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Tra i Gruppi di acquisto solidale, i loro corrispondenti statunitensi, le Community-Supported Agriculture (Csa), e alcune esperienze di orti urbani nel mondo ci sono realtà che tentano di favorire cittadini a basso reddito in molti modi. Ad esempio, ci sono gruppi che prevedono oltre all’acquisto collettivo di cibo sano presso contadini locali anche la partecipazione…
We live in a cyborg society. Technology has infiltrated the most fundamental aspects of our lives: social organization, the body, even our self-concepts. This blog chronicles our new, augmented reality.
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837-850(2006)Volume 48, Number 6 / October 2006
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