Naples and Leghorn

 

In 2023 the Mexican street artist, Maker Garcia Chiavez, made this mural in via Tribunali, Naples. The painting shows the famous Italian actress, Sophia Loren, who starred in English-language Hollywood films starting in 1957.

Last week I visited Leghorn, a seaside town located in the Tuscany region, Central Italy.  Leghorn is the English name for the Italian port city of Livorno (photo above). The term Leghorn also refers to a common breed of domestic chicken, which was introduced to Britain from the United States in 1870. 🐓  It was originally exported from the Italian port of Leghorn, that's why this breed of domestic chicken has the same name as that Italian town. 

In the meanwhile, inflaction rate continues to increase, thanks to the rising cost of oil and gas. This morning the price of lemons on a grocery store shelf was 6,69 euros per kilo  🍋🍋🍋

Have a lovely weekend 🍁🍄🌰

Pretend it's 1995

Regarding my previous post published on the 22nd Sept, I appreciate my blogging friends for sharing their thoughts about the importance of waste recycling. In addition, Mandy and Andrea underlined that still more work needs to be done on the recycling side.  

The above photo shows a recycling facilty for metal scrap. It's located close to Rome. Physical resources on Earth are finite and bound by ecological limits. That's why landfills are not a sustainable waste management option. In this perspective, Alexandra mentioned health risk related to the landfill located near a residential area in her town, as it has been burning for over three weeks. Easy to see how pollution connected to landfills may harm human health and ecosystems.  

The 2nd and the 3rd photos have nothing to do with environmental protection. The picture below shows a sign I saw it last week in a Rome's coffee shop. I saw it after I had noticed that most people were watching their mobile phone while they were travelling by the subway.

I hope you'll have a lovely October.