Sustainability, modernity, and slow-living: Italian simple life 2.0

Feb 08, 2023 400

BY: Chiara Dalessio

It seems an established trend, especially after the pandemic: the more we progress from a scientific and technological point of view, the more we yearn for living simply. We all read about young up-and-coming professionals leaving the city during the pandemic and relocating – laptop and the opportunity to work from home in hand – somewhere beautiful and rural.

Going back to one’s roots and living as your grandparents did – but with a high-speed internet connection, of course. And then, there is our renewed wish – alas, better say necessity – to protect and care for the environment, which made us all more aware of the importance of sustainability, and led us to develop a “greener” conscience: in this case again, the idea of getting closer to nature and embracing a way of life more in tune with its rhythms has become the objective of many.

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SOURCE: https://italoamericano.org/

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