More plastic than fish in the sea by 2050
The numbers in the study of the MacArthur Foundation, presented at the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, are alarming and shocking. If nothing will change, if mankind will continue to...
View ArticleThe German magazine Holiday and Lifestyle speaks of Ecobnb
Ecobnb arrived on newsstands in Germany: the quarterly travel magazine Holiday and Lifestyle dedicated a short article about our community, entitled NACHHALTIGER REISEN! (Sustainable travels). In the...
View ArticleAn abandoned railroad turned into a cycle-path
Italy focuses once again on sustainable tourism. In what has been declared the National Year of Walks, Abruzzo has decided to recover an old abandoned railway near Pescara and turn it into a...
View Article10 things to do in the Sienese hills
The Sienese hills enclose unexpected beauty, art, culture and amazing landscapes. It is a unmatched, romantic and antique scenery. Unforgettable colors and shapes seem to form a dream. The scents and...
View ArticleGo Dutch, Go Green!
Holland is a small country, so the Dutch bought most of our food abroad for centuries. As in the wet grounds, Holland has to offer only potatoes, corn and beetroots to grow easily. For this Holland...
View ArticleThe sustainable journey in our first video
We started traveling to meet some of the eco-sustainable accommodations of Ecobnb network and learn about the people who every day are committed to reducing their carbon footprint. We went in Umbria,...
View ArticleIdeas and tips for an eco-picnic
Spring is here, and with it the first sunny days, the first colored flowers and the desire to spend some time surrounded by the awakening nature. For Easter Monday, for an unusual Sunday, the nature...
View ArticleEcobnb is now on TravelMode.com
Valere Tjolle is a British journalist who has always worked in the field of tourism, also working with various associations that deal with sustainable tourism in Europe. Fifty years ago, during his...
View ArticleThe map of the greenest countries in the world
Yale University tells us about the world in terms of its sustainability. A few weeks ago, they posted the Environmental Performance Index of 2016, a project started 15 years by the World Economic...
View ArticleTop 10 bike tours in Europe
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on...
View ArticleHowManyTrees: if our next coin were trees?
What if we didn’t longer thinks just in terms of “how much money it cost me” before we buy a product or before traveling but we thought “how many trees will it cost?” This is the idea behind...
View ArticleAn unforgettable holiday among Greece’s colors
Greece is a colorful land: there is the white of the houses of Santorini, the blue sea, the green olive trees and Mediterranean vegetation, which expands to meet the sea, pink and red of the sunset,...
View Article10 wild herbs to pick up and cook
In spring and in summer we have an abound of sunny days, and what better time to go out for a walk in the woods, or simply in a park to pick up some wild herbs? We can take advantage by carring with us...
View Article5 strategies for renewable energy
From autos without fuel to electrical energy that exploits wavy farm, and then environmental strategies and solar panels…here there are 5 strategies for renewable energy that some country have adopted...
View ArticleRaku ceramic, singing bread and more at Il Bosco delle Terrecotte
Il Bosco delle Terrecotte is a bed and breakfast in the area of Cuneo, North West Italy, a few kilometers from the French border. But if you think this is just another one of those pretty little places...
View ArticleLiving in a Tree house village in Italy
Did you know that there is a small community of people who pass their life in a forest, living in tree-houses? Is not Koroway Tribe in Nuova Guinea but instead people like us that left their boring...
View ArticleEarth Day 2016: plant a tree!
April 22 we all celebrate the environment, the planet and its preservation: it’s the Earth Day 2016, the 46th World Earth Day. It is the largest environmental event that every year is committed to...
View ArticleWomen and nature: living in countryside lengthens your life
Women living in the countryside live longer and better, these are the surprising results of a study of T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard that show that women who live surrounded by greenery...
View ArticleEarth Day: 7,8 billions of trees for the planet
Allover the world on 22 of April it’s celebrated the Earth Day. This is the biggest environmental event of the world that from United States has expanded allover the planet involving 196 different...
View Article10 Spiritual walks in Italy to rediscover yourself
A journey within a journey, a journey that is first of all interior: spiritual walks in Italy are so many; from north to south you can leave for ancient pilgrimage routes that invite you to look...
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