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 …
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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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 …
Cowspiracy: the sustainability Secret
The film that environmental organizations don't want you to see! Il film che le organizzazioni ambientali non voglio che tu veda! Here a very interesting article by Dr. Will Tuttle Ph.D. (English language) Il film documentario del 2014 (prodotto in crowdfunding) analizza l'impatto ambientale degli allevamenti per la produzione di carne e latte …
Another great Victory for AVAAZ
Link per AVAAZ 18 mesi fa, il controllo di Monsanto sull'agricoltura mondiale sembrava inattaccabile. Oggi, dopo più di 20 campagne, 2 milioni di firme, centinaia di migliaia di telefonate, messaggi e incontri con i Ministeri, manifestazioni e articoli di giornale... l'intero "modello Monsanto" è stato messo in dubbio. L'Unione Europea ha appena bocciato il rinnovo …
The strength of Nature * la forza della Natura
Actually this is only a cartoon... I have seen few dystopian movies, I'm Legend just to name one, where nature take back its place . Others, like Divergent, Shaman, Hunger Games or Cloud Atlas, bring us into some mistic territory where you really have to open up your mind and accept the real possibility that …
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Sri Lanka: a leap into the ancient history
The intense desire to travel and do some good deed, does not leave me... and from this Sinhalese's adventure we learned something new. L'intenso desiderio di viaggiare e di fare una buona azione, non mi abbandona... e dall'avventura cingalese abbiamo imparato qualcosa di nuovo. more pictures and the whole reportage * leggete la storia e guardate le …
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Save Andy the Polar Bear
Source: Save Andy the Polar Bear Write an e-mail to: susan.babcock@ualberta.ca derocher@ualberta.ca I saw a petition about the polar bear Andy wearing a collar which is suffocating him. Since this isn't the first time such things are happening, I'm wondering if there is any possibility to avoid sufferance and death of these poor animals. I …
I’m not kidding… there isn’t much time left
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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Men, women and children fleeing the war
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 …
Paris November 29th, 2015 ¦¦ SAVE THE DATE * RISERVATE LA DATA
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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Let’s do something good and amazing for our planet Earth! * Facciamo qualcosa di meraviglioso per il nostro pianeta
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 …
AVAAZ International need your help in Nepal!
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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Please… SAVE Venice! * una petizione per salvare Venezia
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 …
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Claudine Giovannoni 