We report here the interview with the architect Gabriele Centazzo for: ‘Le Fabbriche del design’ (from Casa&Design of Repubblica) The distinguishing elements of the Artematica kitchen are inspired by the special attention paid to environmental topics; is this something new or is it a trend you have always followed? «I have been basing my work […]
Read moreMater Terra 2009: one year to think about and act for the environment
For several years, Valcucine has created calendars inspired to topics such as craftsmanship, creativity and natural environment. The calendar for the year 2009, made on a limited edition for Valcucine international showrooms, focuses on six topics that appeal to the respect for Mother Earth’s eternal laws: the safeguard of forests, the commitment in maintaining the […]
Read moreValcucine @ Italian Oxygen
With this Special Issue 45 + 1, Italian Oxygen, Abitare created an award to Italian inventiveness. It will be an annual award aimed at promoting new Ideas and innovative solutions in architecture, design, the arts and the urban environment. The financial prize available will also help publicize and produce a useful, promising and radically new […]
Read moreBioforest’s Otonga project
In Ecuador, the ten-year old “Otonga” project, whose name derives from a gigantic worm that lives in this area, aims to purchasing strips of the primary forest on the western sides of the Andes, in order to preserve the exceptional biodiversity features of the area. More than 1,500 hectares have been purchased to this purpose. […]
Read moreBioforest: a no profit laboratory for environment regeneration
BIOFOREST is a no profit, non-party, non-sectarian Association founded in 1998 by a group of businessmen and small entrepreneurs who were interested in a new model of development based on compatibility between industry and environmental safeguard, that was also supported and encouraged by naturalists and ecologists working in the scientific field. The objective of the […]
Read moreChristmas Green Box by Valcucine
On the occasion of the Christmas holidays, Valcucine has gifted a recyclable pasteboard box to its employees. Filled with food from the fair trade market, this box stands for an ecological and ethical message, according to its appearance and function. Instead of throwing it away, in fact, everyone can ‘reuse’ it over the time, inspired […]
Read moreThe Importance of (Bio)diversity
The planet Earth is characterised by a wide diversity of living species, the biodiversity. Therefore, the Earth has an inestimable value, recognized by all human cultures around the world. Natural biodiversity has many implications and has to be protected. To understand the importance of diversity in our life let’s use a metaphor: the forest. Let’s […]
Read moreEnvironmental activist and author Vandana Shiva discusses on globalization – Turin, 23-27 October 2008
We highlight here the participation of activist Vandana Shiva at the Terra Madre 2008 International Forum on Future of Food and Agriculture on the 23-27 October 2008 in Turin, Italy. In 2002 Vendana Shiva was awarded with the Premio Mazzotti for Literature – section Ecology; in that occasion she also met Mr. Gabriele Centazzo, chief […]
Read moreBrazil announces plan to slow Amazon deforestation by 70%
From Treehugger we report here this important news. A few months ago Brazil announced that rates of deforestation in the Amazon increased 3.8% over the previous year and that it would be taking steps to crack down on illegal logging, land clearing (sometimes by burning) and illegal settlements. The country also established the Amazon Fund […]
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