Tue 07 Jan 2014 Queensland Times. (NOTE: that this article relates to the early January heatwave. Since then there have been two more extreme heatwaves, each separated by just a few milder days. The current heatwave is forecast to run for 9 days over 40c, before returning to the mid 30’s). Flying Foxes are dropping […]
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No Comments. Continue Reading...THE FOLLOWING INVITATION FROM EUROPA NOSTRA It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend Europa Nostra’s European Heritage Congress 2014 which will take place in Vienna from 2 to 6 May 2014. As usual, the congress will bring together members of Europa Nostra and other representatives of the ever-growing cultural heritage movement from […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...On the day that the BBC published this piece by Simon Armstrong asking whether the Lake District’s World Heritage status bid was worth the effort, I attended a thought-provoking talk by Susan Denyer, Secretary of ICOMOs UK, at UCL’s Centre for Sustainable Heritage. Susan, who used to work for the National Trust in the Lake […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...January 21, 2014 from the Climate Wire: Lisa Friedman, E&E reporter Climate Wire Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 When corporate leaders and politicians gather today for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, climate change will dominate their agenda in an unprecedented way. From U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres to […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A very interesting article from the National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA) It’s not often a cause or a movement has the opportunity to magnify its reach in one fell swoop, but after attending Greenbuild 2013, the annual gathering of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in Philadelphia this past November, clearly the preservation movement and […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Find out about the Nature Trust (Malta)’s nurseries, their three day training course to prepare volunteers to act in the event of an oil disaster along the Maltese coastline and the November turtle release in their latest Newsletter. The last turtle release for 2013 was held on 8th November, when the sea temperature was still warm enough […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...We hope that 2014 has started out well for everyone! Here’s to a year full of possibilities … And talking of which, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that the next deadline for applications to INTO’s Small Grants Programme is 31 January 2014. Last September, we awarded the first SGP grant to […]
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