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Swiss home owners rush to save energy

This content was published on Mar 27, 2011 But the new national ten-year building renovation stimulus programme is oversubscribed and criticised as inadequate. Meanwhile, community energy-saving projects like the one at Cernier in canton Neuchâtel are pushing ahead to become role models. Applications for federal and cantonal renovation grants under the new “Buildings Programme”, which has been running for just over a year,…

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Swiss producers of alternative energies make big profits

This content was published on Mar 23, 2011

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This content was published on Mar 22, 2011 30% unserer Nahrung und 70% der Futterpflanzen sind von der Bestäubung durch Insekten abhängig. Die Honigbiene spielt dabei eine zentrale Rolle. Obwohl die Schweiz eine der höchsten Bienendichten hat, ist die Zahl der Völker rückläufig. Krankheiten wie die Varroamilbe und die Sauerbrut dezimieren den Bestand. Bienenzüchter gibt es auch immer weniger, ihr Durschnittsalter liegt heute…

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Alpine bananas

This content was published on Mar 21, 2011 In the Tropic House Frutigen in canton Bern, tropical plants are grown and sturgeon farmed. The exotic project has been realised using hot water from the mountains. (Text and pictures: Geraldo Hoffmann)

Swiss to steer alpine countries group

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 In Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, environment ministers from the convention’s signatory countries have been taking part in a decision-making conference where on Wednesday the presidency was handed over from Slovenia to Switzerland. Swiss Environment Minister Doris Leuthard could not make it to Brdo because of diary commitments but she will have until the end of…

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This content was published on Feb 28, 2011

Bats can make friends too

This content was published on Feb 21, 2011 The results – the first of their kind – are all the more surprising because up until now it has been assumed that only big-brained animals such as elephants, dolphins, and humans were able to form complex and dynamic social networks. The research, by the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) and Greifswald University in…

Water and wolves high on environmental agenda

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 At a news conference on Wednesday, environment chief Bruno Oberle said his office would also focus on biodiversity and climate change policy, improvements to the early warning system for natural disasters and the International Year of Forests. The Environment Office has declared as a goal, for example, the protection of a minimum area for all…

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People air views on new nuclear plant near Bern

This content was published on Feb 2, 2011

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Swiss studies glean fresh data on GM wheat

This content was published on Jan 30, 2011 While they found some advantages in terms of fungi and bacteria resistance, they identified few major differences between GM and conventional wheat in terms of their behaviour and effects on other organisms. Between 2008 and 2010, researchers planted and studied 14 varieties of GM wheat in Reckenholz near Zurich and in Pully near Lausanne. They…

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