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EU Takes Decisive Action Against Greenwashing and Misleading Environmental Claims

September 25, 2023

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Etienne Hoekstra

12 Years Later: the Ghost of Fukushima's Water

September 17, 2023

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Lorenzo Barbieri

The Glacier Caravan from Satellite

September 14, 2023

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Blue Water, Clear Water… Mountain Water

September 4, 2023

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Matteo Gecchelin

From Crisis to Culture: The Birth of Ribeirinho Communities

August 24, 2023

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Sarah Santos Ferreira

The Summer of Hail Storms in Northeastern Italy

August 19, 2023

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Agrecol Trees

Agrecol Trees

GreenMarked is involved directly in the fight to climate change with the Agrecol Trees project. Plant or gift an Agrecol Tree to offset your CO₂ emissions and support Bolivian certified agroecological producers!

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Sharpen your environmental awareness and know-hows, and stay up-to-date on the latest global environmental events with our collection of Green Talks!

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The European Union (EU) has taken an important ste

The European Union (EU) has taken an important step towards promoting transparency and consumer empowerment by agreeing on a pioneering set of measures aimed at tackling greenwashing and increasing consumer awareness about product sustainability and durability. This development follows a global trend of growing environmental awareness and the need to ensure that environmental claims match real efforts to combat climate change and protect our planet.
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🖋Etienne Hoekstra
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#greenwashing #claims #product #climate #change

2011: an earthquake and a tsunami provoked a nucle

2011: an earthquake and a tsunami provoked a nuclear accident in the district of Fukushima, Japan. After hours of struggling, to cool down the reactor it must be used seawater.
2023: seawater is now coming back to the ocean, despite numerous protests in Japan, China and South Corea. The question everyone is puzzled about is: Will it be safe for marine flora and fauna, and especially for us?”
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#earthquake #nuclear #accident #protest #climate #us

High mountains and glaciers are very inaccessible

High mountains and glaciers are very inaccessible and unstable areas, where it is best not to venture unless highly prepared and equipped.
The Glacier Caravan made a 6-stage journey to monitor the dramatic retreat of glaciers due to the climate crisis, through as satellite images of each glacier.
Look at the differences between the images.
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🖋Michele Claus
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#glacier #caravan #dramatic #situation #climate #crisis

Nothing new on the forestry front! Science and tec

Nothing new on the forestry front! Science and technology are constantly picking up from past actions, especially in the area of prevention and hydrogeological safety. Forests, materials, and technologies change, but the needs of mountain people remain unchanged. Our ancestors knew well how to do it and in what direction to aim. Will we know how to do better?

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#prevention #forests #ancestors #materials #hydrogeological

Discover Amazon's riverside communities. Learn how

Discover Amazon's riverside communities. Learn how they emerged from Brazil's rubber crisis, adapting their traditional ways to a changing world.
Explore their unique lifestyle, challenges in isolation, and the impacts of environmental disasters. Dive into the story of resilience and deep connections with rivers.
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#brazil #amazon #lifestyle #crisis #resilience

Gigantic hailstones have repeatedly hit farm field

Gigantic hailstones have repeatedly hit farm fields in northeastern Italy this summer. Will these extreme hailstorms become the “new normal” in Italy?
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#hail #hailstorms #newnormal #italy #trentino

There is a disconnection between society and natur

There is a disconnection between society and nature, human and natural are used as antonyms, when the first would not even be able to exist without the latter.
As years go by, it seems that consumerism and our want for unlimited growth increases. Why does this happen and what can we do about it?
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Never such a hot day. Never such a hot week. Never

Never such a hot day. Never such a hot week. Never such a hot month. Chances are that 2023 will be the warmest year on record. Forest fires, tourist evacuations, crop failures and floods are the "new normal" you will hear people say. We show you why it's not.
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#sunset #drought #hot #water #extremeevents #climatechange

Summer heatwaves turn out to be a common, expected

Summer heatwaves turn out to be a common, expected and predictable phenomenon for the whole of Italy. It is in recent weeks that the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security published the new National Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Will this be a definite turning point for our Country? In the meantime, the heat persists, and even small provincial towns far from urban centers are affected by global climate dynamics.
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#summer #heatwaves #alps #schio #landscape

Ignoring past times for not living up to the futur

Ignoring past times for not living up to the future. Learn about the history of the Quilombola communities that over time have preserved their cultural identity in the current territories of Brazil. The heart and soul of the Quilombolas lies in their cultural heritage, which has been passed down from generation to generation through music, dance and storytelling.
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#Brazil #Communities #Cultural #Identity #Quilombola

Low #water levels in lakes and reduced discharge r

Low #water levels in lakes and reduced discharge rates in rivers, low precipitation rates and thinner glaciers. This is and will be the new normality for #trentino waters.

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Our mountains are not immutable. They have always

Our mountains are not immutable. They have always been changing their shape, appearance and ... position. Factors related to hydrogeological phenomena always have forest, soil, rocks and water as their basis. Man has known about these dynamics for centuries and has been trying – with more or less satisfactory results – to reduce their risk in order to protect himself and his infrastructure. Economic funding, combined with technical knowledge, can go a long way toward preventing risk situations, with the understanding, however, that nature will always take its course and that it is up to us to guide it in our favor.
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#forest #mountain #landscape #stream #trees

The Caiçara people are the guardians of Brazil's

The Caiçara people are the guardians of Brazil's coastal heritage. Their deep connection to water, culture and way of life is threatened by impending environmental challenges.
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#Brasile #brazil #ship #boat #sea

The linear economy model is no longer sustainable.

