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Low cost Ecotourism: five tips to travel the world, save money and be happy
Ecotourism is a neologism that comes from the fusion of two words: ecology and tourism. It refers to the increasing number of people who are choosing to go on vacation without staying in in hotels or travelling by means which pollutes the environment. Impossible? Not really Expensive? Absolutely not! If you are open to a […]
Continue readingSix great places for your next holiday in a farm camp site in Italy
When young Paul and his fiancée Rose used to spend their holidays in a tent along the Croatian Coastline it went a little bit like this: a tent, a few dollars and the sense of freedom from pitching their tent on the beach. Then life changed, they got married, had kids, started their own business […]
Continue readingDiscovering Italian Virtuous Municipalities
Nowadays and especially in Italy, can someone still believe in the good administration? Can someone, one more time, be confident in public structure, in the policies which are executed? Hands up those who, at least once in their lifetime, has not dreamed of living in a small community, in a country or in a place […]
Continue readingEco holidays: never without organic vegetables
Michelle Obama has started up her own garden and orchard at The White House and she’s been kindly suggesting that all chefs and kitchen staff make use of the locally grown products for the President’s family meals. Jennifer Garner, the famous actress and wife of Oscar winner Ben Affleck, is a fierce supporter of organically […]
Continue readingThe value of rural life in the Campolibero italian Decree
Who has not thought at least once in their life to abandon all sources of stress and move into a green and unspoiled place? Start living in the nature, doing something that we love and that rewards us, in a way of life marked by the green economy. You must be full of passion to […]
Continue readingFamily vacations? 8 things to do in Sibillini Mountains
1. Be enchanted by Sibilla Where is the Sybil? Is she real? Is she good or bad? Children are fascinated by the history that has always conquered travelers and novelists and they can not stop asking questions. We are among the Sibillini Mountains, in the realm of fairy enchantress (for some) and demonic creature (for […]
Continue reading3 amazing tree houses (and hotels) in Italy
“Who wants to look good on the earth shall keep the necessary distance” wrote Italo Calvino in his wonderful novel “The Baron in the Trees “. The adventure of Cosimo, who decides to spend his whole life in the trees, watching the world from above, has always fascinated me. After marrying an architect with vertigo problems, […]
Continue readingThe 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 readingIdeas for an autumn weekend meeting Bacchus
Some ideas to attend at the grape harvest, getting to the heart of the autumnal atmosphere The grape harvest is a ritual and a feast, as well as the opportunity to enjoy wine tasting, preferably organic, and to welcome autumn. At one time the Romans in the time of harvest of the grapes organized great […]
Continue readingHow a Metropolis can become Green: GrownNYC and the urban gardens diffusion
Not long ago, a picture of the First Lady Michelle Obama photographed in the garden of the White House, wearing gardening gloves, among tufts of salad, zucchini and carrots, has been around the world. Since then, the spread of gardens, and especially of urban gardens has exploded everywhere. Perhaps not everyone knows that, but already […]
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