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Green and brain: to grow in a natural environment improves our cognitive skills
The development of our brain is affected by a green environment. A recent scientific research shows that living surrounded by nature and trees gives suprising benefits to our mind and contributes to the development of the cognitive skills of children. Word of science. To our mind, the green colour resembles the color of nature. A place […]
Continue reading10 extraordinary trees you must see
Trees provide us oxygen, slow down climate changes, filter and purify the air we breathe. Yet we often forget their importance for our planet. The advantages that plants bring us are more than enough to decide to take a trip into nature and choose an itinerary to discover the most evocative green giants of the […]
Continue readingThe magic of a blue forest in Belgium
In the heart of Belgium there’s the Halle Forest, also known as Blue Forest – a magical destination for this spring Just over 30 minutes from Brussels, in the center of Belgium, there is an extensive forest of giant sequoia, it is the Halle Forest, a wonderful place that in spring becomes even more magical. They also call […]
Continue readingUrban Green: two studies show how our health depends on trees
Public gardens and urban green areas guarantee for a higher quality of life and protect us from air pollution. This is what the last ISPRA report on the quality of urban environment states. This rich document, now at its 10th edition and extrapolated from the analysis of many environmental indicators belonging to 73 different Italian cities, is composed […]
Continue readingRotterdam, a floating forest to save trees
Our cities are constantly changing: the streets make way for new cycle paths, squares are renewed, and we build new parking lots. And with all this works, many trees are destroyed. In Rotterdam this will not happen again. The cultural association Mothership has created an innovative project with a great environmental value: the Bobbing Forest, a small floating forest […]
Continue readingEarth Day: 7,8 billions of trees for the planet
Allover the world on 22 of April it’s celebrated the Earth Day. This is the biggest environmental event of the world that from United States has expanded allover the planet involving 196 different places. 46 years have passed from that 22 of April 1970 when 20 millions of american citizens demonstrated for the environment safety, […]
Continue readingEarth Day 2016: plant a tree!
April 22 we all celebrate the environment, the planet and its preservation: it’s the Earth Day 2016, the 46th World Earth Day. It is the largest environmental event that every year is committed to promote the protection and conservation of natural resources of the Earth. The theme of Earth Day 2016 We’ve started the countdown for […]
Continue readingLiving in a Tree house village in Italy
Did you know that there is a small community of people who pass their life in a forest, living in tree-houses? Is not Koroway Tribe in Nuova Guinea but instead people like us that left their boring life downtown to live a life as much as possible melted with nature! The Sleeping Beauty… of the cestnuts […]
Continue readingHowManyTrees: if our next coin were trees?
What if we didn’t longer thinks just in terms of “how much money it cost me” before we buy a product or before traveling but we thought “how many trees will it cost?” This is the idea behind HowManyTrees, website of two engineers who we met few days ago. In the website, answering simple questions about your lifestyle, you […]
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