PL | EN
23 December 2022
#247
Eco-chains, hungry neurons and theatre in Cambodia

Christmas for visually impaired children and eco-friendly Christmas trees

Guide Dogs, a charity for the blind and visually impaired, has launched the UK’s first integrative  Christmas grotto for blind and visually impaired children. It is a workshop where Santa Claus lives with his elves and where gifts for children are made. Christmas grotto was designed in cooperation with families and children with vision loss. Children can touch and smell the gifts and see how they are made. There are also Christmas foods and drinks.

In Rome, a 27-meter-tall pine tree has been placed in Piazza Venezia, with its lights powered by two solar panels. Meanwhile, in Piazza del Campidoglio, the city’s second low-impact, eco-friendly Christmas tree was unveiled. The six-meter-tall tree is illuminated thanks to the work of six cyclists whose bicycles are connected to a power generator. In the city of Borno in Lombardy, cyclists also power the lights on the city’s Christmas tree – on stationary bicycles. The faster they pedal, the brighter the lights become. According to city officials, the action will help promote electricity savings.

In the United States, 98% of Christmas trees The largest Christmas tree crops are located in Clackamas County, Oregon, and the Blue Range (Blue Mountains) in North Carolina. The most popular Christmas trees are Abies Procera fir on the West Coast and Abies fraseri fir on the East Coast. National forests in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado sell permits that allow people to cut their own wild-grown Christmas trees.

More about: EuropeItalyUnited KingdomUSA
Read also
Culture and technology helping illiterate and homeless people
Culture and technology helping illiterate and homeless people
In Kinshasa, Congo, in the Mokili Na Poche cultural centre, in a recording studio for homeless minors, they find a safe haven, sing about their lives on the streets and dream of a better future. Children and teenagers can also wash, eat and participate in music, art and reading classes there. Meanwhile, the English Behind […]
Turmeric, vanilla and spicy eating contests
Turmeric, vanilla and spicy eating contests
According to the first study of this type by Thai scientists, curcumin contained in turmeric can reduce the surplus of stomach acid as effectively as omeprazole, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers and indigestion. Curcumin has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties and has long been used as a medicinal agent in Southeast Asia. The researchers […]
Digital bioacoustics, electric bees and the the altiplano mouse
Digital bioacoustics, electric bees and the the altiplano mouse
A swarm of honeybees can produce as much electricity as a thundercloud, and a billion bees generate enough electricity to light an LED. According to scientists from, among others, the University of Reading, mass movements of insects in the atmosphere may even impact weather – the formation of clouds and the spread of dust – […]
Technology and food: fruits from the laboratory and the Farm of the Future
Technology and food: fruits from the laboratory and the Farm of the Future
At the Future Farm of Wageningen University & Research, scientists want to produce more food and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. They experiment, among others, with a crop diversity method that uses water more efficiently, reduces the risk of plant diseases, is healthier for the soil and produces higher yields. The farm’s drainage […]
Political arrangements, humanitarian aid and the World Food Program
Political arrangements, humanitarian aid and the World Food Program
In the face of a humanitarian disaster, do political sympathies determine the acceptance of international aid? After the earthquake in Morocco, the state authorities did not accept many proposals from around the world. They only singled out “offers of support from friendly countries: Spain, Qatar, Great Britain and the United Arab Emirates.” Moroccans did not […]
Previous issues