In the imagination of peoples and cultures, since the dawn of time, the end of the world has been evoked and predicted, perhaps to exorcise the fear of this catastrophe. And so in the millennia from the Mayan prophecy which set the end of the world in 2012, to the […]
Maria Beatrice Lupi
It is curiosity that pushes children and adults to discover the world around us; how many things we do not know and how exciting it is to savor the pleasure of discovery and the wonder of knowledge, to explore the secrets of a world that is incredible and largely unknown! […]
Walnut branches (Juglans regia L.) with fruits – Photo by Anna Lacci Since ancient times the walnut tree has accompanied the history of man, who ate its fruits already 9000 years ago and used all parts of the plant in daily life. It was a very close relationship that over […]
Prolonged drought, torrid summers interrupted by storms and disastrous floods are the daily news in this devastated territory of ours. The life of those who cultivate the land becomes more difficult every day: a big storm or a hailstorm is enough to lose entire crops and months of work in […]
All over the world, the fires that flare up and devour thousands of hectares of forests and green areas are increasingly frequent, an environmental and social scourge that reappears every year with new strength and is linked to human and cultural, climatic, vegetational, and morphological factors. The progressive abandonment of […]