Stories and News

Stories and News No.1252 The photo of six giraffes dying of thirst in Kenya due to drought went viral within days .   So, I am working on this: Attempts for a piece to raise awareness about climate change and, above all, the need to modify your lifestyle wherever you are, knowing that the problem is global and we are all accountable with every choice we make everyday, who we vote, what we buy, what we eat or how we travel, what we consume, everything we spread in nature, etc. First : recursive prose that should strike for accretion. Six. Six giraffes. Six dead giraffes. Six dead giraffes in Kenya. Six giraffes died in Kenya from drought. Six giraffes died in Kenya from drought caused by global warming. Six giraffes died in Kenya from drought caused by global warming, in turn caused by humanity. Six giraffes died in Kenya from drought caused by global warming, in turn caused by humanity - including myself and you who read. Six giraffes died in Kenya from drought caused by global...

Stories and News No.1243 A short story about Climate Change: The Court of Time The courtroom of the Time is packed. Everybody is here. Those that count, not in the sense of money weight. They are the ones who are dedicated to counting what really matters. How many animals are at risk of extinction this year, how many days we anticipated the exhaustion of the earth's resources, how many atoms of excess carbon dioxide are in this instant in the fragile mantle of breathable air that stoically covers our poor planet. Silence now, the Judge is coming. All up, here he is. Indeed, the judge, to be honest, is a she and she is the Time. Because Time is a woman, you know? She is the sublime mother of everything and everyone, with fair affection she welcomes us into her womb and once we come into the world she accompanies us marking every step, gesture, heartbeat without ever getting distracted for a single fraction of a second until the end of the journey. "We are here to celebrate ...

Translation : This is the story of a party that is like a show Which begins with the Big Bang until the sunset of a miracle From the dawn of a planet which we were born guests of Only to end up forgetting what our duties are Because we were here only to admire and join the wonder   We are no longer worthy to even set foot Beyond the threshold through which the home called nature is accessed We are the annoying guests who arrive already drunk at the party As if the gifts of the earth were not capable by themselves of making us lose our minds Because we were here only to admire and to join the wonder   Instead we not only entered without even a greeting But we have begun to hand down every welcome gift without restraint Because we have not understood anything about where we are We have not read what was written on the invitation about who we are Because we were here only to admire and to join the wonder   And then after seeing from the inside how vast and varied the world...