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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 …
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(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 …
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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153168091046939&t=15 Posted on August 29, 2015 by Giovannoni Claudine Men, women and children fleeing the war https://www.facebook.com/v2.3/plugins/video.php?allowfullscreen=true&app_id=249643311490&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df44c009590bf4fd4e%26domain%3Dclaudinegiovannoni.com%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fclaudinegiovannoni.com%252Ff5567b977b2a0166d%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=524&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FChannel4News%2Fvideos%2F10153168091046939%2F&locale=en_US&sdk=joey I feel such deep sadness in watching these scenes! Fleeing the civil war in Syria, the war began in 2011 following the “Arab Spring”.These people have lost everything they owned… and they just want to stay alive!Although half the …
I feel such deep sadness in watching these scenes! Fleeing the civil war in Syria, the war began in 2011 following the "Arab Spring". These people have lost everything they owned... and they just want to stay alive! Although half the globe is involved in the negotiations, this time why no one intervenes to …
Dear friends, Sunday, November 29, 2015, will be the largest mobilization for the climate of all time. If you want you can join it! On the eve of the World Summit in Paris (30 November to 11 December 2015, http://www.cop21.gouv.fr/en) hundreds of millions of people take to the streets around the world to ask for …
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ripuliamo l'oceano The Ocean Cleanup has developed the world’s first feasible method to clean up half of the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 10 years’ time. But how many tons of garbage will be cleaned up? In order to determine the amount of plastic in the patch, we are organizing the largest ocean plastic …
Whole villages have disappeared swallowed by landslides caused by the quake. Thousands of Nepalese have died, maybe 10 thousand, and no one knows how many are missing. There are hundreds of small isolated communities with no water, food and shelter. In the midst of this devastation, an amazing local organization is doing the impossible to …
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Who does not know Venice? Piazza San Marco, the Canale Grande, the Rialto Bridge, its carnival, its Biennial and the Golden Lion... Not only Venice, located in a lagoon, is literally sinking due to the holes in the seabed at depths of up to 500 meters... there is also the rising waters due to global …
Continue reading "Please… SAVE Venice! * una petizione per salvare Venezia"
When I speak of vegetarianism and veganism, my interlocutor wrinkles his/her nose (most of the time)... I realize that unfortunately are still few to embrace this choice that not only shows respect and compassion for other living creatures, but it is also the only solution to safeguard the planet Earth. The issue I resume it …
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. Not only in our country there is this issue! When the rain arrives, this trigger the migration of frogs and toads. Like every year specimens of toads and frogs are on their way to their breeding grounds, usually ponds, but also lakes. After spawning, the batrachians remain few weeks in this places, and then …
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More than half a century ago, I made the acquaintance of "Teddy Bear", the faithful friend that still accompanies me in my sleep and dreams! My confession may seem a bit misplaced... but I'm sure that many of my readers have special and sweet memories linked to the existence of a particular stuffed animal... From an …
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The snow came back and the thermometer's mercury reads O° celsius (32° Fahrenheit). I look around... women in fur coats, young people wearing jackets with hoods decorated with fur, men with thick padded goose down jackets ... Everyone should know the truth behind these items of clothing! . The farmer in this video casually describes ripping the bloody …
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I'm helping care for koalas burned by the bushfires by pledging to make mittens for injured koalas. As an IFAW supporter, I’m making a lifesaving difference for animals. You can help too. Visit this link to lear how to do it too! °°oOo°° Mi impegno a confezionare dei guantini/muffole per la cura dei koala feriti e …
With the flow of time, as a raging river toward its estuary... I grew older with the forces that crumbles like dry bread forgotten in a corner. Maybe because of that, the reflections are becoming more intense, more pressing, even becoming a reason that brings me forward. It is not easy for anyone, being an …
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Every time I sit in front of the PC, I find on the screen a multitude of shocking news and campaigns... We can not reverse the situation, it is true, we can not force the oligarchs to drop with drilling in the Arctic that kill the bears and the rest of the tundra's fauna... we can …
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Claudine Giovannoni 