Francesco Bassetti

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Freelance journalist and editor dedicated to environmental issues and outdoor pursuits. I strive to deliver high quality, accurate and compelling content on the topics I hold dear to my heart. In my free time, you will find me in the mountains.

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Favourite quote: “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.” (William Blake)

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With the water release, Fukushima is overwhelmed again

What led to the Fukushima water release, and what are the impacts of one of the most controversial decisions of the post-nuclear disaster clean-up effort?

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The Winter Paralympics offer a light in the shadow of war

With all eyes currently fixed on the war in Ukraine, Paralympians competing in Beijing can show us the bright side of international cooperation.

Treatment of Eileen Gu reveals a tale of two Olympics

At Beijing 2022 politics and superpower rivalry are dominating the headlines. Nowhere is this more evident than in the treatment of Eileen Gu, the US-born Chinese freestyle skier that is taking the sport by storm.

Beijing 2022: can China deliver clean Winter Olympic Games?

With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics about to start, China is under the spotlight as it seeks to deliver on its promise of holding the first ever carbon-neutral Olympic Games.

The Greater Aletsch Glacier, a journey into the melting heart of the Alps

In the heart of Switzerland lies the largest glacier in the Alps, the Greater Aletsch Glacier. However, climate change is threatening its very existence.

Remembering the “Snow Leopard”, Everest record holder Ang Rita Sherpa

The story of Ang Rita Sherpa, the first person in the world to climb Mount Everest 10 times without supplemental oxygen, who died aged 72.

Japan opens the Upopoy Museum, the first dedicated to Ainu indigenous identity

The Upopoy National Ainu Museum has finally opened. With it the indigenous people of Hokkaido are gaining recognition but not access to fundamental rights.

Marichuy, voicing the rights of indigenous peoples, women and nature in Mexican politics

Marichuy was chosen to represent Mexican indigenous groups as an independent candidate in the 2018 elections. Though she didn’t make the ballot her campaign shed light on feminism, indigenous rights and the environment.

Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann is an Italian born Kenyan who established the Laikipia Nature Conservancy in Ol Ari Nyiro – which means the “place of great springs” in the local Maa language – an area on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, in the north Kenyan region of Laikipia: what used to be a ranch is now a protected

Niue, a debt free paradise island in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean

The island nation of Niue, perched on a coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean and with a population of around 2,000, has paid off all its national debt, which amounted to 4 million dollars (2,000 per inhabitant). Premier Toke Talagi has declared that Niue will no longer be accepting loans but rather will focus on