Category Archives: curiosity

Walking in the woods helps fight negative thoughts: there is a new study to prove it, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, conducted at Stanford University by researcher Gregory Bratman. The study (which you can read here) involved 38 subjects living in urban areas. They were subjected to a questionnaire designed to […]

San Francisco bans plastic bottles, and it’s the first city to do so. The citizens, though encouraged to use clean and free tap water, can still purchase plastic bottles; but in public buildings and properties of the city plastic bottles will become illegal in a few days. In the United States each year are used almost 50 […]

Imagine a completely autonomous home that allows you to live in the most remote places of the world, a mini holiday house that you can carry everywhere, from the sea to the mountains. It  has become reality. By the Slovak architectural firm Nice Architects of Bratislava comes a new opportunity for sustainable lifestyle with the ecocapsule. It’s a mini home […]

A few days ago the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of France Segolene Royal said that France will invest in solar roads. The country over the next five years will cover 1,000 kilometers of roads with photovoltaic panels, making solar roads that can provide green energy for at least 5 million inhabitants. And if now […]

Do plants think too? A study appears to demonstrate that plants are smarter than we think. In the study Secret life of plants (which you can read here) you can discover about a rudimentary form of intelligence of the plants that has allowed these living beings to survive and spread even over thousands of years. How plants think? […]

Man in its long history has created countless works of art of all kinds. But nature is able to offer spectacular places that in some cases even exceed the human imagination. Take time to explore the wonders that will leave you breathless: a trip around the globe between amazing landscapes and extraordinary places. Tianzi, China […]

If you’ve been in Iceland you’ll know the Turf houses, one of the first examples of green building in the history of man. The Vikings were the firsts to build these special houses, to survive in often extreme climatic conditions. The basic idea is to use a turf as thermal insulation, to survive even in […]

When you think about Switzerland, you think about snowy peaks, army knifes, banks, chocolate and minute hands. But this is just the beginning for a land of wide views. Directly from the the heart of Europe, this is how you can spend your green energies ‘riding disused railways‘. 1. Brolla Bridge: from the iron horses to the […]

It’s about time that the world starting creating more eco homes. We are far too dependent on fossil fuels, our resources are slowly diminishing, and the way many of us are living is having a horrible impact on the environment. It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s clear that eco homes of the future […]

Maybe someone doesn’t remember anymore. The contemporary lifestyle, our work, the social network, our busy days, the metropolis and every little thing of our daily lives often distances us from nature. But we are not the missed call from our boss, the likes on our last Facebook post. We are nature. This is the message […]