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Behind the Labels: Fashion Brands Meet Half of Their Green Pledges

24.11.2025
Over the last 20 years, global textile production has doubled. Along with this ballooning industry, its environmental impacts are facing increasing attention…
Schacht K., Violato A., Boscolo M.

A war on the Biosphere in Gaza

17.10.2025
In October 2025, we published in Italian the following article here on FACTA, in collaboration with IrpiMedia, presenting data and studies on the widespread…
Tola E.

An audacious idea: granting legal rights as a subject to Lake Garda

9.10.2025
At our café table, we ask Viola: “If Lake Garda gains legal personhood, does that mean it can take someone to court? Or take to court those who fail to protect it?
Boscolo M., Pagni B., Tola E.

At what cost? The loss of nature risks becoming irreversible

7.10.2025
The data as a whole are alarming, and they cast a very different light on all those commitments that, on paper, were made to steer at least Europe toward a model of development that is more respectful of the environment, and of our relationship with nature, which we continue to think of as something we are not part of.
Boscolo M., Pagni B., Tola E.

Green to Grey. On Lake Garda, where tourism and concrete are devouring nature

1.10.2025
There is only one connection between Largo Goethe and Piazza Castello: the drawbridge built at the end of the 13th century by the Della Scala family of Verona…
Boscolo M., Pagni B., Tola E.

“After the water”: fighting the mud and invisible wounds

31.03.2025
"With the mud it’s a losing battle. It wins. It always wins. It becomes like cement and it’s impossible to remove it". This is Francesca Placci, a young woman…
Boscolo M., Centioni S.

PFAS: the heavy bill citizens paid to have clean water in the Vicenza area

14.02.2025
The data Massimo Carmagnani shared with us is not secret—on the contrary, it is public and filed with the court. And it is very clear..
Tola E., Boscolo M.

Wasted Wetlands. Cervia, the salt pan submerged by the 2023 flood in Romagna

19.07.2024
In 2023, a violent flood hit Emilia-Romagna. The damage was extensive, but the Cervia salt pan mitigated some of the consequences.
Bonelli G., Tola E., Pagni B.

Wasted wetlands: the hidden heritage of Sardinia's wetlands

1.05.2024
In this story, we focus on the wetlands in Sardinia, Italy, showing how a proper wetland protection is impossible without detailed scientific knowledge and an integrated management of these vital ecosystems.
Bonelli G., Tola E., Pagni B.

Image our future planet - Ep. 01

30.05.2022
Where does science meet imagination? Our complex, interconnected, fast-changing world makes anticipating the future increasingly difficult. Alex Steffen, futurist, and Carolina Aragón, artist, guide us through their different, and sometimes complementary, perspectives on our future planet.
Tola E., Bonelli G.
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