Russia - Kalmykia. The European Desert
Sand and aridity in the Republic of Kalmykia
Editorials about: sand
Middle East - Kuwait Soul
A nation balanced between materialism and Islam
Italy - For a Fistful of Sand
Holidaying a stone’s throw from the city
Italy - Lonely Planet
The evolution of beach life in the time of Covid-19
Italy - Plastic Beach
A walk through one of the world’s biggest problems
Italy - ‘O Sole Mio
Summer holidays in Southern Italy
Japan - The New Hawaii
How the islands of Okinawa are becoming the Queen of the Pacific
Ukraine - The Radioactive Gold of Chernobyl
When recycling is a job for dead men walking
Brazil - The Forgotten Sertão
It’s the other Brazil, the anti-Amazon, the poorest and most arid region in Latin America. The Sertão, the Brazilian outback, is twice the size of England: part sea, part desert and part steppe, where life is hard and poverty is rife in the streets. Half of South America’s poorest inhabitants live here, in the Sertão, […]