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The Environment’s Health in Our Hands
How healthy is our environment today? The SOER 2020 is the latest report about the European situation. It urges us that Europe is in a state of emergency never seen before. Unfortunately, tourism is one of the five economic sectors which mainly impacts our planet. The current health of the environment is now in our […]
Continue readingGlyphosate – Austria has drawn the line
Austria is the first European country to ban glyphosate, a pesticide that for a long time has been at the center of a debate that divides Europe into two sections: some nations support the use of this herbicide, unlike other countries (including Italy itself), that are actually aware of the considerable damage caused by this substance […]
Continue readingBat Box, an ecological house to protect bats
Bats are our allies. The presence of these small flying mammals indicates that the environment in which we live is safe. To protect them an house to defend them has been built. We are talking about the “Bat-Box”: let’s find out together the importance of this innovation. The Bat-Box is the ecological house which has […]
Continue readingGreta Thunberg: the 16-years-old climate change warrior
Youth. Consciousness. Awareness. Commitment. Courage. Determination. These are more or less the things to change the world. Or, at least, to try to and having some more chances to succeed. Well, Greta Thunberg has them all. The Swedish 16-years-old has been under the global spotlights for months. Not for gossips or trifles, which might be […]
Continue readingIstra Autentica: an Eco-Friendly Retreat surrounded by the Nature of Slovene Istria
Solar energy, water reservoirs, renovated furniture and bio-pool. These are the ingredients of ISTRA AUTENTICA. an eco-friendly accommodation deep in a hectare of nature. Restored by Bojan, his owner, to be fully eco-sustainable, zero waste and off-grid. Then add the wonders of Istria, its ancient villages and the amazing Slovenian nature… and your green holiday […]
Continue reading3-credible-reasons to sustain “Lundi vert”: the Meatless Monday of France
Successfully adopted in more than 40 countries, the awareness-raising food campaign named “Lundi vert” (Meatless Monday) has recently been launched in France. The aim of the campaign is to persuade French people to eliminate the consumption of meat and fish every Monday, on a voluntary basis. The initiative has been signed by more than 500 […]
Continue reading4 Eco Trends of Tourism
How will be the tourism in the future? According to a recent report, more travelers will choose sustainability. Here are the 4 main eco trends! How will be the tourism in the future? Will we travel on spaceships visiting faraway planets or will we finally take care of the safeguard of our Planet? According to […]
Continue readingThe bicycle: from means of transport to economic growth instrument
Sustainability is by now one of the main focal points of many discussion in our society and contemporary politics. Surely this means of transport has become the symbol of this new stance. This becomes clear when looking at the emblematic use that is usually made of the bicycle: the European Union, for example, chose it […]
Continue readingThe 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. […]
Continue readingConstructive Alps: what if sustainability was also social?
Architecture, Alps and Attention to sustainability: these are the 3 “A”s of the Constructive Alps project. A contest that awards eco-friendly buildings not only from the environment’s perspective, but also from the social one… is this the new frontier of sustainability? What is “Constructive Alps”? Here’s our firts “A”: Architecture. Constructive Alps is literally the International Prize for sustainable […]
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