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OceanCare granted UN role

This content was published on Aug 25, 2011 This new status, announced on Thursday, means that the non-profit organisation will have more clout within the framework of the UN. OceanCare says this is a big step forward because it will be able to speak at UN sessions just like member states do. “On the one hand, this recognition honours the marine conservation work…

Climate protestors sentenced in Denmark

This content was published on Aug 22, 2011 The Greenpeace members gatecrashed a dinner party given by Queen Margrethe of Denmark. Once inside, they held up signs demanding action to stop global warming. Their banners read: “Politicians talk, leaders act.” Two of the protestors posed as the president and first lady of Georgia after gaining access to the building in a limousine equipped with…

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Crossings

This content was published on Aug 22, 2011 It’s sort of a reversal of the migration route of the Walser people of Bosco-Gurin, except that everything is different. Besides our obviously different times and circumstances, there’s the matter of route. I thought about them yesterday as I crossed the Passo San Giacomo, which they likely crossed as well some 800 years ago. But…

If we could talk to the animals…

This content was published on Aug 9, 2011 A horse which can’t gallop, a cat which catches snakes – an unusual woman claims to have found an unusual way to find out why.

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Bern bears to travel east in September

This content was published on Aug 7, 2011 A spokesman for the bear park said the female twin cubs would be moved over land from the Swiss capital to a reserve near Zarnesti, 200 kilometres northwest of Bucharest next month. The cubs were born in the Bern Bear Park in December 2009. As mother bears reject their offspring when they are old enough…

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Green groups file legal action over River Doubs

This content was published on Aug 2, 2011 The groups accused the authorities of failing to take action against polluters and the untimely release of water from power plants in the remote region. “The Doubs dies and the king of the Doubs with it,” the groups warned on Tuesday. The king of the Doubs is a protected fish species, Zingel asper, which is in…

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Pizzoccheri!

This content was published on Jul 23, 2011 Ever since my youth in Leysin, I’ve been passionate about fondue, always insisting that it include just the right amounts of kirschwasser liqueur in addition to garlic, pepper, gruyere, and dry white wine, plus a couple of other ingredients. But on this gram-counting trip, I’ve been reduced to what I call “mountaineer’s fondue”: cheese (any…

Val Sinestra wins Swiss landscape prize

This content was published on Jul 22, 2011 The intact state of the landscape and the beauty of the valley were decisive factors in the decision. A new honour launched by the non-profit Swiss Foundation for Landscape Conservation (SL), the main voice for landscape conservation and planning in Switzerland, it is intended to highlight landscapes threatened by urbanisation. It is the first award…

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Sunshine and Flowers (for a while)

This content was published on Jul 22, 2011 Like a horse to the barn, I’d intended to race many kilometers and descend almost 3,000 vertical meters to a hotel in Campocologno, where I could finally bathe and would have a meal waiting (I’ve run out of food). I thought I could do it in about 12 hours of hiking, so I set my…

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July marked by a cold spell

This content was published on Jul 20, 2011 According to national television forecasters at SF Meteo, temperatures in July, which has been marked by heavy rainfall and storms, are around 0.5 degrees lower than normal. Snow caused the partial closure of the Nufenen Pass in the Alps until the afternoon and snow chains were required on vehicles on the Flüela Pass in canton…

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