‘Environment’ Archives
THE FUTUREHEADS’ PRESENTS: SPLIT FESTIVAL GOES GREEN
Split Festival – The Futureheads’ annual celebration of music and culture that attracts national and international audiences to Sunderland – is going green. The event organisers have stated their ambition to provide the most eco-friendly event in the annual [Read More]
DRINK BEER AND SAVE SHARKS
The Cayman Islands Department of Environment and Marine Conservation International have teamed up with Caybrew, the Cayman Islands’ local beer company to produce the world’s first conservation lager, White Tip.Each refreshing can of beer has a barcode that can be [Read More]
KATIE MELUA VISITS CANADIAN ARCTIC FOR OPEL PROJECT EARTH
Katie Melua took time out of recording her fifth studio album to join the Opel Project Earth expedition to the Canadian Arctic. The Arctic was the destination of the second leg of the expedition that has seen a group of environmentalists visiting four of the most endangered [Read More]
TRENDS: RETHINK REVAMP RESTYLE
‘Rethink Revamp Restyle’ will close the first phase of its workshop programme with an action-packed open day at the Europa Hotel in Belfast on 14 May. Bringing together communities from across north, south, east and west Belfast the collective showcase event, sponsored [Read More]
LITERARY GUIDE TELLS STORY OF SCOTLAND’S APPEAL FOR WRITERS
Scotland’s rich literary heritage is being put firmly on the map thanks to a new guide produced by VisitScotland and the University of Glasgow. [Read More]
THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE TREK: THE TRAVERSE OF THE GREAT HIMALAYA TRAIL
For the first time ever and exclusively with trekking specialists World Expeditions, the Nepal traverse of the Great Himalaya Trail – the longest and highest alpine walking track in the world once complete – is now available through a specialist tour operator. [Read More]
MALARIA ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS
With the news that Hollywood actor George Clooney is recovering from potentially life-threatening disease malaria, the Tropical Medical Bureau is urging UK and Irish travellers to be more cautious and acquire the appropriate vaccinations prior to travel. [Read More]
SAIL NORTHERN SARDINIA ON TALL SHIPS AND CATCH A GLIMPSE OF CLIPPER THE DOLPHIN
Guests sailing the waters of northern Sardinia on the romantic tall ships of Star Clippers next summer may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the company’s own dolphin, a young male aptly named Clipper. [Read More]
WAKE UP THE TOWN EXPERIMENT
The amazing film by Doug Pray, In Philips Wake Up The Town, shows what happens when a town that lives 4 months without sunlight is given the Philips Wake-up Light. It’s very interesting to see the folks of Longyearbyen, Svalbard, as they test the effect of waking up [Read More]
KATIE MELUA IS VAUXHALL AMBASSADOR
Singer/songwriter Katie Melua, one of the world’s top music artists, has become Vauxhall’s new brand ambassador. The collaboration between the artist and the motor manufacturer will coincide with the singer’s 50-city European tour in 2011 including 13 [Read More]
