Born in Rome on 27 August 1969, he graduated from "Amedeo Avogadro" High School with full marks. He studied Dentistry and dental prosthesis at the Sapienza University of Rome and graduated in 1996 with highest honors presenting a thesis on "Dental Management of the HIV+ child". Since 1996, he is working in Rome as a freelance dentist specialised in endodontics, laser dentistry, implant prosthetics and aesthetics dentistry. In his profession, he values the human relationship with the patients. As an environmentalist, he was one of the first member of the Meetup_, related to Beppe Grillo and the Five Star Movement. In May 2014, he was elected Members of European Parliament for the Five Star Movement.
Political activity
He joined the Five Star Movement at the end of 2005. Since 2006 he is a member of the Meetup Sostenibilità e Decrescita, Meetup di Roma and Meetup Nazionale Gruppo 280, where he had the role of assistant organizer, promoter and manager of the environmental and translation groups. In 2007, he was co-organizer of the V-Day, promoted by Beppe Grillo. Since 2007, he contributes to the Five Star Movement in Rome on environmental, food security and circular economy matters. In 2008, he was the first signatory of the three referenda on "Free information in a free state" together with Beppe Grillo. In the same year, he contributed to the creation and the campaign support of the non-party list "Amici di Beppe Grillo" for the municipal elections in Rome. In 2013, he volunteered as assistant in the parliamentary group of the Five Star Movement in one of the Chambers of the Italian Parliament. In May 2014, he was elected as one of the 17 Members of European Parliament of the Five Star Movement in the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group. He is serving as full member in the , full member of , substitute member of the , substitute member of the and substitute member of the . Since 15 January 2015, he is vice-president of the Intergroup at the European Parliament “Common Goods and Public Services” Since July 2015, he is member of the Science and Technology Options Assessment of the European Parliament and of the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources EUROFORES’s Extended Board.
Civic, environmental and cultural activities
He translated into Italian the following publications and videos, many of which can be consulted on a dedicated website:
Lester Brown: "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization", , Edizioni Ambiente 2008;
Lester Brown: "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization", Edizioni Ambiente 2009;
Paul Hawken: "Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming", , Edizioni Ambiente 2009;
Lester Brown: "Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity",, Edizioni Ambiente 2012;
Jorgen Randers:, , Edizioni Ambiente 2013;
Asher Miller and Rob Hopkins: , , Post Carbon Institute 2014;
Benoit Thévard: , .
In January 2009, he became a co-founder of the Circolo delle Decrescita Felice di Roma and of the Transition Italia movement. In 2009, he joined three organisations: ASPO Italia, Archipelago and ISDE. Between 2009 and 2012 he also published several articles in the Italian online magazine . In 2012, he also participated in a documentary by Roberto Cavallo Meno 100 chili, Ricette per la dieta della nostra pattumiera tratto dall’omonimo testo.
Curiosities
Since 2007, following the translation of an essay by Lester Brown, he began to cultivate mushrooms and an urban garden on his terrace in Rome.
