Category Archives: go green
Discover a lot of useful information, tips and ecological ideas for living and traveling green. In this section you can find news about the ecology, but also many suggestions and ideas to make your way of life and travelling in harmony with nature.
The Apennines to be saved: 3 stories about “super farmers” in Italy
You must have got lost in the green Apennines, and happened to find out an old village set like a gemstone in the mountains, no matter if you were in Umbria, Marche or Emilia. You must have had the impression of one of those places where time and space have stopped, the ideal place to […]
Continue reading12 books for your green commitments: holiday in a monastery or growing your own tomatoes?
New Year has just shown up together with the wind of enthusiasm and good proposal planning which usually goes with it. Some of us will once again decide to subscribe an annual membership to the gym around the corner from home and others will go for the yoga sessions so as to train body and […]
Continue readingQuiz: how many shades of green has your holiday?
UNWTO statistics say international tourism demand has increased by 5% over the first 9 months of 2013: no matter how hard the economic crisis is hitting the world, travelling remains one of the most popular actvity. You may be a citizen of a South European country with a shaky economy, a citizen of the Celestial […]
Continue reading10 ideas to reuse orange peels
The winter arrived and with it the citrus fruits: oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, lemons… to give us happiness with their colors, to fill the air with their perfumes, and as well to defend ourselves against the seasonal illnesses (many people recommend a good orange juice to increase our supply of vitamin C!). But useful, and usable, […]
Continue readingChristmas Holidays: your 5 eco vacation ideas in Italy
Here are 5 useful tips if you wish to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Holidays far from consumption routine and near the Nature, in Italy: 1. Amazing Christmas, staying in old villages or in a real castle Who said you can’t travel in time? Sleeping in an old castle in the heart of Umbria, for […]
Continue readingIt’ time for Christmas trees: ecological, recycled and unique!
It’s time to think about the colorful decorations cause Christmas is coming! We have to bring out the old decorations box and share it between what to hold and what to throw away… and then we have to think about the tree, the inevitable Christmas tree. And if we need to find a new one… […]
Continue readingBike riding: the future of sustainable tourism
A conference in the heart of the countryside of Siena opens its doors to the quintessence of cycling. Let’s try to understand the ways of soft mobility in Tuscany… perfect starting point to understand the ontology of the bike and its connection with nature and health! Responsible tourism has two wheels… The third edition of […]
Continue readingHow Nature can change your Life
What about becoming inseparable friends of a robin, what about coming back home tired after spending a day picking olives and enjoying a bean soup, with the deep satisfaction of a day spent entirely in green nature? Find out that your life could be really like this! The benefits of living in urban green Green […]
Continue readingIncredible Edible Cities. Eating local vegetables has never been that easy…
Would you like to pick fruits and vegetables walking up and down in the parks of your city, instead of having to buy them at the grocery store, without knowing their origin ? From England to Italy, take a look at this edible cities, in which you can grow and eat local! In Todmorden, a small English town […]
Continue readingHow new technologies will change our travel habits, interview with David Orban
Last time we met David Orban (entrepreneur, CEO of Dotsub, member of the Faculty and Advisor of the Singularity University) we were in San Francisco, in the middle of a foggy August day, that only San Fran can offer. In front of an unusual “bacon ice cream”, the specialty of the organic restaurant Starbelly, in a […]
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