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UN, what is 'Blue Economy': the project to raise awareness and care for the sea
A large part of human activities that can have an impact on the environment is carried out at sea (fishing, maritime transport, coastal tourism), in the oceans and on their shores. This obviously has a very negative impact on the environment if citizens and companies are not educated to be more respectful of the waters.
The 'Blue Economy' is a key project for the European 'Green Deal', obviously a series of measures to make energy production and the lifestyle of citizens throughout Europe more sustainable and less environmentally damaging.
The 'Blue Economy' not only focuses on reducing pollution and more sustainable exploitation of the seas in the long term, but also offers enormous potential for economic and job growth for all European citizens. Already 4.5 million people on the Continent are engaged in it, and much more work could come.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
A large part of human activities that can have an impact on the environment is carried out at sea (fishing, maritime transport, coastal tourism), in the oceans and on their shores. This obviously has a very negative impact on the environment if citizens and companies are not educated to be more respectful of the waters.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
The 'Blue Economy' is a key project for the European 'Green Deal', i.e. a series of measures to make energy production and the lifestyle of citizens throughout Europe more sustainable and less environmentally damaging.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
The 'Blue Economy' not only focuses on reducing pollution and more sustainable exploitation of the seas in the long term, but also offers enormous potential for economic and job growth for all European citizens. Already 4.5 million people on the Continent are engaged in it, and much more work could come.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
Environmental protection of oceans, seas and marine coastal resources is in fact an integral part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda. These are seventeen community and shared goals to make life better for everyone both environmentally and socially. In order to raise public awareness about the protection of the oceans and the sustainable management of its resources, the UN also created World Oceans Day, which takes place every year on 8 June.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
Countries are ready to invest towards a sustainable 'Blue Economy'. The money that will be put on the table will be used, on the one hand, to improve the circular economy applied to the sector and, on the other hand, to try to reduce pollution. New standards are needed, for example, for the design of fishing gear, the recycling of ships or the dismantling of fossil fuel platforms.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
Speaking of renewable energy production, technologies related to the sea and oceans are both offshore wind with power plants built on sheets of water and photovoltaics with floating solar panels. These are technologies and sectors that require investment in research and technology development to improve in effectiveness within a reasonable timeframe. In addition, a lot of money needs to be spent on training: different skills are needed for future young workers, while at the same time adapting the skills of those still working in the fossil industry.
Discovering the 'Blue Economy': from the UN to safeguard the oceans
Another goal of the 'Blue Economy' is to sponsor and promote actions that significantly decrease plastic and microplastic pollution in the oceans. A posteriori actions, such as fishing plastic out of the oceans, are not considered a good idea by experts in pollution and marine biology, for many reasons. The best way to contain this type of pollution is therefore to reduce plastic production and eliminate the problem at source.
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Nature
22/09/2023
Climate change is presenting us with greater and different challenges than ever before. In fact, the lack of rainfall and snowfall is pushing the world towards water shortages. Of course, we are not only talking about drinking water, which is used to quench our thirst, but also the water needed for energy plants and agriculture.
Some of our behaviors in fact, still linked to the old habits of abundance of our parents, are totally detrimental to the environment, as well as useless for practical purposes. Of course, there is a lack of proper environmental culture in schools in the first place, and that is where we step in.
In this little guide, we want to give you 10 quick tips on how to save water in everyday life.
science
20/09/2023
It often happens, especially during adolescence, that one realizes that one is more gifted in languages than in mathematics, or vice versa. Or that one's thought processes are different from those of a friend or classmate. This aspect depends not only on personal interests, but also on the way our brains work.
In fact, the way to process information is different from person to person, but it can be grouped into some predefined categories. Some are more predisposed to creative work, others to relationships with other people, and still others can hear and understand music in a way unthinkable for others.
According to a study carried out since the 1980s by the American psychologist Howard Gardner, we have as many as nine different types of intelligence, to which the tenth would be added. These intelligences could also theoretically be linked to certain types of jobs.
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19/09/2023
Food has undoubtedly been of paramount importance in the development of our modern civilization. Food in particular made our bodies stronger and helped extend the average lifespan of early humans by many decades.
The ability to create particular foods and dishes, in short, to process food, is still valued today, and, interestingly, many of the things that are the basis of our meals go back to ideas far into the past. Bread, wine, beer, oil, cheese, so many things go back even thousands of years.
In this short article, we will take you along with us to discover the origins of our most common foods.
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