Un exciting manual, which invites to A different look at the Italian landscape or vthey entise small essays on tutto what there is to know about climate change and a book that helps us to give a name to all flowers, shrubs, fruits, trees that we meet every day in the flower bedsat the edges of the sidewalks, in the parks or along the streets and paths.
A journey between the Gardens of Venice, in their different variations and one through the 150 Gardens more surprising on the planet. And that of two young women, moved by the desire to explore the vegetable kingdom from the point of view of the wild orchid, “goddess” different in many lands or the one in the old Egypt which proves to be of fundamental importance in the texts of Botany archeology.
And then books to reflect: Marco Valsesia, taking the role of a humble worker bee, tells us about his life from birth to departure And Marco Righetto invites us start again from the spirituality of the mountains and the entire creationand spurs us, with philosophical and inner prose, to put our steps in the landscape. Jamaica Kincaid He guides us in a path of nature and spirituality, at the foot of the Holy Vette Himalayane.
And then a book that presses the awareness button and asks us to reconsider life in the round, one who with a evolutionist and a doctor explain to us the mystery of our survival e one that collects 250 positive stories that make us understand how positive change is already happening e shows us how to be part of it.
An exciting manual, which invites a different look at the Italian landscape. We know of many beauties of our country, but perhaps we do not know its wealth of spontaneous herbs and their properties. The book guides us, also through specific illustrations and cards, a re -evaluate our land by scrutinizing it with a herbal attentionto learn to recognize them and use them with awareness. The perfect partner of a walk in the greenery.
Alphabet for a planet to be saved by Elizabeth Kolbert
Twenty -six small essays on everything there is to know about climate change. In alphabetical order, we have the opportunity to explore some of the most important voices of our present and awaken a different awareness for the future. From ARRHENIUS ASwedish scientist who foresees the role of carbon dioxide in glaciations, to the zero point of the climate gearboxfixed on the Colorado river, prey to drought, we have a toolbox available to face the crisis and undertake new practices.
Alphabet for a planet to save of Elizabeth Kolbert, Neri Pozza, pages. 160, € 18
150 Gardens of Stefanie Waldek
An idea of travel through 150 wonders, or the most surprising gardens on the planet. Places recognized in their beauty for the exceptional flora, the imagination of the project, the inspiring views. They range from the Kew Gardens in London to the Botanical Gardens of Singapore, from the Monet Garden to Giverny to the Zen Garden of the Ryoan-Ji Temple in Kyoto. An original perspective to tell the nature that lives in contact with the man’s passage.
A world without bees by Marco Valsesia
Taking the role of a humble worker bee, Marco Valsesia tells us about his life from birth to departure, retracing the pitfalls and dangers that our world entails for the species. It makes us understand how important it is to reverse the march, since an bee can live without men, but,
For men, living without bees would mean giving up flowers and fruits that need pollination. The author is a beekeeper for love and long tradition: he opens the doors to necessary reflections.
A world without bees by Marco Valsesia, Longanesi, pages 176, € 16.90
Consider the animals of Simone Pollo
A book that presses the button of awareness and asks us to reconsider life in the round. Because we love our pets, but we close our eyes in front of the supply chains
intensive farms that end up on our tables? The author asks us attention
To the feeling of all living beings, also showing how the boomerang effect of our blindness returns to us in the form of pollution and climate change. A text that combines science and sensitivity, good practices and inspirations for the future.
Consider animals by Simone Pollo, Laterza, pages 200, € 18
The forest tells of Paola Favero
A hymn to the trees and the reunification between man and nature, which brings us back, between poetry and research, to the “forest”, or “Fores stay”. One “staying out” that was once a symbol of removal from the community, at the mercy of the unknown, and which today becomes, instead, A return to one’s deepest roots, towards a lost harmony and balance. The author guides us for the exploration of Italian and world forests, through a series of meetings with researchers, mountaineers, artists and other fans. Pages that make you breathe with full lungs.
The forest tells by Paola Favero, Hoepli, pages 208, € 22.90
The call of Matteo Righetto’s mountain
Each of us contains in itself the call of nature. This is what Matteo Righetto calls “Silvaticus”, our original belonging to the forestwith the fright and attraction that
This entails. It is the opposite of “domesticus”, or “at home”, but also “tame”.
