Month: November 2017

Ecomondo breathes LIFE into the circular economy

From turning old tyres into surfaces for new roads, and recycling poultry manure in the tanning industry to soften leather, this year’s visitors at the Ecomondo conference in Rimini, Italy, saw how the LIFE programme was turning the circular economy into reality with a raft of innovative projects. Ecomondo is

Stinky mushrooms introduce ice-age bogs

Nature lovers visiting Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses have celebrated 25 years of LIFE-funded conservation work with a stroll through prehistoric peatlands. These peat bogs straddle today’s border between England and Wales, although they have existed for 10 000 years longer than either country. In a series of events marking LIFE’s silver

Excellent concise article by @InshoreIreland covering the research undertaken on the development of the Cool Route, from just a concept in 2015, to being named in 2017 as the world’s most adventurous cruising route, is worth rebroadcasting. http://www.inshore-ireland.com/News/cool-route-cruising-from-ireland-south-coast-to-norway.html … @HincksCentre

Excellent concise article by @InshoreIreland covering the research undertaken on the development of the Cool Route, from just a concept in 2015, to being named in 2017 as the world’s most adventurous cruising route, is worth rebroadcasting. http://www.inshore-ireland.com/News/cool-route-cruising-from-ireland-south-coast-to-norway.html … @HincksCentre Powered by WPeMatico