2019 is almost over with fairly positive records; many people in Italy drew their attention to woods and forests’ ecosystems. Moreover, WWF developed a list of tips in order to decrease pollution and (plastic) waste during the Christmas festivities.
2019 has been declared the National Year of Slow Tourism. This is an opportunity to support a trend that sees Italians increasingly practising a kind of tourism in respect of territories and the environment.
2019 has been a relevant year for Matera as European Capital of Culture; however, in the past days, rain and floods threatened the beauty of the city and its residents.
Outdoor B Corps Patagonia, Klean Kanteen and their allies call on executives of Apple and Amazon to put their words into action: Shareholder Primacy must die.
This year The Conservation Alliance celebrates its 30th birthday – Executive Director John Sterling looks back on three decades of impact.
Is there a solution to the waterproof vs. breathable membrane dilemma that is also sustainable? Mario Stucki and Anna Beltzung, the brains behind the award-winning Sane Membrane, respond with an emphatic “Yes!”
The 52nd edition of Filo, the international yarns and fibres exhibition, closed on October 1st with positive results.
A 2016 study that exposed the problem of microplastics on marine creatures for the first time in a truly thorough way has been proven false: the data was never collected. However, the revelation is not enough to eliminate the actual problem.
ECHA - the European Chemical Agency - has been asked by EU Commission to propose a restriction proposal concerning the use of microplastics in many fields, and also in cosmetic products.
Food waste amasses to around 1/3 of all the world's food production. To combat the problem, the European Union has recently adopted new guidelines as an incentive for and protection of food donation.
