Thank You, Idlib

As a consequence of global warming we are all going to have to face increasing temperatures and a growing shortage of water, so it is useful now to look at how others cope with these problems. For example, Syrian farmers have faced heat and semi-arid conditions for...

A View from across the Atlantic

This latest post comes from an old and faithful friend of Boggioli, Brett Donham. Brett is an architect, and he and his wife Priscilla live on an old and beautiful property in rural Maine. Brett raises two important issues, both of which can be related to our...

Tell me about it!

It’s hard to imagine that there are still some people who remain unconvinced that the weather is changing. On a global level we see images of devastating fires and hurricanes and melting ice caps, but the changes are also felt at the local level – at least, at our...

A Solution in Sight

Two days ago I read that the Italian Constitutional Court had given the go- ahead for killing wild boar. The reasons it gave were that wild boar can be a danger to humans, cause serious traffic accidents, destroy crops and spread disease. The boar are definitely a...