to face the COVID-19 recession While the whole world experiences the damages caused by COVID-19, something valuable and pleasant is taking place in […]
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Ecological Footprint: What Is It and How to Calculate It
As the public environmental awareness and the media’s interest in sustainability and natural resources exploitation increases, crucial global issues get a higher visibility. For instance, we hear about the ecological footprint more and more often. But what is it? What’s its purpose? And how is it calculated? What is it? The ecological footprint is an […]
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A Time-Bomb Extinction
We are causing a mass extinction, which size is comparable to the dinosaurs’ one. If we don’t do something, more than 70% of animal species could disappear in a short time. A new study explains the risks we are running A mass extinction is a geologically short amount of time, in which ecological changes on a […]
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A Lesson from the Environmental Disaster of Mauritius
Environmental disasters linked to man are becoming more and more frequent. What happened last July 25 in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the tropical island of Mauritius, invites us to reflect and draw important conclusions. Man is the main cause of the deterioration of our ecosystem. We ourselves are endangering the survival of the world […]
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Benefits of Electric Vehicles on the Environment
The car manufacturing industry has rapidly transitioned worldwide. This evolution involved dependence on ICEs to EVs. ICE stands for internal combustion engines and EVs for battery electric vehicles. This change remains crucial in the reduction of greenhouse emissions with an important objective. That is avoiding disastrous effects of climate change. Likewise, it offers a growth […]
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Ettore Guatelli Museum like a temple: resilient objects
“I would like a museum from the extreme yesterday to the extreme tomorrow.” (Ettore Guatelli) Objects have the amazing ability to make memories indelible. Ettore Guatelli Museum is like a temple of resilient objects. He was writer and post-World War II elementary teacher, was fascinated by it. Objects have the amazing ability to make memories indelible. Ettore […]
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Art and Nature Meet in the Arte Stenico wood
In Trentino (North Italy) art and nature meet in the Arte Stenico wood. This italian region is not just mountains and nature. It is an area very rich in art and history. A fairytale castle and a land-art path take us on a journey between art and nature in Stenico. The Castle of Stenico The Castle of […]
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5 Sustainable Tourism Trends that you Must Know
Tourism is always evolving and for all operators in the sector it is essential to know the new trends so as to anticipate the wishes of future customers and align their offer accordingly. The beginning of the new decade has certainly shocked our world, but it has nevertheless confirmed our desire to travel, and the […]
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The World’s Most Colourful Beaches: a Thousand Shades of Charm
We all daydream of the picture-perfect tropical beach, with boundless blue sea and fluffy white sand. But if you wish to try something new this year, how about sunbathing on a… green beach? You would think that relaxing with a cocktail on a lilac beach or lying down on sand as sparkling as a gemstone […]
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