Contrary to what one might think, the life of trees is not only based on individualism and competition, but also on cooperation and solidarity, as the 20th century French writer and academic Henry Bordeaux also stated with his famous...
If you walk down Viale Sarca in Milan, the road that once led to the outskirts of the big factories, you see the old Pirelli cooling tower caged inside an elegant glass and metal structure. It is a monument,...
My research with forester and naturalist Antonio De Bona on the fascinating and mysterious world of trees continues. Today we want to take you on a journey to discover the many symbologies that have for centuries placed the tree...
On the occasion of the reopening to the public of the Ethnographic Museum of Friuli, from Friday 7th May to 6th June, two exhibitions will enrich the offer of this important cultural institution of the Municipality of Udine: "Plastica...
It is a journey in a camper van starring Gianna, a mischievous "camper girl", and with a crew on board made up of Leone, a cuddly dog, and Paolo Goglio, director and author of the new travelling television series,...
The word "resilience" comes from the Latin word "resilire" meaning to bounce back, to jump back. Originally resilience was spoken of almost exclusively in engineering as the ability of a material to withstand impact without breaking. Today, however, it...
Since ancient times trees have acquired a special meaning for men, who venerated them for their function of connection between the earthly and the otherworldly dimensions, and worshipped them as true gods. In the woods, man immediately found shelter,...
A negative pregnancy test is the beginning of the end. It is a verdict without appeal on a summer morning. There are no nuances, especially when it is not the first one, especially when it is the exact same...
We are now - hopefully - out of the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and have begun what I would dare to call a new 'era', that of the 'green' socio-cultural revolution. All great events in the history...
Art has always been a reflection of reality. The artists express their everyday life with their works, accentuating their particular conditions. The socio-cultural changes (and also climate, now) are reflected in the art that depicts the salient and most...