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Around the World in 80 Days




Zero Race 2010

The dream of Jules Verne, circumnavigate the world in 80 days, it's reality for some time, but today is enriched by an experiment in more ... a trip without emitting harmful gases into the atmosphere . The

August 16 started from Geneva around the world riding vehicles powered by renewable energy. Four teams of as many continents are creating an event known as Zero Emission Race ... a journey that will be more than a race: a parade for the many future possibilities that renewable energy offer us, in an attempt to make the transport industry (and beyond) cleaner.

The idea of \u200b\u200bgiving life to this adventure is that of Louis Palmer is no stranger to this kind of travel: in 2008 he managed to make it around the world with an electric car in 534 days. "My business - said Palmer - wanted to demonstrate that renewable energy can provide relevant results and today, after that record, I wanted to achieve something that once again draws world's attention on the problem .

So here is the way to the race.
games from the central square of Nations in Geneva, the four teams from Switzerland, Germany, South Korea and Australia, are going through Switzerland, then touch Austria, will focus on Russia and from there will move to Shanghai. At that point the machines will be loaded at a time in Vancouver, Canada, where it will fall across the United States and then down to Cancun, Mexico, in November-December, where participants will be heading to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
From here, still in the ship, will arrive in Portugal, in Lisbon, and complete the round in the rest of Europe to return to Geneva, where the arrival is scheduled for January 2011. In total
crews across 16 nations of the world for a total of 30,000 kilometers.

requirements for ' provide registration of the vehicle that's powered by electricity, bring a minimum of two passengers, both able to cover at least 250 km at an average speed of 80 kmh and is at least in capable of covering at least a distance of 500 km per day with a recharge time of four hours. The energy produced by
autobili is actually created in the countries of origin of each car, and is directed onto the electric machine during a break.
An example: one of the cars - South Korea's Yebbuyana - consume 84.7 watts / hour per km and for the entire journey the team will Need mWatt 2.54 per hour, this energy was produced by photovoltaic panels in the region of Geonnam in South Korea in less than two days and was then stowed in a variety of batteries that will follow the car along his journey around the world.

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Photography ... Shooting stars




One click to change the world

Not always, but the history of photography has taught us that often a click can change the world ... even more so today after the birth of network Shot4change , the international network of volunteers of photography was born from a year ago Aquila and rubble is now known around the world.

Its founder, Antonio Amendola, public servant and lover of photography, remember the debut in disbelief .... He went to Abruzzo and wandered among the rubble of the earthquake felt helpless. His friend, doctor, was in the ward to help the wounded. "And I ? What could I do that I am not a doctor, a nurse, a fireman?" I thought that photography could help those who were suffering, he could be a witness but also a vehicle for funds. I organized a photography workshop in Bari and the participants' money has been donated to charity hospital Coppito devastated by the earthquake. " Back in
Rome has established a network, shot after shot, is reinventing the social photography, the message is simple: "Tell local stories with pictures to change the world, share them and make them move .

In one year, joined more than 120 photographers, scattered throughout the four continents with each other masters such as Ed Kashi, who won World Press Photo and signature of the National Geographic, or as a border reporter Gabriele Torsello was kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2006.
Sometimes the volunteers take to the field of photography to create photographic services in support of those who have the means to pay a professional, as for example, happened to Casalecchio where for five days, the team of photographers Bologna Shoot 4 Change has followed the global anti-racist searching out the Iranian team was in camp in the name of Neda, the symbol of the Green Revolution.
the eve of the World, another volunteer (the photojournalist Alfons Rodriguez of Barcelona) through Africa in search of shots starting with the football speak of racial and social integration, combating AIDS and sex discrimination. The Bengali
Sheikh Rajibul Islam has joined the network showing the poverty and desperation that led a people, in this case Muslims, to flee from their homeland to seek asylum and living conditions more humane.
And again ... Beb C. Reynol , Professor of Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, has documented the working conditions of 150 men engaged in a coal mine in Afghanistan; Claudio Genghini has followed for the 160 km Himalayan who earn their living by carrying huge weights on their shoulders , bound with belts of luck; Antonio Marcello - which is not a professional, but arranges for Uisp sports initiatives with social aims - has documented the first Vivicittà manifestation of stroke, which carries messages of peace, the environment and the social change, in Kinshasa, Congo.
In Cairo, however, is the same Antonio Amendola to have photos taken in aid of the inhabitants of the city of the dead, the monumental cemetery inhabited by about 800,000 people, one of the largest slums in the world.

ideas are born and grow in the local network as a wikipedia the photo shoot ... who renounce the objectivity and comes into contact with his subjects , "Amendola said .... "F bears will not have changed the world with one click, but as we were told the people portrayed, at least we have changed their day .

