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Italy’s urban reforestation plan
12 October 2021
Climate change & Sustainability
VAIA goes to Fuorisalone
27 September 2021
Climate change & Sustainability
Measuring air quality with Ketty Paller, CEO of UpSens
19 August 2021
Climate change & Sustainability
Being a journalist in Milan: meet Jacopo Tondelli
12 July 2021
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Climate change & Sustainability
Green turning points: a testimony by Irene Falck
12 July 2021
Climate change & Sustainability
Defending the right to breathe clean air
9 July 2021
Climate change & Sustainability
Why do we plant new trees?
25 June 2021
VAIA the project
VAIA Cube: the genesis
24 June 2021
VAIA the project
Noble imperfections: the new VAIA Cube
22 April 2021
VAIA the project
Back to school
13 April 2021
Among the proposals to make our cities greener and more resilient to changing climatic conditions, there is growing attention to urban afforestation projects. What are their advantages, and why should we focus on cities, where roads, pavements and parking lots make planting particularly difficult? What is the situation of urban greenery in Italy, and what […]
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What more eagerly awaited event for Italian design than the Salone del Mobile-Fuorisalone? Exceptionally scheduled for September 2021, in anticipation of the traditional annual appointment in April, this edition of the design kermesse had a very special flavour for us: VAIA set up its own exhibition stand in its incomparable setting, and presented its second […]
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Ketty Paller is not just another entrepreneur. A humanist with a passion for wellness, hiking and nature, in 2016 she launched UpSens, a startup specialising in environmental monitoring technology. Today the company, which has its headquarters in Trentino, Italy and is part of the Optoi Group, makes hi-tech sensors and devices to help improve people’s […]
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Ecological transition is not a mirage. Falck is a centuries-old venture based in Milan that produced steel until the 1990s and has since transitioned fully towards the production of clean energy from wind and solar. As well as doing business though, a company also has the moral duty of contributing to the community – as […]
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Elisabetta Reyneri is Legal Advisor and Project Coordinator of the non-profit organisation Cittadini per l’Aria (Citizens for Clean Air). On 15 July she will be our guest at “Earth to Milan: trees and communities for the future”, a round table in which we will explore current and future projects for a more sustainable and people-friendly […]
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There are now numerous international commitments to reforestation. The Billion Tree Campaign launched by the UN Environment Programme in 2006 was followed by the Bonn Challenge in 2011 and by the One Trillion Trees Initiative, launched at the World Economic Forum 2020. Planting a new tree is an important action that we fully support: to […]
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Long journeys inspire a certain admiration. Before we close the wrapping that protects the VAIA Cube and hand it over to the courier, we feel a flash of wonder thinking about the arduous journey that this little piece of wood has made. A short while ago, we recounted the complexities and challenges of the wood […]
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The VAIA Cube imperfetto is the full expression of our vision. It embodies a radical approach to the circular process of raw material recovery, which aims at making full use of “waste”. Only in this way can we fulfil the desire that nothing be left behind. Logs felled by the VAIA storm in the most inaccessible areas are […]
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“Ci saremmo potuti approcciare al racconto di VAIA da 100 altri punti di vista.” Le parole di Nicola e dei ragazzi di Amartia Film in occasione della presentazione del video “Il lato positivo” ci lusingano. Per noi, sono un riconoscimento importante della ricchezza di valori che permea il progetto. Vi abbiamo già parlato del design, del legame con il […]
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