Giuseppe Caprotti – FGV, the new commitment: the ‘Triennale’ of Milan and young people
The first of the new FGV's cultural projects was the contribution to the 'Ri-Abitiamo Milano' project, developed by the Amici della Triennale, which under the leadership of Elena Tettamanti involved thousands of Milanese high school students in rethinking the places of their city in a sustainable way.
Giuseppe Caprotti – FGV, the new commitment: ‘Entra in Biblioteca con un click, History and Computer Science
The project of the 'Società storica lombarda' - of which I am a councillor -, 'Enter the library with a click', brings high school students closer to old books and documents to introduce them to the history of Milan and Lombardy, and uses both IT and direct consultation to do so.
Carla Venosta: Birth of the Guido Venosta European Foundation
After the death of my grandfather Guido Venosta (1998), his widow, Carla Fossati Bellani Venosta, decided to give continuity to her husband's thinking by creating the 'Fondazione Europea Guido Venosta, l'uomo contro il cancro' (European Foundation Guido Venosta, the man against cancer) in 2000, which she was actively involved in until 2017. Since 2020, I have been President and Treasurer of the Foundation.
‘Supports polar bear fur trade’; WWF – rightly – under indictment
Every nine hours a polar bear is killed by hunters in Canada, Greenland, Russia and the United States. Those who live in Norway know that climate change is aggravating the situation, but it is not the real reason for this slaughter. Let WWF take note
History: values in action | Esselunga’s social responsibility
About Esselunga’s social balance sheet drawn up in 2003, well ahead of its time. And of €300 million turnover of ecological products, equivalent to 10% of food
‘Where the world goes’ china – bucking the trend – goes in search of the ‘holy grail’ of cultured meat
We will see, I think shortly, who, between western multinationals – influenced by disappointing sales and political decisions – and China – oriented by the single party – will have been right
Global warming has resulted in one of the world’s northernmost coffee plantations in Sicily
In addition to suffering the damages of change, we must try to seize opportunities, especially in agriculture
Trump orders the felling of thousands of hectares of forests
The decision is the latest in a series of measures to dismantle the Biden administration’s policies. Objective: to reduce timber imports from Canada. Scientists and environmentalists: ‘Negative effects on climate’. Reforestation also blocked
Norway: whaling quota increased
Contrary to claims about the cultural importance of this practice, the Norwegian whaling industry faces a declining domestic demand for whale meat. A 2021 survey found that only 2 per cent of Norwegians eat whale meat (down from 4 per cent in 2019), while no one under the age of 35 said they often eat whale meat
The NutrInform Battery, Italy’s answer to Nutri- food labelling is a total political and operational failure (announced)
In Italy, none of this has happened. And in Europe a conflict looms, as Carrefour has announced that it will impose the Nutri- Score on all suppliers
‘Where the world is going’: climate change redraws Europe’s wine map
Opportunities and risks of climate change in the wine world in Europe: ‘if you love the Bordeaux wines of the 1970s and 1980s, those are gone forever’