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With the nose up


Tuesday, August 10th will be the Night of Saint Lorenzo, or the Night of shooting stars during which (according exactly to the nose and up) you can enjoy a double-show heaven.
The light rain of meteors - which this year promises to be extraordinary for its dense and visibility - will be preceded by an unusual phenomenon at sunset: three planets next to each other, apparently very close, forming a small triangle horizon.

The swarm of meteors - also called Tears of St. Lawrence because it breaks the atmosphere of the Earth to coincide with the anniversary the death of the saint - in fact it will be visible from this evening and for the next 6-7 days but the peak intensity is expected on August 13, shortly before dawn, when you could count dozens of shooting stars per hour , maybe even hundreds, of average brightness and the brightest.
" Unlike last year - said Gianluca Masi, an astrophysicist at the Planetarium of Rome and head of the Virtual Telescope - the peak will fall at night and by day, the Moon also virtually absent, not yet in the first quarter, will not bring any interference with its shining .

This year there will be a very rare astronomical coincidence: in these evenings of August, at sunset, you can see - looking west - Venus, Mars and Saturn form a small triangle in the sky. On 12 and 13 August, the twilight meeting, say the experts of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), will see the entrance on the scene of a fourth host, a sickle moon in its crescent phase. The celestial show Aug. 12 will do so as a prelude to the maximum intensity of the meteor swarm.

The classic advice is to go into poorly lit areas, preferably on the slopes, look to the east in the direction of the constellation Perseus which the Perseids get their name because the wakes light appear to come from a period (the so-called radiant) located in the constellation Perseus. If you want to fully enjoy the show, however, will better focus the observations in the second part of the night when the phenomenon appears more visible because the radiant is higher in the sky and Earth appear to meet the swarm of dust particles left along its orbit of comet Swift Tuttle.

Like every year, for the night of the shooting stars were organized demonstrations and evenings observing throughout Italy. The most famous is certainly
Goblets of Stars scheduled August 10, an initiative of City Wine and Wine Tourism Movement in collaboration with the Italian Amateur Astronomers Union. The
Lipu will open during the night 6 oasis and reserves, with guided tours and observations by amateur astronomers.
Nights banner of the stars falling in some WWF, national parks and museums such as the Belluno Dolomites National Park and the Town Museum which will open to the public observatory of Monte Zugna.

For more details and information can be read a schedule of events on The Australian - Travel .

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voluntary silent dialogue ...

... she and I

path and watch the greatness that surrounds me I
breathing the scent, I feel the silence
path and the step I grow sweet
feel the heartbeat, fatigue
climbing helps me to hear his voice is a silent dialogue
our ...


are at the top and I see the infinite
have a thousand paths before me, a thousand ways, thousands of possibilities
opens the mind, memories are intertwined, run fast
thoughts, ideas chase
everything seems possible ... and also very More


and walk down the slope becomes slightly
she is there with me, and our talk
continues in the silence of the woods,
just caught the scent of hay, in the alternation of summer colors



all lights and filled with light and magic

hugs me rest there ... almost suspended between the lightness of the sky and the strength of the earth
look ... see ... feel


meet a carpenter in his shop
wood ... is a masterful strokes it, feel it, but now it turns
has done: he put the gear ...
is the hour of rest


already ... it is time for peace ... even
my day, my way, come to an end
the lights dim, the colors fade
we're there ... you and I ... you and me ... the sun!
I put the pack, brush the boots


it's time to say goodbye ...
MOUNTAIN HELLO!!

