THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL LIFE

The internet has radically changed the lives of all of us. Before, sending a message took a very long time as it was usually written on paper and sent via mail, now it can easily be done in a few seconds, using online applications such as Whatsapp. Social media has transformed people's lives, helping people to feel more confident and creating more opportunities to socialize and make new friends. However, this virtual world has both negative and positive sides. The Internet has also made the relationship with other people worse and sometimes we wish we were born in a different era, when actions used to speak louder than words on a screen. (continua)

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Fake news And how to spot it

 The expression fake news refers to information that does not correspond to the truth that is intentionally spread through the web or the media. Fake news can cover different areas and treat different topics, which go from politics, to social issues, science, culture and entertainment. Among the most frequently targeted are celebrities or political figures. This is because, being famous people , their private life is not so private and therefore it is easier to find and spread information about them. (continua)

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Dear love

 Nothing stays, everything's quiet,

and your smile like chilling bite.

Red roses, glassy rain,

from my eyes, just darkness…again.

Heavy steps heared from the candid landscape,

memories resound, but absent the shape.

Like the bottom of a sea 

or the bleeding gash of an idea.

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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE- TIMBER

Quality of life, environmental sustainability and energy conservation are the 3 basic criteria of sustainable architecture. These three key concepts help to give value to designs that are oriented towards energy efficiency, harmony, respect for
the environment and the comfort of inhabitants. Since building, starting from an individual project that fits into the context of sustainability, it promotes the well- being of the whole community. (continua)

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Prince Andrew and the Epstein’s scandal

Are you familiar with these two men?
Probably not but I’m here to tell you a story that scandalized an entire family , the Royal Family.
Prince Andrew is the second born of Queen Elizabeth II and King Philipp. (continua)

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E(wo)mancipation

Virginia Woolf, born in London in 1882, is a famous author and one of the leading figures of the modernist literary movement. She is also considered to be a pioneering feminist, whose works explored the complexities of women's experiences and challenged the patriarchal norms of her time. (continua)

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE INCREASE OF BACTERIA

 We are well aware that climate change is having and will have enormous impacts on us and on our entire planet. The alarm is raised by the new report of the United Nations Environment Program (Unep), entitled "Bracing for Superbugs", which shows irrefutable evidence that climate change plays a key role in contributing to the increase and spread of super-microbes due to temperature increase, pollution, biodiversity loss and urbanization as David Graham says in an interview: (continua)
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URBEX: THE BEAUTY OF EXPLORATION

Urbex, “urban exploration”, is an activity of exploration of abandoned places or structures to document the story.
Nowadays, Urbex is a popular activity thanks to media. The great thing about Urbex and for thrill seekers is visiting places with a terrifying history, for example the island of Poveglia. (continua)

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A NEW WAY OF HOUSING:

 In Melbourne, Australia, in 2020 the construction of a sustainable and self-sufficient
house has been completed. The designer and the architect is Joost Bakker. He wanted to create a house that could be able to produce food and energy in a sustainable way,
without producing any waste. This house was built to reduce waste, not to pollute and
to teach other people to recycle. How? These are some installations and new
technologies designed by Joost Bakker in his self-sufficient house. (continua)

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CAN TOURISTS PROTECT THE WORLD?

Long ago, tourism as we know it today didn’t exist. People travelled for trade or to go on pilgrimages and the journey could be very dangerous. In the 18th century tourism for pleasure began to appear and at the beginning of the 20th century people started to have more free time thanks to paid holidays. Only with the spread of car ownership and air travel, tourism became the mass phenomenon we know today. [continua]

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The revenge of Umbria

Umbria is one of the thirty destinations recommended by Lonely Planet to travel in 2023! Lonely Planet is an Australian travel book publisher that produces books, travel guides and travel-related online content, to help people organise travels for all types of budgets. Every year, Lonely Planet’s experts select the most recommended places to visit for the following year and publish the list on their website under the name of “Best in Travel”. The thirty selected destinations are organised into four categories (eat, journey, connect, learn and unwind), according to what makes them really special to visit. This year, we are proud to announce that Umbria finally took a place in “Best in Travel 2023” for the category “Eat”. [continua]

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