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“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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Saturday September 28th. 2019: I was there, in the Federal Square Bern
foto del ghiacciaio del Rodano scattata il 4 settembre 2012 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, …
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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 the …
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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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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