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Sounds of the Dolomites, 30 years of music amongst the peaks

by Giorgio Kaldor 24 JUL 2025 12:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano I Suoni delle Dolomiti (Sounds of the Dolomites) festival turns 30 in 2025 and returns, from 27 Au...

Climbing for human rights: interview to Nasim Eshqi

by Elena Colombo 31 DEC 2024 07:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano “I’m an Alpinist and a passionate advocate for women’s rights using my platform ...

How Sustainable Marketing Narrates the Mountains

by Sara Perinetto 19 SEP 2024 08:00

Synonymous with free and uncontaminated space since forever, mountains have been confronted with the transformations imposed by climate change, pollution, and mass tourism. In response, the eff...

Early Warning Systems: Tackling New Glacial Dangers through Prevention

by Simone Fant 30 AUG 2024 08:30

In the unpredictable mountains, there is no such thing as zero risk. We have always known this. But now, because of global warming, the dangers have grown more severe. This can be understood by look...

In the Mountains, Nature Can Take Care of Water Treatment

by Giorgio Kaldor 23 AUG 2024 09:30

Even in the mountains, where we naturally associate water with purity, the most pressing issues that water service managers need to solve concern untreated wastewater, the lack of sewerage systems, ...

Coffee from the Mountains to Revive Yemen's Economy

by Antonella Ilaria Totaro 11 JUL 2024 10:00

Extreme weather conditions, increasing temperatures, and decreasing rainfall are putting unprecedented stress on coffee plantations in Yemen. In the country's mountainous regions, where coffee crops...

Looking Upstream

by Franco Fassio 11 JUL 2024 08:00

“It’s only you townies who use the word nature. And it’s as abstract to you as the word itself. We say wood, meadow, river, rock, things that we can actually point to. Things that ...

Pushing the Mountains Away

by Emanuele Bompan 11 JUL 2024 07:00

"Mountains are mute teachers and make silent disciples," said Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, explaining in one sentence the intimate nature of the highlands and its people. Fragile giants, distant land...