With “Trame Mediterranee” (Mediterranean Woven Tales), TRED’s students in Pollica. — Since 1999, every year, August 12 has been International Youth Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly to call on the world to implement policies that help young people overcome increasingly complex challenges, to support them in this process, and above all to remind everyone of their (fundamental) role…

Among the seven countries and three continents examined in the “Seven Countries Study” (1958), a comparative study of dietary regimens, Ancel Keys elected Cilento as a privileged observatory to analyze the connection between food, lifestyle, and the curious concentration of centenarians that still exists today. There, in the lands that…

In 2017, the United Nations body that assesses scientific knowledge related to the world’s food security and nutrition, the High Level Panel of Experts of Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFR), sanctioned a definition of food systems still used by FAO. «All elements…

The term empowerment first appeared in the 1950s in some U.S. policy studies. The word indicates a set of actions and interventions aimed at strengthening the power of choice of individuals, increasing their possibilities and responsibilities, and improving their knowledge and skills. It is therefore not at all surprising that…

Wellness for “everything” and “everyone.” When we are unable or unwilling to enunciate an immaterial concept, we define it by negation. The easiest way to describe the indescribable or support its existence is always to affirm what it is not. This is generally an effective operation but a hazardous one when applied to notions that are…

“In Vino Veritas” — Il Gusto 29/03/23 I first felt the " sacred " presence in the bread and wine at my First Communion ceremony. First actual participation in a spiritual banquet. Religious rituals and powerful symbols. The transformation of life into another life. The body, the blood, the soul, and the sacredness of a moment that…

… but it is still possible to race against fate “Skating over thin ice, the only hope of salvation lies in speed,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, first creating the metaphor to describe a risky condition that has an impelling caution as its only chance of escape. By a strange fatality, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, commented…

Culture has long been recognized as a powerful force for social and economic regeneration, but its potential has often been overlooked, particularly in marginalized areas. However, recently, it has been gradually understood the transformative power of culture in driving positive change and its ability to foster innovation, create jobs, and…

The most important meeting on geopolitics and geoeconomics is in New Delhi, India. The Raisina Dialogue will end on March 4, inaugurated yesterday by Indian Prime Minister Modi and Premier Giorgia Meloni. An event that fits into the groove of the G20, of which India itself holds the presidency from…