News from the Earth

If you own the seeds you own the food system. Access to open-pollinated seeds is the cornerstone of food citizenship because it creates non-market access to growing.

Many car manufacturers are saying goodbye to leather and are switching to natural, vegetable-derived or synthetic materials. From tweed to eco-leather, the new frontier of car upholstery is recycling and sustainability.

According to a survey by The Economist, Sustainability ranks second among the strategic goals of the global fashion industry, preceded only by increasing customer satisfaction. 60% of the top fashion, retail and textile executives surveyed believe the green turn is crucial to the survival of their business.

More resistant than wood, bamboo has quickly earned the name of vegetable steel. Although its use requires special precautions, including special protection from water and insects, it is a very elegant and ductile material, thanks to which it is possible to create a wide range of architectural and design solutions. In addition, bamboo grows very quickly, and within a few years provides new raw material ready for use. This characteristic makes bamboo one of the so-called Green Building Materials, together with hemp, wheat straw, and earth.

The agricultural sector boasts more than 10% of young people who do business and create jobs in Italy with 7 companies under 35 out of 10 that, in addition to cultivation, have developed activities of product processing and direct sales, educational farm, social farming for the inclusion of disadvantaged people, landscape care and production of renewable energy.

Since 1950, more than 9 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced globally, of which only 9% is recycled, while almost a billion people live in slums. A Norwegian start-up's mission is to develop affordable housing from 100% recycled plastic. 

Would you live in a recycled plastic home?

There is only one species responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic: us.

To avoid future epidemics, we must act on prevention, to safeguard human health through the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity, by reducing intensive agriculture and livestock farming, indiscriminate exploitation of forests and natural habitats, trade in wildlife.

The importance of investing in urban regeneration, the growing attention to air quality, more green spaces, a new mobility. Restore space to people.

Sustainability Day was created to remind the community of the importance of caring for the environment and the steps to do so. Currently, on the la...

It turns out that for decades the recyclability of plastics was grossly oversold by the plastics industry. Unfortunately, just placing your plastic into the recycling bin doesn't mean it will get recycled. The recycling system is complicated and often dictated by market demand. Not all plastic is recyclable. We cannot recycle plastic bags or straws for example.

The measure, originally due to start in April, makes it illegal for businesses to sell or supply the items. 

As Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “In wildness is the preservation of the world.” Those of us fortunate enough to live close to the "wildness" th...