While tropical temperatures show no signs of leaving the Mediterranean basin and we wonder why there are still people who don’t believe in global warming, we think a book like La terra dopo di noi (The Earth After Us) can help us reflect on the serious mistakes our species has […]
Anna Lacci
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Our planet is called the “blue planet” because it appears that way in satellite photos. It is the large bodies of water, the hydrosphere, that give this colour to the planet we are part of. Water is the most abundant component in all living things that inhabit the planet, from […]
Analyzing the evolution of the Earth from its “birth” to the present day involves understanding how living (biotic) components have interacted over time with non-living (abiotic) ones through increasing levels of structural and functional complexity. This process has led to the expression of organized life as we know it, beginning […]
Director of the GEA School (School for Ecological and Environmental Justice) and founder of the eponymous association, Giuseppe De Marzo is an activist, economist, journalist, and writer. He spent ten years working closely with Latin American social movements, supporting indigenous and rural communities, and was arrested in Ecuador for his […]
“Jeremy Rifkin reminds us that water animates all life on the blue planet. As he writes, “being of the waters” means stabilizing our course and securing our place in a complex living organism, of which we are only one actor, whose resilience and well-being depend on “going with the flow.” […]