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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
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Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyFrom declaration of intent to reality. We’re talking of the Kyoto protocol, which has come into full force and effect. The priority is now to cut back on the emission of gases, especially carbon dioxide, suspected of being the leading cause of global warming. It’s the first albeit perhaps too late step in the direction of attempting to offse...
continue..Working for a sustainable society
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyThe sorry state in which our planet has come to find itself and the far from comforting forecasts as to energy source availability and air, water and soil pollution have risen awareness as to the need to put a stop to the ongoing use and abuse of natural resources. In the late eighties a new concept, sustainable development, used for the first t...
continue..The Hydrogen Economy by Jeremy Rifkin
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecology“Yes friends, I firmly believe that one day water will be used as fuel. The hydrogen and oxygen that go to make it up are a source of heat and light…” So spoke Julius Verne in 1874. His words not only strike us today for their foresightedness, but they also hold out hope for us in an age faced with at least three major threats such as food sh...
continue..Palais de Tokyo
Magazine -> #2 Creating OpportunitiesPalais de Tokyo, a place for contemporary creativity, was founded following the will to change the traditional institutional "white cube" into a living place. Making art and life, the eternal adagio, actually meet. Making a place for contemporary creation become also a laboratory for emerging cultures, a place for resources and exchanges between ar...
continue..Mantova, a town moving to the rhythm of the festival
Magazine -> #2 Creating OpportunitiesFESTIVALETTERATURA HAS FOR YEARS BEEN THE CULTURAL CELEBRATION OF ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL WRITERS, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. A TOWN OF ANCIENT TRADITIONS, MANTOVA MAKES ITS STREETS AND SQUARES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT IT CAN MEET AND EXCHANGE VIEWS AND OPINIONS, IN A PEACEFUL AND SIMPLE ATMOSPHERE. CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BERLIN AN...
continue..Sappi: paper milling the natural way
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyEstablished in South Africa seventy years ago, the Corporation currently employs 17,000 workers and operates out of countries in all five continents, turning out five million tons of paper a year. Thanks to these figures, Sappi [ www.sappi.com ] is the number one paper-milling company in the world. Its claim to leadership, though, has not blinded i...
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