Da come si stanno evolvendo le cose in Ucraina, sono sempre più forti le voci che, in occidente, chiedono di imporre  sanzioni contro la Russia. Voci che si sono unite, come in un coro, dopo che il Consiglio della Federazione russa ha approvato all'unanimità, il 1° marzo, un disegno di legge che concede poteri speciali al Presidente che può usare le forze armate russe in Ucraina per prevenire azioni di banditismo e per proteggere la popolazione russa che vive in una nazione fraterna.

Intervista a Giulietto Chiesa

With all of the immediate problems facing people these days, it is difficult to be concerned and proactive about the looming environmental crises that will affect us in big ways in the not-too-distant future. After all, who has time to do anything about radiation in the Pacific Ocean when there is still fish in the markets and you can’t find a job to pay the bills?

One of the greatest coming ecological catastrophes for the human race is the global collapse of many bee species which are largely responsible for pollinating our food crops as well as wild plants. Without bees, human kind will suffer a terrible famine, and in some areas bees have already lost up to 90% of their colonies. Many scientists have linked the collapse of bee colonies to the overuse of a cocktail of varied herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides used in modern agriculture and modern landscaping, and specifically the overused class of poisons, neonicotinoids.