The question that asks us is like finding that spirit of coexistence and knowledge with the nature of the mountains and with everything that lives there, without imbalances. His proposal is to start from the spirituality of the mountains and all creation, and spurs us, with philosophical and inner prose, to put our steps in the landscape.
The call of the mountain by Matteo Righetto, Feltrinelli, pages. 128, € 14
Small flora of Marine Cressy’s wayfarer
Have you ever tried to give a name to all flowers, shrubs, fruits, trees that meet every day in the flower bedsat the edges of the sidewalks, in the parks or along the streets and paths?
If you have been distracted so far, this book is for you. Rich in drawings and entirely written by hand, it gives a name to all the most common and narcotic green companions of our daily lives, dividing them by season and color, with stories and anecdotes and practical and precise tools. A real vademecum to get to know and live the green that surrounds us in a new way.
Small flora of the Viandante by Marine Cressy, the hippocampus, pages. 144, € 9.90
The Gardens of Venice by Toto Bergamo Rossi
A journey through the Gardens of Venice, in their different variations. The green spaces, elegant and unexpected, inside the buildings overlooking the Grande Canalbut also the popular green in the lagoon islands: all indexed and divided by Sestriere. A wide selection of photos has this Venetian green aspect, still very secret, in the various seasons, with the colors that turn and join with different notes with the beauty of the city. THEand words of Toto Bergamo Rossi, a great fan of gardens, They tell its evolution and history. To collect and give.
The Gardens of Venice by Toto Bergamo Rossi with Marco Bay, Marsilio, pages. 296, € 65
Walk on Jamaica Kincaid’s Himalaya
A path of nature and spirituality, at the foot of the Holy Vette Himalayane. To lead us
It is Jamaica Kincaid who, since childhood, starting from the reading of the Bible and the discovery of the Garden of Eden, has combined natural and inner research in an indissoluble combination. Thus was born this journey, in the company of three botanists, in the land of large yogi, for three weeks of total immersion, looking for seeds to be brought back and reproduced in Vermont. An elegant, precise, enveloping narrative.
Walk on the Himalaya by Jamaica Kincaid, Adelphi, pages. 211, € 14
Orcs and Dee of Fabiana Esposito and Luana Salvioli
Two young women, starting from a speech started at the Federico II University of Naples, faculty of biological sciences, undertake A journey, moved by the desire to explore the vegetable kingdom from the point of view of the wild orchid, “goddess” different in many lands. The result are 13 stories, between the scientific and literary, imbued with amazement and a profound understanding that emerged from experience. Each story presents us with an orchid and its survival and reproduction strategiesa green population with many human traits. Original and precise reading.
Orcs and goddesses. The most intriguing voice of the vegetable kingdom by Fabiana Esposito and Luana Salvioli
Ed. Giuseppe De Nicola, pages 80, € 19
Faraoni and Flowers of Divine Centore
A piece of distant history, retraced through the gardens. An unprecedented aspect of ancient Egypt who now proves to be of fundamental importance in the texts of botanical archeology. Beautiful green angles of palm trees, water lilies, papyrus and fruits of date and fig, which tell a lot about that civilization. The relief of a personality was even announced by the prosperity of his garden. Sacred oasis, sources of food and remedies for natural care, which make us rediscover a land wrongly considered arid.
Beautiful things from the world so as not to think that everything goes wrong Lifegate
To combat pessimism and the feeling that everything goes for the worst, this book by LifeGate reminds us that SUlla Terra also happen every day wonderful things, often hidden. A tour of the world in 250 stories divided into “to breathe” and “to react”. Stories that make us understand how positive change is already happening and show us how to be part of it.
Where the man of Pievani and Remuzzi begins
Forty millennia ago on earth at least five different human species coexistedeach descendant from one of the many migrations of forms of the genus Homo from Africa. And between 900 and 800 thousand years ago, We also risked extinct following a dramatic climate change. An evolutionist and a doctor explain the mystery of our survival. Note science writers deliver the keys to understand the evolutionary trends in progress and the challenges of health and the environment.
Where man begins by Telmo Pievani and Giuseppe Remuzzi, Solferino, pages. 224, € 17.90