[Posted on The Guardian, December 12, 2017] A deadly explosion and fire that ripped through Austria’s main gas pipeline hub has caused Italy to declare a state of emergency due to a lack of supplies. One person was killed and 18 injured in the blast on Tuesday in Baumgarten, eastern Austria. A police spokesman said: “There was an explosion around 8:45am (0745 GMT) and a fire. A wide area has been sealed off and there are expected to...

[posted by Valerie Volcovici and Roberta Ramtpon on Reuters, December 4, 2017] President Donald Trump on Monday shrank two wilderness national monuments in Utah by at least half in the biggest rollback of public land protection in U.S. history, drawing praise from pro-development lawmakers and a lawsuit from environmentalists. Trump’s announcement followed months of review by the Interior Department after he ordered the agency in...

[posted by Jone Stone on the Independent, November 30th, 2017] Italian authorities are using a Mussolini-era law to put an entire town under lockdown while they force through a gas pipeline against the wishes of the local community, activists have said. A so-called “red zone” was declared around Melendugno by the central government’s military police force this month, after months of protests against the effect of the Trans Adriatic...

Storie di economia circolare

Il 5 dicembre 2017 abbiamo lanciato il progetto “Storie di Economia Circolare”. L’iniziativa nasce dalla necessità di promuovere a livello culturale un cambiamento radicale del sistema di sfruttamento delle risorse e delle persone, dei cicli di produzione e delle abitudini di consumo. In tal senso, testimoniare e mettere in rete buone pratiche è a nostro avviso fondamentale per innescare processi di consapevolezza, favorire lo scambio...

[posted by Fanny Malinen and Steve Rushton on Equaltimes, November 15, 2017] A serious man dressed in gákti, a traditional Sami (also Sámi or Saami) costume, speaks on a video on Facebook. “This is a call for help,” he starts. “The governments of Finland and Norway are trying to make salmon fishing illegal for the Sami and give new fishing rights to rich people who have built cabins on our homeland. This is theft in...