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Better Place is a project of Shai Agassi, he said a mission, to achieve sustainable transportation, global energy independence and freedom from oil. Better  Place does not makes cars but embraces a joint venture with Nissan – Renault which are building zero-emission electric cars and exchangeable batteries.

Better Place network will provide [...]

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SPRANQ creates ecofont: “Appealing ideas are often simple: how much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots of late hours this resulted in a font that uses up to 20% less ink. Free to download, [...]

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In tutto il mondo, Paesi ricchi e poveri, è in atto da tempo una lotta fondamentale tra la società civile e le compagnie private (come le francesi Vivendi Environment, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux e Saur o la tedesca Rwe/Thames water) contro la privatizzazione delle risorse idriche e per rivendicare il diritto [...]

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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was called for by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2000. Initiated in 2001, the objective of the MA was to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those systems and their [...]

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I Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale (GAS) sono gruppi di acquisto che partono un approccio critico al consumo e che vogliono applicare il principio di equità e solidarietà ai propri acquisti. I criteri che guidano la scelta dei fornitori (pur differenti da gruppo a gruppo) in genere sono all’insegna della qualità del [...]

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Farmers’ markets, sometimes called greenmarkets, are markets, usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, where farmers can sell produce to the public.
Farmers’ market produce is renowned for being locally-grown and very fresh. People argue farmers’ markets allow farmers to pick produce at the peak of flavor, preserve the nutritional content of fresh [...]

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L’Enel propone l’ecodieta per abbassare del 20%  ogni anno le emissioni di CO2 uno dei principali responsabili dell’effetto serra. “La vera rivoluzione non è cambiare il mondo” è lo slogan della campagna di sensibilizzazione verso l’ambiente. Visitando la casa virtuale è possibile calcolare il proprio livello medio di produzione di CO2 [...]

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organization. The IARC Monographs identify environmental factors that can increase the risk of human cancer. Scientists classified agents as to their carcinogenic hazard to humans in accordance with the Preamble to the IARC Monographs:
Group 1: The agent is carcinogenic to humans.
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The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth’s ecosystems. It compares human demand with planet Earth’s ecological capacity to regenerate it. It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area needed to regenerate the resources a human population consumes and to absorb and render harmless the corresponding waste, given [...]

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Nature ha pubblicato uno studio tedesco secondo cui nei prossimi 10 anni avremo una temporanea diminuzione delle temperature dovuta al raffreddamento delle correnti atlantiche, evento che avviene naturalmente ogni 60-70 anni. In termini di tempi del pianeta dieci anni non sono che un battito di ciglia, dal 2020 le temperature riprenderanno a salire come previsto [...]

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