If Ebola becomes the norm
Climate change interferes, directly and indirectly, with a wide variety of diseases by acting as a multiplying force for the diffusion of infectious diseases. Global…
Articles by Alice Masili (ONE team)
Nuclear power – breakthrough technology or eternal promise?
A new-wave nuclear power that could cut down carbon emissions, according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies that will…
Plastic is here, there and everywhere
It had to happen sooner or later: the ocean contains plastic, the fish contain plastic, and now the plastic also arrives in the water we…
Ice melting is too silent to disturb policy makers’ sleep
In the Paris Climate Agreement, where member states agreed to limit the increase in average global temperature to values significantly lower than 2 degrees Celsius…
The true carbon footprint of photovoltaic energy
The sun is an inexhaustible energy resource to generate electricity apparently without toxic pollutants or effects on global warming. Certainly, solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar…
Hywind and Dry
We are in Buchan Deep, where Scotland has given the green light to Hywind, a project that brought about the construction of the largest floating…
The Bitcoin never ending rise: a model of unsustainability?
A currency that keeps growing and democratizes the digital economy but looks far from being ecological. Maybe it is the right time to ask questions…
The alarming link between greenhouse effect and hurricanes
Who lives by the fossil fuels shall die by the global warming. Cynical, unforgiving, bitter, acrimonious and catastrophic? Sure. It ticks all the boxes. But…
The Chinese Solar revolution
If we were convinced to have made the most of the sun’s energy, it was because we had not yet thought of turning a dismantled…
Vertical green
Have you ever thought of building a green roof or a vertical garden for your house? After this article, you will start thinking about it,…
Looking for alternatives: CO2 mineralization
The reduction of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere is one of the great goals of our century. The constraints on emissions set by the…
Welcome to Greendia
In medio stat virtus. Sure, when we look at the BRICS, virtue stands in the middle. The “I” of India has gradually increased its profile,…
Sustainable agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas, malnutrition and poverty
The lack of progress on agricultural issues influences climate change. Fact. During the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22) the Kingdom of Morocco, the Food…
Solar Impulse keeps pushing
A World Alliance for Clean Technologies: it is the latest bold project launched by the Solar Impulse Foundation. The idea, presented in Marrakesh during the…
The solar voyager
While Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft powered by solar energy is reaching the end of its journey around the World, another “eco” international industrial enterprise…
Clean energy from human urine
It used to be good only for water closets. Not true anymore. From human urine now we can extract potable water and energy too. Energy…