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Legambiente along the Alps

is playing the new Legambiente campaign - in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment - to do the annual check-up bow Alpine with a focus on biodiversity and the health of the Alps, turned the spotlight on land consumption, the reckless and Tourism pirate.

The awards handed over by the ninth expedition of the "Caravan of the Alps " were 9 9 green and black flags to denounce the most serious situations of degradation and concrete, but also good practice to report on the campaign Alp Legambiente.
The Caravan begins its journey with a rich calendar trekking, walking and public debates will be held until October in the main alpine resorts.
The expedition, as well as deliver the flags in the hands of those concerned, collect records, reports of damage, and will be lit the spotlight on opportunities for sustainable tourism in the mountains.

black flags. Among the causes of the banners blacks, assigned by Legambiente the "enemies" of the Alps, is the first place the speculation that, in the name of tourism, open spaces and opportunities for the concreting of high altitude. It 's the case of Valle D'Aosta who wins the black flag due to regional laws (called "wicked") to expand by as much as 40%, hotels, bars and restaurants, including those arising in conservation areas, but also for transform the most mundane tourist accommodation in holiday homes. Episodes
always speculative excess "free cement" are those registered in Lombardy, where black flags go to the municipality of VALLEVE (Bg), which adopted a PGT with 300,000 cubic meters of building areas and Foppolo in mind that a huge investment in second homes. Two black flags are assigned in Piedmont: the municipality of Acceglio (Cn) for the hydraulic and environmental damage caused to the river and the historic township of Chiappera and Casalborgone (To) for giving the opportunity to organize activities with off-road vehicles on a site Community interest (Bosco del Vaj Bosc and Grand). Banners
blacks in Friuli Venezia Giulia, one went to Edipower the projected increase in hydroelectric Somplago, which devastated the natural lake Cavazzo, while the other was delivered to the region for the idea of \u200b\u200bdrawing up an arena for 5 thousand places for cross-country skiing on Mount Zoncolan, already widely used. Finally, the Veneto, the black flag goes to the town of Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo (VR). And unfortunately, this year, the list of black flags also appeared the name of a famous Italian sport, Giorgio Di Centa, climbing the Stelvio Glacier National Park aboard a tractor, an act of respect for the poor mountain.
" Alpine Biodiversity is threatened by the effects of climate change and the transformation of the territory - said Vittorio Cogliati Dezza, national president of Legambiente - but phenomena such as the return of large predators, the wolf, bear, lynx, indicate the Alps as a living and dynamic, which requires appropriate policies for land management. For this we are extremely concerned by the cuts announced on protected areas and we have to be developed spatial strategies more sustainable than those of the recent past .

The good practices. Legambiente but not limited to the complaint. The fact caravan crosses the Alps also looking for those who develop projects to safeguard and protect the largest mountain range in Europe. And I'm positive nine awards, awarded this year to projects that have fielded virtuous policies. In many of these cases, administrators and citizens have taken charge of the needs of their community and were able to interpret them in a creative way, managing to meet the desire of civil and social development with the conservation of precious natural environments, those which, if preserved, maintain the identity and cohesion of a community. The most important
green flag was handed over to the Maritime Alps Park Wildlife Center "Men and Wolves", entirely dedicated to the wolf. The project is of enormous importance, not only because it is the first in Italian, but mostly because it gives equal attention to the relationship that the predator has with man. Another green flag that stands for the effectiveness of the project went to the Co-operative Women's Mountain "by Ornica (Bg) in Lombardia. The reasoning is simple: "women" were able to develop an idea of \u200b\u200bOrnica involving hotel development and spread based on the exploitation of cultural resources and human resources, reacting dynamically to the depopulation of a mountain village.
be noted that the green awards were presented for work done on the topic of renewables and energy efficiency. A bear in this case, the flag of Legambiente were, in Valle D'Aosta, the municipality of Saint-Denis (Ao), in Lombardy, the municipality of Rovetta (BG) and in Liguria Mühlen Triora (Im), but also private initiatives, such as the eco-house 'to zero km Carnico Prato (UD).

Article by Monica Rubino, published in The repubblic to on-line (section Environment) of 31 July 2010