Alexandra’s diary

Temperatures are getting warmer and Spain is preparing to face yet another summer of forest fires that have destroyed about 741,000 hectares of forest in the last 10 years. From here we can deduce how the reintroduction of the wild bison, a large herbivore nicknamed “the living lawnmower” can be a valid ally not only to increase the biodiversity of the territory, but also to keep the undergrowth clean. Wild… Read More »WILD BISONTS RETURN TO SPAIN AND COULD HELP LIMIT THE SUMMER FIRES THAT EVERY YEAR WASTE HECTARES OF WOODS

An old wooden fishing boat, an almost sixty-year-old gozzo called “Gozzo Carlino” from the name of its owner, has been transformed by the fishermen who take care of the Portalga cove into a suggestive bookcrossing spot. The boat was divided in two, one half housed the nativity scene during the winter, while the other half was placed on a cliff facing the sea and filled with books. Those who stop… Read More »IN PUGLIA, IN CALA PORTALGA NEAR POLIGNANO A MARE AN OLD BOAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A BOOKCROSSING LIBRARY, FREE FOR ALL, WHERE YOU CAN READ A BOOK IN FRONT OF THE SEA

Hairdressers do their job every day: they cut, color, wash and brush their clients’ hair. Once the actions that qualify beauty salons are finished, the floor turns into a field full of… waste. But where is this waste put? What will happen to that pile of fiber? For some time now, the hair that hairdressers have cut has been recycled to create wigs or even, in Japan, paint brushes. The… Read More »HERE’S HOW OUR HAIR CAN BE REUSED.

A piece of news to be proud and happy of that of the achievement of this important success for the Abruzzo region, a recognition of the biodiversity and heritage of the territory and also of its sustainable development. A globally recognized Geopark. It is a territory which is declared to possess a peculiar geological heritage. The Maiella National Park has become a UNESCO World Geopark under the name of Majella… Read More »THE MAIELLA NATIONAL PARK, IN ABRUZZO, HAS OBTAINED THE IMPORTANT UNESCO RECOGNITION OF A WORLD GEOPARK

The project is called Bottega della Solidarity and aims to be a real response to those who need help not only because of the economic crisis, and who use associations in the form of food. The requests for help from families during the first lockdown tripled, going from 40 families to 130 families. With the Bottega Solidale, it was decided to overcome the classic system of “Pack of living” by… Read More »A SUPERMARKET OPENS IN THE MILANESE AREA WHERE THOSE WHO ARE “INDIGENT” DO NOT PAY THE SHOPPING PRECISELY IN CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO

The “date x” was Monday April 26th. The first to restart the projections was the Beltrade cinema in Milan with a marathon that began with Nanni Moretti’s Caro diario. The cinema rose to the headlines for the queue of at least 80 people that was formed since 5.30 in the morning. Uci Cinemas will not open again until mid-May. The decree regulates the reopening of theaters, cinemas, concert halls in… Read More »THE ITALIAN THEATER HAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC, AMONG LIMITATIONS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The European delegation law which prohibits the trade, possession and import of exotic and wild animals in Italy has been definitively ratified by the vote of the Senate, Wild animals are repositories of numerous diseases that can progress into pandemics. It is essential to reduce the opportunities for contact as much as possible, if you really want to implement the “One health” approach, which recognizes the close link of interdependence… Read More »APPROVED THE LAW BANNING THE POSSESSION, TRADE AND IMPORT OF EXOTIC ANIMALS IN ITALY

In New Zealand, no cigarettes by 2025. The progressive government of Jacinda Ardern wants to extinguish the habit of smoking. The proposals on the ground are that those born after 2004 will not be able to buy cigarettes. If so, the younger generation would be free from this smoking slavery and it would be the first time in the world. It will be extended to a higher age where smoking… Read More »CIGARETTES AWAY BY 2025, IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORICAL CHOICE TO PROTECT HEALTH

The negotiators of the Council and the European Parliament have finally reached a political agreement regarding the climate, an agreement that must now be ratified by the Council (member countries) and the plenary of the European Parliament and which resolves the objective of bringing the European Union to be climatically impartial by 2050. European climate law is the main pact that determines the framework for EU climate legislation for the… Read More »NEGOTIATORS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, LESS 55% OF EMISSIONS IN EUROPE BY 2030

The Troina wood is in the Nebrodi national park a green paradise made up of beech and Turkey oaks, with paths still used today for transhumance, 4200 hectares of municipal park that over the years had been taken away from the municipality by some mafia families who on those lands they had created their businesses illegally using the funds and incentives of the European Union decreed for agriculture. The battle… Read More »WE ARE IN TROINA, IN THE PROVINCE OF ENNA, WHERE A FOREST THAT HAS BEEN IN THE MAFIA’S HAND FOR YEARS HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOW PROVIDES WORK TO YOUNG PEOPLE