News from the Earth

The Masai Women and the Transcendental Meditation
The Transcendental Meditation Learning Course was certainly one of the most interesting educational programs offered in the country. As of 2014, in Tanzania, about 8,000 Masai, mostly women, have learned to meditate. Within six months they had become much more proactive in solving their personal and family problems. The goal for 2021 is to double the number of women who will learn the technique. Read more...
A Kenyan engineer and entrepreneur turns plastic waste into strong building material
A young Kenyan engineer and entrepreneur has founded a company in Nairobi to turn plastic destined for the landfill into sustainable, strong building material, using the plastic waste of commercial facilities to create bricks that can withstand twice the weight threshold of concrete. The factory is only in its beginning stages, but it has already recycled 20 tons of plastic since 2017 and created 120 jobs in Nairobi. In addition, the bricks are also one of the more affordable options on the market. Read more...
End plastic pollution: You can help!
Plastic pollution is the ocean's new cancer, but the good news is that we can all help clean up the planet! Read more...
FAO declared 2021 the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables.
The aim is to raise public awareness of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy diet and lifestyle, reduce food waste and food losses, improving food production by making it more sustainable through innovation and technology in line with UN development objectives. Read more...
Life depends on drinking water
Drinking water is a resource that must never be taken for granted because life depends on it. It is essential for the well-being and sustainable development of people, and for preserving biodiversity in the world.  Read more...
Disposable plastic is a huge threat to the health of the planet
A problem that not only concerns the health of the fauna, but also ours. Plastic, which ends up in the food chain, puts commercial fishing and aquaculture at risk. A significant risk for 1.4 billion people for which fish is one of the main sources of protein. 80% of the waste consists of plastic. Read more...
Working in pajamas damages mental health
The Covid-19 pandemic has encouraged smart working as a preferred mode of work, where possible, to contain infections by limiting the harmful effects on the economy. And many studies have been done to see if this could somehow reduce productivity. A study by the Medical Research of Sidney, Australia, shows that our mental health can be affected if we work in pajamas. 59% of respondents usually in smart working in pajamas showed signs of psychological imbalance of various kinds against 29% of those who preferred to dress before starting the day... Read more...
Annual human production of objects exceeds 30 billion tonnes
Since a century the anthropogenic mass doubles on average every 20 years. Since the '50s of the last century there has been a strong acceleration, which has become dizzying since the beginning of the third millennium. For each living human being, the mass of objects produced is more than its own body weight. Read more...
2021 edition of Veganuary was a triumph!
582,538 people signed up to try a month as vegans in January, far exceeding the target of 500 thousand and the record of last year of 400 thousand. This shows how Veganuary is able to involve different people, even those who would like to approach a vegetable diet and are looking for useful advice and information. Read more...
How can we restore the primordial link between environment and people?
Urban development has compromised that primordial link that united the environment and people. How is it possible to restore it?  By a conscious and responsible lifestyle. Every daily gesture directly affects our well-being and our surroundings.  Read more...
The impact of disposable tampons on health and the environment
Disposable tampons are at risk of allergic reaction and highly polluting: a mass of waste that ends up in undifferentiated landfills. Read more...
Whales can help us fight climate change
The attempt to increase the number of whales could be seen as a benign form of geo-engineering. A large whale absorbs on average 33 tonnes of CO2, while a tree, for example, stores less than 50 kg annually. Read more...