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 …
Sharing my toughts – condivido i miei pensieri
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 …
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Swiss Mafia shows its presence: and the wolf must die
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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Non perdiamo di vista il buonsenso…
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 …
VEGAN substitute fish stiks are better than fish sticks!
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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Isn’t over… biodiversity is still in danger
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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Fighting for them: the creatures without voice
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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Power of human brain? * Usiamo il cervello?
Brain synapses 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 …
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Chiediamo una Fase 2 sostenibile * Wir fragen um eine nachhaltige Phase 2 * Nous demandons une Phase 2 écologiquement responsable
http://chng.it/QwTYVcpvBG Autrici: Verena Sommer e Dapne Mattai del Moro [version française en bas de la page] [Deutsche Übersetzung unten] Ringraziamo il Governo e tutti gli organi preposti coinvolti per il l'impegno ed il lavoro svolto fino ad oggi e fin dall'inizio dell'evento epocale che stiamo vivendo. Le decisioni prese richiedono molto lavoro, riflessione, un’enorme responsabilità …
The revenge * La vendetta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=aIoBAS6bLy8&feature=emb_logo . I would like to share with you this 6 min. video, with some very strong images, which will make you seriously think of "speciesism" as a degenerative disease in the human being. Being a vegetarian or vegan, we're more sensitive to this topic, but it shall be our mission to spread the words …
Biodiversity to be protected * Biodiversità da proteggere
. . Although the definition of the Ecosystem is a relatively new term, in recent months it has taken on a very important media impact. The human being is closely connected to Nature, on which he depends for his survival. Without a healthy ecosystem, we would not have water to drink and clean air to …
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Responsible Multinationals * Multinazionali responsabili
at this link the documented scandals (language F-D-I) In recent days, in German-speaking Switzerland, the lobby of multinationals began massively spreading untruths on the internet. With their huge campaign budget (more than 8 million in total), they publish online ads everywhere in order to attract voters on their campaign site, abused as an independent …
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Bushfire Emergency WWF Australia
Our Aussie icons are losing their homes & their lives to catastrophic bushfires. To donate, please go to the link below: Australia is in the grip of a nationwide bushfire emergency. Can you help us save wildlife, and protect and restore their native bushland? URGENT APPEAL: Across the country, over 10 million hectares of Australian land …
“Fase finale: non c’è possibilità di ritorno”
(English) To order the publication with my short contribution La generazione precedente, la mia per intenderci, ha originato una situazione climatica instabile che è esplosa all'improvviso in una vera e propria emergenza globale. È stata un'onda d'urto, uno shock tale da scuotere in modo irreversibile le generazioni dei più giovani, ma non solo loro. È …
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Is it really going to be an “happy new year 2020”?
Australia shows us what will happen to the whole planet, in ecological terms: an ecatomb of sacrificed lives, living creatures without distinction. Be that as it may, men have somehow been able to be evacuated to safe areas... and what about the animals? For the half a billion living creatures that burned in the flames, …
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The IUCN calls for halt to species decline by 2030
With urgent need, I share the post of "in the shadow of the wolf". The International Union for Conservation of Nature reminds us that the emergency must be taken with extreme urgency. The current crisis, without previous analogues, must absolutely lead us to launch immediate conservation laws so that the bio-diversity is also guaranteed in …
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Questo è il momento dell’onda verde anche in Ticino
Green Liberal party: they are gaining a lot of support from the Swiss citizens... Let them arrive at the goal: the Federal Government! Il Partito dei verdi liberali sta guadagnando molto sostegno dai cittadini svizzeri... Facciamoli arrivare all'obiettivo: il Governo Federale
Saturday September 28th. 2019: I was there, in the Federal Square Bern
100,000 participants: they were so numerous that only a part was able to enter the large square, in front of the imposing Federal Palace where decisions of vital importance are made, for Switzerland, but not only. In 19 days Switzerland will vote: with this strike, the people have shown that a …
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Let’s start reducing the consumption of meat * iniziamo a ridurre il consumo di carne
(c) picture Bruno Raselli Claudine published article on Corriere del Ticino 6.9.2019 It is always very tender to see cows with beautiful horns, grazing among our beautiful pine-covered mountains, then further on, you can also see some streaks of snow that have survived the rise in temperature. It is also tender to read that over …
Amazonia: the planet’s lung is burning
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/it/amazon_apocalypse_loc/?feTnKab&fbogname=Alberto&fbclid=IwAR3RA8tkKCUXrnLCQQO2gogPcLTTJz5ymK-t6hEO5-giEN0R8UEBksqQ1JI The Amazon is being cleared to grow soybeans. That soy is almost exclusively harvested and exported to feed livestock on factory farms around the world, an easy and cheap way to feed animals and get them fat for slaughter quickly. It is the world’s appetite for beef that is fuelling the fires in …
Why kill for sport? * Perché uccidere per sport?
