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RENEWABLE MATTER
Issue 58 of Renewable Matter is online
From the food industry to wildlife trafficking, from the pet economy to biomedical experimentation: the exploitation of animals still underpins our economies and societies. Yet more ethical and sustainable solutions are beginning to take shape: circular approaches to livestock farming, alternative proteins, and new technologies. On RM58, we have examined the current state of the relationship between the economy, humankind, and the rest of the animal kingdom.
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Ferdinando Cotugno

Ferdinando Cotugno is based in Milan and was born in Naples in 1982. He covers climate, environment and politics. He writes for the newspaper Domani, for which he also edits the newsletter Areale. In 2020 he published Italian Wood, viaggio alla scoperta dei boschi italiani (Mondadori). In 2022, he published Primavera ambientale (Il Margine), an essay on climate movements. He hosts (with Luigi Torreggiani) the podcast Ecotoni, on sustainable forest management. He also writes for Vanity Fair, Rivista Studio, Renewable Matter, Esquire, Linkiesta.

Babiš’s victory in the Czech Republic is a defeat for Europe

by Ferdinando Cotugno 07 OCT 2025 14:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Andrej Babiš, the billionaire who won the elections in the Czech Republic, is the kind of p...

Energy from Biomass? Yes, but Wisely

by Ferdinando Cotugno 14 NOV 2023 08:10

If we look at the scenario of a zero-emission Europe in 2050, and study the various strategies to get there, forest and agricultural biomass are one of the most debated and divisive energy sour...