Francesca Clemente

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Forget about cycling lanes. Now it’s time for duck lanes

Forget about cycling lanes. Now it’s time for duck lanes

Forget about cycling lanes. Now, the new era of sustainable mobility begins with duck lanes. If once drivers should pay attention to cyclists, now cyclists and absent-minded pedestrians listening to music must have consideration of and share the space on British canals with those feathered animals.     Many temporary lanes have been painted on

Nettle dumplings with saffron sauce

Nettle dumplings with saffron sauce

In the spring there are many edible wild plants. Here is a recipe that will lead you to travel out of town in search of a precious ingredient: nettle. With which you can prepare scrumptious dumplings.

Urban agriculture: how 800 million people fight poverty

Urban agriculture: how 800 million people fight poverty

800 million people practice urban agriculture worldwide. According to the Fao, almost a billion people grow plants and raise livestock within and around cities. This is a practice that promotes healthy food access to low-income people and helps them save money on groceries, yet it is illegal in many countries of the world.     The

Isis terrorists, antiquity looters

Isis terrorists, antiquity looters

Isis militants are terrorists, but, actually, they are not ignorant. As far as it seems, the systematic destruction of Niniveh and Nimrud statues and the artifacts of Ashurnasirpal’s palace in Mosul, Iraq, for propaganda purposes, was a cover to the looting of priceless artifacts offered for sale on the black market for staggering sums.