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The Eight Forests

by Giorgio Vacchiano • 21 October 2025

Forests are places of connection. Between water and soil, climate and atmosphere, animals and micro-organisms. Between human beings. In many cases, working on woods is a way of mending ties: with the territory, with time, with the other inhabitants of this planet. Here are eight virtuous stories.

01 Alejandro Cegarra. Mexico, 2023. A man attempts to travel to the United States on a freight train

The ‘super-skill’: knowing how to live among many cultures

by Agostino Portera • 22 July 2025

The world we live in has changed radically. Life in the 21st century moves in an interconnected, multicultural and diversified world that is evolving rapidly, where emerging economic, digital, cultural, demographic and environmental forces determine the human existence, increasing encounters and conflicts, risks and opportunities.

Pure silver or platinum or rare earth from the mine that was placed on the black sand

Rare earths: where they are and what they are used for. The importance of “technological minerals”

by Mario Tozzi • 12 May 2025

Smartphones, TVs, photovoltaic panels, wind turbines: all today’s devices and machines require rare earths. Seventeen elements that are increasingly indispensable for today's technological and digital society, under discussion in international forums. It pays to get to know them better.

The Eight Forests

by Giorgio Vacchiano • 21 October 2025

Forests are places of connection. Between water and soil, climate and atmosphere, animals and micro-organisms. Between human beings. In many cases, working on woods is a way of mending ties: with the territory, with time, with the other inhabitants of this planet. Here are eight virtuous stories.

01 Alejandro Cegarra. Mexico, 2023. A man attempts to travel to the United States on a freight train

The ‘super-skill’: knowing how to live among many cultures

by Agostino Portera • 22 July 2025

The world we live in has changed radically. Life in the 21st century moves in an interconnected, multicultural and diversified world that is evolving rapidly, where emerging economic, digital, cultural, demographic and environmental forces determine the human existence, increasing encounters and conflicts, risks and opportunities.

Pure silver or platinum or rare earth from the mine that was placed on the black sand

Rare earths: where they are and what they are used for. The importance of “technological minerals”

by Mario Tozzi • 12 May 2025

Smartphones, TVs, photovoltaic panels, wind turbines: all today’s devices and machines require rare earths. Seventeen elements that are increasingly indispensable for today's technological and digital society, under discussion in international forums. It pays to get to know them better.

The Eight Forests

by Giorgio Vacchiano • 21 October 2025

Forests are places of connection. Between water and soil, climate and atmosphere, animals and micro-organisms. Between human beings. In many cases, working on woods is a way of mending ties: with the territory, with time, with the other inhabitants of this planet. Here are eight virtuous stories.

01 Alejandro Cegarra. Mexico, 2023. A man attempts to travel to the United States on a freight train

The ‘super-skill’: knowing how to live among many cultures

by Agostino Portera • 22 July 2025

The world we live in has changed radically. Life in the 21st century moves in an interconnected, multicultural and diversified world that is evolving rapidly, where emerging economic, digital, cultural, demographic and environmental forces determine the human existence, increasing encounters and conflicts, risks and opportunities.

Pure silver or platinum or rare earth from the mine that was placed on the black sand

Rare earths: where they are and what they are used for. The importance of “technological minerals”

by Mario Tozzi • 12 May 2025

Smartphones, TVs, photovoltaic panels, wind turbines: all today’s devices and machines require rare earths. Seventeen elements that are increasingly indispensable for today's technological and digital society, under discussion in international forums. It pays to get to know them better.

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