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Train travel is an often overlooked, but wonderful way to travel. Photo: Michael Lepetit

Travel - 23 Ottobre 2019

Traveling “Green”: Hard Truths About Ecotourism and Being Carbon-Conscious

The average round trip flight from New York to London generates about 986 kg (2,173.76 lbs.) of CO2 per passenger; almost as much as some people use in an entire year. As an avid traveler, it forces me to face a truth that I had frequently hidden from: that despite all the ecotourism one can do, it cannot offset the damage done by merely getting to and from your long-distance destination.

News - 29 Settembre 2019

Climate Strikers in Utah Tell Us What They Think About Greta and Trump

We care more about climate change because this is our future and what we are being left with. This is what we’re going to have to live with, and so this is something that we can put our energy behind, to fight for our future movement. People in power have been ignoring the science for decades in the interest of creating profit. They have the power to make changes. They are the ones that are supposed to be leading us and informing us, but they are not doing that.

Guide in Amazon rain forest finds water in plants

News - 12 Settembre 2019

Death Comes to the Amazon, But Don’t Blame Nature, It’s Man Who Sets the Fires

In the minds of many, death looms over the Amazon like plague-infested Europe in the Middle Ages. But while drinking from a branch that spewed forth clean water, to me the Amazon was a place of mercy, of life, of survival. Today though, the Amazon is indeed a place cursed with death, not from the man-eating ants of Indiana Jones legends, but of man-made fires in Brazil. Still, while satellites show striking images of entire sections of the rain forest engulfed in flames, I see the life that sprouts up at every inch of the jungle….

Politica - 16 Marzo 2017

Trump affonda l’agenzia per l’ambiente? Cherchez Scott Pruitt

Scott Pruitt è stato voluto da Donald Trump a capo dell'Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nonostante da anni l'allora procuratore dell'Oklahoma si scagliasse contro la tesi sui cambiamenti climatici sostenendo che la teoria sul rapporto sulle emissioni di CO2 e cambiamenti climatici sia un'invenzione cinese...

Onu - 5 Giugno 2016

World Environmental Day Marked by Illegal Trade and Droughts

UNEP Campaign launched on World Environmental Day which seeks to raise awareness on illicit trade of species- especially ones that are becoming extinct. Illicit trade has been shown to fund terrorism in different parts of Africa.

Lifestyles - 7 Maggio 2016

For Mother’s Day, Buy her a Treedom

Treedom.net is the only website where you can plant a real tree with a simple click and follow its growth online. The idea came from an Italian startup. We had a chat with its CEO Federico Garcea.

English - 21 Luglio 2015

At the Vatican, Bill de Blasio Pledged To Reduce Carbon Emissions in NYC by 40 Percent by 2030. Here’s How.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at the Vatican during a meeting of mayors on the topic of climate change. In his speech, he pledged to reduce carbon emissions in New York City by 40 percent by the year 2030. But that's just an interim goal; the Mayor has already pledged to reduce emission by 80 percent by 2050. Here's how he plans to do it.

L'attore e attivista ambientalista Robert Redford tra il Segretario Generale dell'ONU Ban Ki-moon e la moglie di Ban, Yoo Soon-taek. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Onu - 1 Luglio 2015

Cambiamento climatico: l’ONU con Robert Redford scuote il mondo ad agire ora prima che sia troppo tardi

Alla riunione di alto livello sul cambiamento climatico tenuta al Palazzo di Vetro dell'ONU, con il Presidente dell'Assemblea Generale Sam Kutesa e il Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite Ban Ki-moon, ha partecipato anche l'attore Robert Redford, tra i primi nel cercare di scuotere l'opinione pubblica per la difesa dell'ambiente e dello sviluppo sostenibile / Read another article in English

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek (left) pose with Robert Redford (centre), Academy Award-winning actor and long-time conservationist. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Onu - 30 Giugno 2015

Climate Change: At the UN, Ban Ki Moon and Robert Redford Call the World to Take Quick, Cohesive Action Before It’s Too Late

In preparation for the Paris Conference on Climate Change, at the United Nations Headquarters, the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and actor Robert Redford warn world Leaders that climate change has real consequences on people’s lives and is a threat to peace, while disrupting national economies. Affordable, scalable solutions are available to keep global warming below 35.6°F / 2°C / Leggi un altro articolo in italiano

English - 18 Giugno 2015

Francis’s Encyclical Letter on the Environment: Full Text

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