After thirty years, I have had the opportunity to revisit the island of Mauritius located in the south-western Indian Ocean. The Republic of Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are of volcanic origin, and is considered part of the African continent being at about 900 km from Madagascar. The isle measure 58 km …
Chamber music * concerto di musica da camera
Domenica 1 maggio 2016 ore 19.00 nella Chiesa di Brione s/Minusio Quartetto Fulmini Francesca Tobler - violino Sara Luna Mobiglia - violino Valentina Tobler - viola Antonio Martignoni - violoncello Classe di Daniel Herrera e Nora Gasperin Scuola di musica e preprofessionale del Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana - Ticino, Svizzera Quartetti primi premiati nelle Entrada, …
Continue reading "Chamber music * concerto di musica da camera"
The challenge of music!
Being able to reach high goals it is a great challenge, especially if you are 13 years old. Last Sunday in Winterthur, the Strings quartet "Fulmini" did it again: they got a first price with 23/25 points. We will see them at the final competition in Rheinau next May 5th-8th 2016. Riuscire a raggiungere obiettivi …
Recensione di Marianna Altamura
Premessa di  M. Altamura Il blog di Claudine Giovannoni è stato curiosamente il primo che  ho cominciato a seguire subito dopo aver aperto l’account su WordPress, qualche anno fa. Un incontro casuale. O for se no. A parte la questione del multilingua, che mi aveva attirata in un primo momento, nel suo blog ho riscontrato una grande sensibilitĂ nel …
Sri Lanka: a leap into the ancient history
The intense desire to travel and do some good deed, does not leave me... and from this Sinhalese's adventure we learned something new. L'intenso desiderio di viaggiare e di fare una buona azione, non mi abbandona... e dall'avventura cingalese abbiamo imparato qualcosa di nuovo. more pictures and the whole reportage * leggete la storia e guardate le …
Continue reading "Sri Lanka: a leap into the ancient history"
Why make a change * perché cambiare
PETA’s free vegan starter kit . There is a lot of fuss around this trivial decision... We all should decide to do that since it is the only sane solution for saving not only the animals but and most of all, the entire Planet Earth. It is quite strange to keep writing about that, without receiving …
My last post * il mio ultimo post
There are wars all over the world. There is sorrow and pain and confusion... the governments feed the anger and religions are the pretext to kill, to destroy and to ravage nature and the animals... and all blame to others! The powerful countries supply weapons and give money to help the contestants to keep …
Something different… * un po’ diverso…
Da Abbie Lu http://cafebookbean.wordpress.com ho “ereditato” un compito un po’ speciale in tema festivitĂ natalizie! Vediamo se riesco a coinvolgere amici anche in Europa… ehi, ma non necessariamente bisogna essere “taggati” per condividere un momento di memorie festose! Auguro a tutti voi serene festivitĂ ! From Abby Lu I "inherited" a task a bit special …
Pope Francis, a great Bodhisattva…
He is the first pope to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of all animals, who said, “Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission—to be of service to them wherever they require it.” And …
Save Andy the Polar Bear
Source: Save Andy the Polar Bear Write an e-mail to: susan.babcock@ualberta.ca derocher@ualberta.ca I saw a petition about the polar bear Andy wearing a collar which is suffocating him. Since this isn't the first time such things are happening, I'm wondering if there is any possibility to avoid sufferance and death of these poor animals. I …
I’m not kidding… there isn’t much time left
Climate change is impacting every part of our world — our health, the economy, biodiversity, forests, agriculture, communities and more. We are running out of time, but not solutions. We ask the World Leaders, when they meet at the Paris climate conference this December, to urge to work for climate action, including a new universal …
Continue reading "I’m not kidding… there isn’t much time left"
Frindship and love will save the World…
When you meet someone special... you realize that the world may hold for you wonderful surprises! Then you feel better knowing that you are not alone facing a major battle to change the paradigms of a corrupt society...  Thank you dearest Tricia and Shawn 🙂 With pleasure I share with you this new adventure of …
I’m not afraid… * Non ho paura…
Lately I often find myself thinking about my past, to the nefarious adventures of youth, to the values that were and those that have strengthened pushing me towards a total dedication to the protection of animals and nature. Seeing everything around me change, it sometimes captures the anguish and the repressed fear rises even tormenting …
Protecting the wolf… (& the sheeps) * proteggere il lupo… (e le pecore)
(images from the web - interview with F. Maggi responsible of WWF Ticino) Il WWF Svizzera apprende con gioia della presenza di una lupa con i suoi cuccioli in Valle Morobbia. Ora tocca alle autoritĂ : è urgente sostenere gli allevatori e proteggere le greggi. Il WWF saluta l’arrivo della prima cucciolata di lupi in Ticino. …
Continue reading "Protecting the wolf… (& the sheeps) * proteggere il lupo… (e le pecore)"
Help Stop Cruel Experiments on Monkeys (your Gift Will Be DOUBLED!)
(images taken from the web... there are several... horrible and revolting!) Torn from their jungle homes … trapped and terrified in the cargo hold of an airplane … mutilated, abused, and killed in painful experiments. Thousands of individual monkeys are suffering right now in laboratories for the sake of archaic and ineffective experiments. These and …
Continue reading "Help Stop Cruel Experiments on Monkeys (your Gift Will Be DOUBLED!)"
Claudine Giovannoni 