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okay, well, i had no idea it was that far. so ive just made my way up thousands of steps to this place, castle brown, which is in portofino, which is in liguria. and liguria is a crescent right on the coast of italy, bordering tuscany and france. theyll carry me out of here on a stretcher, but i dont mind because the food is amazing. >> im stanley tucci. im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this countrys 20 regions is as...

oh, wow. steep. is this -- okay, here we are, finally. i had no idea it was that far. so ive just made my way up thousands of steps to this place, castle brown, which is in portofino, which is in liguria. and liguria is a crescent right on the coast of italy, bordering tuscany and france. theyll carry me out of here on a stretcher, but i dont mind because the food is amazing. >> im stanley tucci. im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy to discover how the foo...

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Berkeley represents a vibrant example of an urban ecosystem, functioning with humans as the primary determinant and as a home to introduced species from around the world. While it is easy to lament the loss of local biodiversity, it is important to pay attention to the existing environment which surrounds us every day and to observe how humans have shaped it.

Falling Fruit Ireland recognises that hundreds of fruit trees in Ireland are left unpicked and has stooped in to create a volunteer network

There are nearly 50 billion pieces of litter along U.S. roadways and waterways. L.A. group Pick Up While You Hike Up shares tips for lessening the litter load.

Edible plants abound within the San Antonio city limits, some of them indigenous to the area, others imported centuries ago by outsiders.

While it may seem like the chance of finding edible plants in San Antonio would be slim to none, that couldn't be further from the truth.

Miles of nets are laid to catch the falling fruit. >> and here you can see they are preparing the net for the picking. >> yeah. >> because all these hectares of olive grove are going to be covered by this net. >> yeah. >> and this way we can always keep the fresh fruit, pick it at its best, and without touching the ground. long work, but worth it because the olive oil at the end will be really, really high quality. >> yeah, i bet. i bet. >> its quite a job keeping something horizontal in all thi...

Thats our oldest olive grove. and thats the first land my family bought a hundred years ago. >> really? >> so we started from here. we are the biggest organic farm of liguria. >> really? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> wow. >> and we are lucky because we are in this land. this land is the valley where this olive, the tudjoske olive, were created in 1600. the benedictine monks, they start like matching different species. >> yeah. >> and they invented, they created the tudjoske forest on the top. >>...