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A city, the idea of a city, embraces three aspects which, together, are rather an oxymoron: the infinite border; united diversities; problematic solutions.

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.

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.

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.