I'm a writer, a world citizen: across earth, water & sky
Today STS LORD NELSON needs your help! Without urgent restoration work, this iconic vessel may be lost forever! Good Pirates was formed to carry out this important project! The STS Lord Nelson is one of the world’s most extraordinary tall ships — a proud three-masted barque built to enable people of all physical abilities to …
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There are special places, yes, indeed... that stand out from the rest for just as many different reasons. I’d heard about Cornwall years ago, yet I’d never thought of visiting it, preferring places thousands of miles away.A couple of months ago, I started watching the TV series Poldark on Netflix purely by chance. I was …
We usually plan trips far from home, to places we haven't traveled to yet or even to places we loved so much that remained close to our hearts.I realize that even the place where I live hides beauties that we sometimes don't even dream of rediscovering.A young woman with whom I shared the Atlantic crossing …
Built in 1977, the 72-foot Palmer Johnson aluminium ketch was firs deployed by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) in 2014 to the Upper Gulf of California, where it assisted in the protection and defense of the critically endagered Vaquita porpoise. Launched in 1977 as the Caribana, the vessel served as a whale research ship under …
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Even as a child, every time I looked at the sea, I was fascinated by its immensity. The large waves, restless and sometimes violent, moved the sand on the shore beneath my feet. The footprints I left were ephemeral, nothing remained intact, not even the shapes I drew with a stick. I also loved its …
If the oceans die, we die (Captain Paul Watson) I have been following Captain Paul Watson for many years, years during which I have cried many times seeing rakish, indescribable scenes. A great dream of mine, was to one day be capable of being not only a spectator behind a screen but to experience on …
English text below! Interessante la correlazione tra il pensiero di Malthus Thomas nel suo “Saggio sul principio della popolazione” risalente al 1798 nel quale affermava che i fattori demografici quali il sovrappopolamento e lo squilibrio popolazione-economia possano essere ritenuti responsabili dei movimenti migratori.Nell’attuale situazione planetaria a distanza di ben di 225 anni e con otto …
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Here see the movie (for other languages, look at the link beloww ) http://www.nationearth.com WARNING, viewing the film is strongly discouraged for sensitive people.I personally believe it is incumbent upon us to show sufficient courage to face these realities, to combat all kinds of suppruse and violence against sentient beings, we must make radical changes …
The year 2022 is behind us.In my heart it leaves a mixture of disappointment and bitterness regarding my professional activity, as I realize that despite the changes that have occurred, things have only gotten worse.The Person at the center? Paradoxically, this is just a slogan that does not reflect reality: not toward the unemployed, let …
Continue reading "Sharing my toughts * condivido i miei pensieri"
Four years ago, I published this video of the Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores who for "Almo Nature" in 2015 signed this contemporary fairy tale that has man, wolf and dog as protagonists. A nice short video to show how to feel compassion and respect towards all other species…But sadly, Switzerland is unable to show respect, …
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The list of endangered species is very long... is it really necessary to think about the inapropriate idea of exterminating species that are (still) protected? Isn't it finally time to look in the mirror: who is really dangerous?And then roll up our sleeves to do what we can to make a paradigm shift?How much longer …
Continue reading "Let’s not lose sight of common sense * Non perdiamo di vista il buonsenso…"
WWF study on fish sticks: plant-based version is better At least when it comes to fish sticks: a study by WWF Switzerland examines the ecological balance of ten fish sticks and seven plant-based alternatives from the Swiss retail trade. The results are clear: the environmental impact of fish sticks is 3.6 times higher than that …
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It was a decisive weekend for biodiversity in our little Switzerland. This doesn't mean that the problems for some species of animals are over. There will always be hunters aware that in order to practice their bloodthirsty "sport", they will kill pregnant ungulates or undersized one’s mistaking them for some other species... they will kill …
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26.8.2020 Corriere del Ticino The global extinction of many species of flora and fauna, or a reduction / loss of the same in a specific natural environment, can be a temporary or permanent phenomenon depending on the situation. In the case of deforestation, the disappearance of the habitat of many species, without the possibility of …
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In recent months I have repeatedly asked myself whether there is a relationship, albeit indirect, between the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and global warming.On the one hand, it is stated that there is still no scientific evidence, but many times reference is made to other viruses of the same Orthocoronavirinae family, for example SARS, for which a …
Continue reading "Power of human brain? * Usiamo il cervello?"