Contemporary ecological thinking stems from here, from the plant philosophy of the seventeenth century and its antecedent in the Italian Renaissance, when philosophers rethink nature no longer as a resource (given to human beings) to be relentlessly exploited, but as a living organism, in which balance is established on the interrelation of bodies, in a fruitful circularity.
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GMO Science: “In the U.S., transgenic corn strengthened the pest it was supposed to fight”
farmers are often uninformed about the long-term implications of using such hybrids
Mondeggi community meets with metropolitan city administrators
the co-design notice will start soon and will cover the entire estate, thus all the farmhouses and all the land, excluding the villa; the Metropolitan City has also expressed its willingness to ensure the continuity of the garrison and its activities until the end of the works
Edward Osborne Wilson
As a biologist, Wilson’s name is undoubtedly linked to the study of ants, myrmecology, although his fame is due to the creation of a new philosophical strand within evolutionary thought in the last century: sociobiology.
The Library of Seeds is born
The creation of a library for the collection and exchange of seeds in Usmate Velate is the latest addition to similar libraries in Brescia and Valdagno.