The linear economy model is no longer sustainable. By fully applying the circular economy model, two startups from Trentino, Italy, show how waste materials can be treated and converted into resources for different industries.
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#trentino #waste #circulareconomy #reducereuserecycle

Southern Europe countries, like Spain, are sensiti

Southern Europe countries, like Spain, are sensitive to drought, which is an impending threat due to global warming.
Wetlands are even more sensitive and key for biodiversity and human life.
What can we do to protect them?
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#spain #water #wetlands #climatecrisis #globalwarming

🇮🇹 Le tragiche immagini che ci arrivan

🇮🇹 Le tragiche immagini che ci arrivano dall’Emilia-Romagna sono l’ennesima conferma dello stato precario del nostro clima e degli effetti catastrofici causati da uno squilibrato regime pluviometrico. Prima mesi di siccità, poi un periodo di piogge torrenziali continue troppo prolungato perché un suolo duro e secco possa assorbire tutta la nuova acqua.

A parte spronare tutti a fare una donazione alla Protezione Civile dell’Emilia-Romagna, vogliamo condividere una nostra storia legata al tema acqua e al nostro progetto Agrecol Trees.

Ci spostiamo nella bella comunità di Caramarca, a Cochabamba, Bolivia. Una casa di riposo e un Centro per malati di Alzheimer che ha voluto aderire al progetto Agrecol Trees nel 2021 per dare una casa a undici alberelli agroecologici. Qui l'intento non è solo socio-ambientale ma anche solidale perché la cura degli alberelli (l’irrigazione, la rimozione dei rami malati, la pulizia delle infestanti alla base, ecc.) è un’ottima attività terapeutica per molti degli ospiti del Centro.

Putroppo, alcuni alberelli di cirimoia non sono stati in grado di resistere al freddo e alla siccità di quasi quaranta giorni che ha colpito la zona metropolitana di Cochabamba a inizio anno. Nonostante la cirimoia sia specie autoctone, idonea al clima delle valli andine boliviane, non è riuscita a sopportare le nuove condizioni climatiche del 2023. Abbiamo bisogno di specie frutticole più forti e adatte ad un clima sempre più estremo e turbolento. A seguito di dialoghi con altre comunità agroecologiche con cui lavoriamo, abbiamo deciso di puntare su alcuni cultivar di limone, per contrastare le siccità, e di melo, più adatte alle gelate. Diciotto nuovi alberelli sono stati dunque distribuiti al centro di Caramarca e assegnati a vari ospiti.
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The history of the #Netherlands is inextricably li

The history of the #Netherlands is inextricably linked to #water. The country maintains an international reputation for innovative, integrated and inclusive solutions that protect people and infrastructure from flooding, prevent water scarcity and ensure clean and safe water.
For more than a century, it has been taken for granted that clean drinking water flows from the tap in Dutch households, but that time seems to be ending.

What is happening in the water country per excellence?
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🖋 Etienne Hoekstra
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#drought #flood #climatechange #landscape

🇮🇹 Dopo aver controllato lo stato di s

🇮🇹 Dopo aver controllato lo stato di salute degli alberelli distribuiti in tutte le otto comunità della città metropolitana di Cochabamba (Bolivia), con i produttori abbiamo stabilito quante nuove piantine mettere a dimora: 14 alberi di cirimoia, 7 limette senza semi, 9 limoni, 9 limoni-mandarino, 8 lime peruviane, 29 meli Royal Gala e 10 meli EVA (sì, abbiamo deciso di introdurre anche i meli perché resistono meglio alle gelate delle valli andine). In totale, 86 nuovi alberelli piantati nel mese di aprile. Se li sommiamo ai 154 già piantati sinora arriviamo a 240. Duecentoquaranta piantine hanno dunque trovato una casa grazie al progetto “Agrecol Trees”!

Questo bel risultato è il frutto di ore e ore di coordinamento e centinaia di chilometri di trasferta da una comunità all’altra. Nonostante le difficoltà logistiche per sostenere e monitorare il progetto siamo orgogliosi del suo impatto sociale. In futuro, speriamo di poter rafforzare ancora di più le interazioni con e tra i sostenitori del progetto. Nelle prossime settimane, un aggiornamento da ogni comunità!

Per continuare a sostenere l'iniziativa compra una piantina, diventa socio ECONTROVERTIA oppure condividi la nostra pagina web tra i tuoi amici!

“He was the first to look at nature in a as a we

“He was the first to look at nature in a as a web of life; Alexander von Humboldt’s was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. His holistic view shaped the way we see nature today.
When perceiving nature as a web, it’s vulnerability becomes apparent. Hence, Humboldt became the first scientist to warn about harmful human-induced climate change after observations of deforestation in Venezuela in 1800. By addressing the relationship between slavery, deforestation and climate change, he inspired the likes of Simon Bolivar, Charles Darwin and many others.”

In “The invention of nature” , Andrea Wulf recreated Alexander von Humboldt’s world and takes you along his journeys around the world.
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#nature #mountains #alps #climate #landscape

Are people in #Italy aware of the current #water s

Are people in #Italy aware of the current #water shortage? According to a poll published in mid-2021, Italian citizens were not really concerned about this topic.
Unfortunately, droughts are seen as a temporary scenario no more. Winter 2023 left most of the Peninsula with a severe and critically low water level, showing that #watershortage is a real issue and that people need to be educated to manage such a precious resource.
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#landscape #river #bridge #sunset

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