The air is fresh and the salty aroma betrays the presence of the sea, beyond the towering cliffs eroded by wind and waves.A gust struck me forcefully in the face, as if to lash its hard punishment and inflicting a sting into the flesh.I wrap myself into the long black worn cloak with dusty edges. I …
From Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to the Captain Paul Watson Foundation
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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Big Island Hawai’i
When you dream for a long time, imagining in detail what you desire so intensely... everything can become reality. Breathtaking volcanoes, lush valleys, cascading waterfalls and much more, this is the Big Island. This island is like nowhere else. It's a unique culture and the value of its people, is what makes this place so …
And the dream becomes reality
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 …
Whale hunting in Iceland * caccia alle balene in Islanda
Below, a descriptive pod-cast article from "The Guardian" dd. October 27th, 2023 regarding whaling (minke whales) in Iceland, which along with Norway and Japan, are the nations in which the practice is still allowed.With a 90 percent decline in the cetacean population, the entire marine ecosystem is severely threatened and they are facing extinction. Kristján …
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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 …
Still we have time? * Quanto tempo ci resta?
I do not think we should be animalist or naturalist to realize something is wrong. But it's too easy to turn your face, pretending not to see the tragedy of the facts. We went far beyond the imaginable. Movies like these that I want to show you are the proof that there is no longer …
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Why does this happen?
Watch the interview with the manager of the "amphibious" project of the WWF Section Ticino The view was horrible: hundreds of little bodies smashed on the black street under a pouring rain (I refrain from showing you pictures of it). And the cars didn't stop or slow down, they were racing at our sides, meanwhile, …
We stole their land, their home…
With near certainty, when you were a child, your mother or grandmother will have told you the fairy tale of the "Little Red Riding Hood"... Certainly, lupus in fabula has brought terrible prejudices toward this animal itself little different from his brother, the faithful man's friend: the dog. For centuries, this poor creature was hunted and persecuted, using any …
Getting to know bats with the WWF
I spent a day, as a volunteer, organized by the WWF, to accompany the children along a fun-interactive path designed to bring greater knowledge of these graceful mammals. Thanks to the efforts of the organizers of the "Centro protezione chirotteri Ticino" we have learned to distinguish these small creatures (only in Ticino there are 20 different …
Claudine Giovannoni 