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What would make you give up your car?

This content was published on Jul 19, 2016 When it comes to commuting, the environment isn't always a priority.

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Rainforest activist

This content was published on Jul 15, 2016 He became a household name in Switzerland in the 1990s when he staged a 60-day hunger strike outside the Swiss parliament to highlight the plight of the Penan. Manser disappeared in the Malaysian jungle in 2000, and a Swiss court declared him dead five years later. The work he began continues through the Bruno Manser…

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Swiss wake up to snowfall in July

This content was published on Jul 14, 2016 The Säntis mountain in north-eastern Switzerland saw 13 centimetres of snow. It is very unusual to see snow below 2,000 metres at this time of the year, but it was falling as low as 1,600 metres in some parts of Switzerland. The Susten, Furka and Nufenen passes were closed as a result of the surprising…

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The Hostettlers and their Guarani jungle paradise

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 It has been 36 years since Christine and Hans Hostettler decided that they preferred comfort to freedom and settled in an idyllic but inhospitable part of southern Paraguay. They founded an organic farm, which they named Nueva Gambach after their home village in the Bernese Oberland. Their house is located near the San Rafael nature reserve,…

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Tax on meat suggested to combat climate change

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 Swiss meat consumption fell last year as consumers lost their appetite in particular for horse, veal and beef. But federal figures in 2016 show that per-capita consumption of meat dropped just 1.3kg between 2007 and 2013, to less than 60kg per person per year. Switzerland should take steps to strengthen that trend, say environmentalists, who…

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Swiss CO2 emissions drop thanks to strong currency

This content was published on Jul 11, 2016 The figures released by the Federal Office for the Environment on Monday looks less impressive when not adjusted for weather and subsequently heating use – without it, emissions rose by 5% for the year. The country’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions stood at 17.87 million tonnes, or 23.6% lower than in 1990, the benchmark year used…

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Controversy around release of black swan in Swiss lake

This content was published on Jul 4, 2016 The bird, baptised Nelson in homage to the late South African president Nelson Mandela, was released in Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva on June 30 by Vaud cantonal government member Jacqueline de Quattro. Nelson was captured from the lake on May 27 and temporarily housed in the Servion zoo. A video showing the…

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Author follows trail of Bruno Manser

This content was published on Jun 30, 2016 Basel author Ruedi Suter slogged his way across leech-filled mud trying to retrace the steps of the late Swiss rainforest activist Bruno Manser.

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Engineers build biggest ‘reversible aerial tramway’

This content was published on Jun 28, 2016 The taller of the two concrete towers erected is nearly 190 metres high and each of the tramway’s two cabins can hold 230 passengers – the biggest ever made, said the Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group, based in Austria and Switzerland. The tramway runs 2,165 metres in length and was built around Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World…

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