“Amici dei miei amici, buonasera…”, questa era la frase con cui un signore imponente dall’aria bonaria apriva il programma televisivo “L’ amico degli animali” Il conduttore era Angelo Lombardi (1910 – 1996), il primo divulgatore scientifico in assoluto della televisione, le cui semplici tecniche presentazione erano ben adatte agli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta. La… Read More 📺 L’amico degli animali 📺
I am sometimes asked, ‘Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?’ I answer: ‘I am working at the roots.’ (*) George Thorndike Angell was born on 5 June 1823, and died in 1909. He was an American… Read More The Friend of Animals 🐶 🐱 🐰 🐴 🐹
VERSE 1 What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things that you said We were to gain What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said were yours and mine In the first verse Michael Jackson begins with very natural images, such as sunrise and… Read More 🎶 Earth Song 🎶 (2. analysis)
What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things that you said We were to gain What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said were yours and mine Did you ever stop to notice All the blood we’ve shed before Did you ever stop… Read More 🎶Earth Song🎶 (1)
Tonight’s full moon is a Supermoon, because its centre is less than 360,000 kilometres from the centre of Earth. Being so close to us, it will look bigger and brighter than an average Full Moon. The March Full Moon, the last before the first day of spring, is also known as the Worm Moon, which… Read More 🌕 Worm Moon 🐛
Whaling refers to the hunting and killing of whales by humans for their resources, which has been done at least since 3000 BC. The purpose of the slaughter of these giant mammals is to get their usable products such as meat, bones, blubber. Meat is used in pet food, or served to tourists as a… Read More Whaling 🐋
And still I feel a great sensation here in the park And in the grass I share the life of flowers and dew And still I can find again A sense of freedom in my mind With all your silence And with the smell of your green land And while the birds fly… Read More ♪ “Lambro River” ♪ (by Angelo Vimercati)
Today, 29 July 2019 is Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), previously known as Ecological Debt Day, the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year will exceed what the Earth can regenerate. By midnight, humanity’s allotment of natural resources for 2019 will be all used up. Each year, the human population grows and we keep… Read More Earth Overshoot Day 🌍
Situato a una ventina di chilometri da Reims, il Parco Naturale Regionale della Montagna di Reims si estende per 50.000 ettari. Il punto più alto si trova nella foresta di Verzy, a 288 metri di altezza. È in questa foresta che si ammirano i Faux de Verzy, alberi protetti dalle forme particolarmente bizzarre. Faux, che… Read More Les Faux, i magici faggi di Verzy 🌳
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Its aim is to inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth’s environment. It was first organized in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water, and soil pollution. Now… Read More Earth Day