What do the white partridge and wolf have in common? Much has been written in recent times about the white partridge; those who protect it, those who are ready to cite by law articles that determine their freedom of killing, as it is legitimate for the pros and cons to be expressed, in the …
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Ticino: a little Paradise in Switzerland
Ascona Editorial of *Ascona Magasine 2019* by Claudine Giovannoni (pag.18) In the spring season, arriving in Ascona from the Viale Monte Verità, the visitors will be enchanted by the beauty of the cherry trees blossoms. Then, a gust of mischievous wind, the magic of the pink snowflakes will surprise them. Those are special and …
Notre Dame de Paris: inspiration in many of my writings
. I'm still baffled, my daughter yells at me from her bedroom last night: "Mom Notre Dame is on fire"! Looking at the images, those emotions that I felt every time I entered the magnificent cathedral came back to life. Paris has always been in my heart, since the first time I visited it in …
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Amphibians in danger * gli anfibi in pericolo
. Questo video mostra alcune rane salvate dalla strada a Magadino, una delle quali visibilmente gravemente ferita che ancora voleva raggiungere la libertà. È così orribilmente difficile guardare le rane spiaccicate per strada perché alla gente non importa e invece di rallentare, danno gas. Abbiamo bisogno di volontari per aiutarci, specialmente quando piove o con …
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Abbiamo bisogno di un cambiamento * We badly need a change
Negli ultimi mesi sono apparsi diversi sondaggi sulle preoccupazioni della popolazione svizzera nonché alcune previsioni elettorali per le nazionali per prossimo autunno. Il clima risulta essere tra le preoccupazioni maggiori, perciò era data una discreta avanzata dei due partiti ambientalisti. La conferma dei sondaggi è arrivata lo scorso fine settimana nel rinnovo dei poteri del …
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We support young people marching for the climate * Sosteniamo i giovani che marciano per il clima
Picture (c) Robert Rohde Physics PhD (Zurich, more than 10.000 people under the rain) “Non è nelle stelle che è coservato il nostro destino, ma in noi stessi”. William Shakespeare Evidentemente qualcosa di fantastico sta accadendo… laddove ha fallito la generazione dei nonni e genitori di questi giovani, loro stanno ribellandosi poiché si sono accorti …
La Lince: grande predatore * The Lynx
. As part of an EU-Life re-introduction of species in areas where these are extinct, a lynx from Switzerland has been released into the forests of Rhineland-Palatinate. Mala, this is the name of the female lynx, will be monitored by means of a special collar for the duration of one year, in order to observe …
A matter of choice * una questione di scelta
As much I read about it, as much I see that kind of movies… there is a strange deep feeling arising in my being. Sometimes I'm up to think "Gee, I can't bear anything more, like this cruelty without any meaning…" And I have to force myself to watch to the end the movie, with …
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Conference of the WWF Sections Switzerland * Conferenza delle sezioni WWF 2018
Once a year, all the Swiss WWF Sections meet to discuss topics and strategies, put priorities and get updated about the many projects going on especially in our Country. This weekend, I had the Chance to attend with my husband, President of the Swiss Italian part, and himself a "volunteer" too. After the greetings of …
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Environmental imbalance and biodiversity * Disequilibrio ambientale e biodiversità
The philosopher Carlo Sini has simplified the problem of biodiversity decline by stating that it is a disequilibrium between "prey" and "predators" that in the long run will cause the collapse of an entire ecosystem. But what is an ecosystem, also called an ecological unit? It is a set of living organisms of plants and …
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