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Climate change: let’s save the winter tourism

The increase of the temperatures and rainfalls and the melting of glaciers are changing the atmospheric conditions, the flora and the fauna of the Alps. But not only. According to the scientists, the winter tourism will also change. For the lovers of the winter holidays, of the ski, snowboard and snow, here’s a bad news! […]

The first 100% organic and sustainable country in the world? Sikkim!

Rewarded by the ONU with the Future Policy Award 2018, the Sikkim is the first region in the world to have a 100% sustainable agriculture. An extraordinary result, reached thanks to the perseverance against the destroying exploitation of the environment and biodiversity. Sikkim is a federal State of India surrounded by China, Nepal and Buthan. […]

OLTRE Food Coop: the collaborative supermarket arrives in Italy

Collaborative supermarket or Food Coop: this is how it is called. The idea comes from New York, in the 70s, but it has become popular also in Paris, Bruxelles and now also in Italy. Let’s discover more about it and interview one of the founders of OLTRE Food Coop, the next Italian collaborative supermarket. Try […]

Il Terzo Giorno: the Italian exhibition that tells the story of our planet

A journey through the story of the Earth, to the discovery of its life, its growth, its changes but also of the damages that are occuring. “Il terzo giorno” shows the man-nature relationship through the eyes of 40 international artists and 115 contemporary works of art. Sustainability is the leading theme. ‘Il terzo giorno‘ is an […]

Defenders of the Earth: when saving the Planet could cost you your life

It almost sounds like a movie title, but nothing has ever been so real. The Defenders of the Earth do exist and each year many of them are eliminated without leaving any trace, without papers talking about it, without having the time to realise it. Defenders of the Earth is a Global Witness‘ report, which […]

“Bosco del Tempo”: from 2018 Colorno will become greener

When a tree is growing, it takes years and years for it to grow completely into the plant’s final stage: for this reason, the Festival della lentezza, literally the Festival of Slowness, has decided to undertake the realization of a new orchard, which will be placed near a playschool and a kindergarten in Colorno (PR, Italy) […]

Leonardo DiCaprio: three essential things we can do to fight climate change

Climate change is a real thing, even though there are still some people, who do not believe in it. Just 2°C rise in average temperature of the planet can cause huge problems for us- and it is expected that till the end of our century, the temperature will rise of 3.2°C. It is important to […]

First power plant with “negative CO2 emissions” introduced in Iceland

Few days ago, Iceland introduced the world´s first power plant, that eliminates more CO2, than it produces. After successful project in Switzerland, where Climeworks introduced world´s first commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC), another “world’s first” was introduced in Iceland. Together with their partner Reykjavik Energy, swiss company Climeworks introduced CarbFix2 project. The project is considered […]

Alpine Day of Sustainable Mobility (and Tourism)

Join a conference in Werfenweng, Austria! October 18th– 19th is the time to discuss innovative and sustainable mobility in tourist regions. Are you interested in sustainability, tourism and innovations? The conference “Alpine Day of Tourism and Mobility” is waiting for all stakeholders and tourism lovers. The mobility behaviour of tourists is changing. There are many […]

Plastic-eating fungus: Newly discovered species of “ecological” fungus in Pakistan

Our actual plastic age lifestyle is unsustainable. Therefore, scientists all around the world are looking not only for plastic alternatives, but also for ways, how to solve the actual problem of plastic waste. On a landfill site in Pakistan, scientists discovered, that fungus called Aspergillus tubingensis can feeds on plastic. A group of researchers from […]