http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH6TqJbG5tw Poco dopo aver letto su The Guardian di questo incredibile field study condotto nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo ed essermi letteralmente bloccato ad osservarne i video, sono andato a ripescare Gaps in the Mind, l’introduzione di Richard Dawkins al volume del 1993 The Great Ape Project che introduceva la filosofia dell’omonimo movimento (vedi http://www.projetogap.org.br/en/.Contin)ueContinue reading “Just a thought: io, primate”
Category Archives: Biodiversity and Ecosystems
on The Great Bear Rainforest
This video by The International League of Conservation Photographers on the Great Bear Rainforest and the proposed Northern Gateway Pipelines is worth a thousand words alone. To learn more, visit http://www.pacifiwild.org. https://twitter.com/dariopiselli/status/375536939543183360
Earth Overshoot Day 2013
Yesterday was #EarthOvershootDay2013. While I am not that into sharing quotes, nothing better than this sentence by Wolfgang Sachs says how we are stuck in fake progress while we keep destroying our natural resources day after day. To learn more about Earth Overshoot Day and the Global Footprint Network, visit http://footprintnetwork.org.
International Day for Biological Diversity
Oggi è la Giornata Internazionale della Biodiversità, dedicata per l’anno 2013 al tema Water and Biodiversity, e Greening USiena l’ha celebrata con questa cover di Facebook personalizzata. Per saperne di più, consiglio di visitare la pagina apposita sul sito delle Nazioni Unite http://www.un.org/en/events/biodiversityday/ e leggere il documento ‘Natural Solutions for Water Security’. Natural Solutions for Water Security (Pdf)
Timelapse 1984-2012: i cambiamenti globali
Cogliamo l’occasione offertaci dalla pubblicazione dell’impressionante progetto congiunto realizzato da Google Earth, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) e TIME, per condividere anche con i lettori del nostro sito le immagini in timelapse dei cambiamenti avvenuti sulla terra negli ultimi trent’anni.Timelapse è per l’appunto il nome del lavoro in oggetto: si tratta, in sostanza, di unamappa diacronica cheContinueContinue reading “Timelapse 1984-2012: i cambiamenti globali”
Forests are about more than survival
by Dario Piselli, Greening USiena coordinator I am sorry for the late timing, but I thought some words were needed to address the firstInternational Day of Forests and the Tree, which was held yesterday after a UN December resolution declared that 21 March of every year was to observed as an occasion to “celebrate and raise awarenessContinueContinue reading “Forests are about more than survival”
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