EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK is an awareness-raising campaign, promoted by the European Commission with the aim to encourage behavioural change in favour of active mobility, public transport, and cleaner, more sustainable transport solutions. Each year, from 16th to 22nd September (culminating in the popular Car-Free Day), local authorities get inspired to try innovative planning measures, by boosting new … Read more
Debt for Climate (DFC) is a grassroots movement lead by the Global South that aims to merge climate and social activism to reach climate justice. DFC demands the unconditional cancellation of the Global South’s debt to richer nations as a measure to tackle climate change. Esteban Servat, an Argentinian activist from DFC, explained that debt … Read more
As elephants and hippopotamus, rhinos are one of the most hunted species in Africa. There are five species of rhinos: white rhino, black rhino, Sumatran rhino, Indian rhino and Javan rhino which are mostly found in Asia, except black rhinos which are originally found in South and East Africa and are the major target of … Read more
At this very moment, the time of a blink of your eye, a lot happens. Stars are arising and exploding, the universe is expanding, and the light is travelling along our growing galaxy. And yet we, human beings who are as small as lost ants in the immensity, have still a significant impact on the … Read more
A recent Guardian analysis shows “human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and deadly disaster across the planet [… ] people across the world are losing their lives and livelihoods due to more deadly and more frequent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and droughts brought by the climate crisis”. A painful standpoint which is necessary to turn … Read more
If you have never heard the expression ‘solastalgia’, you better get familiar with it. Coined by the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the term is formed by the combination of the Latin word sōlācium (comfort) and the Greek suffix -algia (grief) to describe a form of emotional distress caused by environmental trauma. According to the United Nations, the danger posed … Read more
Travelling, going on road trips, ships, taking the plane and seeing the world is much more of human need than just a trendy lifestyle. However, with the rising temperatures and the increasing costs of energy, thus of commodities, having vacation has become more difficult to bear over the years – both for the travelers and … Read more
Everyone can participate to the qualification process through the exclusive #ploggingchallenge. Get you bib for the finals! From 30th September to 2nd October the second edition of the World Plogging Championship will be held in the Turin 2006 Olympic Valleys, starting from the Municipality of Villar Perosa. After the huge mediatic success of the first … Read more
In the last few weeks, the news in Italy (and all over the world) have started to be focused on causes and problems due to drought. According to experts, in fact, this will be the summer in which we will really experience and, thus, realize the full scale of climate change. Given the magnitude of … Read more
During the last COP26 in Glasgow, governments and negotiators talked about the main topics of the climate crisis: pollution, intensive animal farming, wastefulness, exploitation of the available resources. Along with the decisions and the discussions during these talks, many stakeholders all around the world are doing some concrete actions in order to make people aware … Read more