We are also losing the butterflies: symbol of grace, beauty, spring. Italywhich enjoys one of the highest concentrations of butterfly varieties in Europe with about 37% of the continent’s total speciesin the last few years it has lost more than half, in line with a world trend that shows no signs of decreasing. For this […]
Tag: Environment
Posidonia: it’s time to think about underwater forests too
For the past 30 years the world’s forest area has shrunk by over 420 million hectaresand these numbers must be added those relating to loss of forests submarine. In particular of oceanic posidonia“Lung of the Mediterranean”, which, due to wild fishing and pollution, is disappearing: in the last 50 years, 29% of the grasslands have […]
Recycling in fashion, in all its forms
What is the “dark” side of fashion which, at the same time, is also what makes it so desirable? Its continuous evolution, for better or for worse. And the evil, in the spasmodic succession of trends and new clothing items, are the tons of clothes that are thrown away every year for the most diverse […]
Carole Middleton and her royal collection that defends the oceans
The commitment of the prince William in the battle for the environmental Protection it also infected the mother-in-law Carole Middletonwhich, with his Party Pieceshas just launched a new collection of party items that will help protect the oceans. A real royal collection in a green key: it is called King and Queen of the Seathe […]
Edible packaging: 5 innovative ideas to try to save the Earth
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Each Italian citizen produces on average 488 kilograms of waste per year. Although the national production of municipal waste in 2020 fell by 3.6% compared to the previous year, these numbers are impressive. And the Italians realize it: an Ipsos research conducted in 2020 has identified among the main environmental issues to be faced as […]
UN: Environmental pollution causes more deaths than covid
Pollution from states and businesses causes more deaths worldwide than COVID-19, according to a United Nations environmental report released today calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban certain toxic chemicals. The report notes that contamination with pesticides, plastics and e-waste causes widespread human rights abuses as well as at least nine million deaths a […]
Green job, the opportunities that arise from the circular economy
According to the twelfth “GreenItaly Report”, which annually photographs the environmental sustainability of our country, Italy is among the leaders of the circular economy and has the highest percentage of recycling out of total waste (79.4%) with peaks 95% for sectors such as that of furniture wood supply chain. Important data – the former is […]
Sustainability: Will we soon be reading clothing labels such as food labels?
the fashion labels have always provided information on some fundamental characteristics of what you buy: the cut it, the composition of the various materials, the percentage of the latter, the recommended washing method and the country where the garment was produced. And what if, from now on, the tables shown were similar to nutritional ones […]
The Scala dei Turchi has been vandalized: the culprits are investigated
Witnessing the defacing and vandalization of a work of art is terrible, but when it happens to a natural glimpse of rare beauty like the Scala dei Turchi it hurts even more. On the morning of January 8, the famous white marl of Realmonte, in the province of Agrigento, was found smeared with a dust […]
What are eco-sustainable smartphones and how to find them
The pioneers, when theapproccio green it was not an urgency (or perhaps it already was, but few perceived it as such), they were Apple e Fairphone. Worlds very distant from each other in terms of size, business, production and financial capacity: on the one hand the giant of the Apple, on the other an almost […]