September never tragically arrived for the highly endangered Marsican Bear, Amarena. She was named after her love of eating the wild black cherries (Amarena in Italian) that grow abundantly in the Abruzzo.
In Italy, wild garlic ‘Aglio orsino’ is named after the bears that relish a spring feast upon it. I haven’t ever seen it either growing near to me or sold, but luck is in I finally spotted it being advertised for sale in Abruzzo at the covered farmer’s market in San Vito Chietino with demonstrations of how to use it!
Italy is celebrating 100 years of the Abruzzo, Molise and Lazio National Park by minting a very special €5 coin
There is a dynamic, growing community in Abruzzo that has answered the climate emergency and is working hard to restore the balance of Italy’s wild heart!
If you are a fan of Isabella Tree and would love to follow suit in creating a successful rewilding business do have a look at Rewilding Apennines’ dynamic October seminar on the rewilding economy.
Join LifeInAbruzzo for a Facebook live chat with Abruzzo’s Marsican bear charity, Salviamo l’Orso on Sunday 5th April & for those kids & grown-ups with time on their hands learn how to enter our draw a bear competition
How to spend 24 hours in 24 Hours in Pescasseroli, capital town to Italy’s first and oldest national park & described by its most famous son and philosopher Benedetto Croce as being a place of fables and dreams
Bear spotting provides one of the most entrancing ways to explore Italy’s landscape, here are 3 easy ways to see them amble in Abruzzo
The Marsican bears endemic to Italy’s Abruzzo region are in dire need of champions to persuade their human neighbours on the value of altruistic bare necessity living
Furry things with four legs like wolves and bears get a lot more coverage in Abruzzo than this recent I Spy with my little eye a Wasp Spider