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Cyberspace on alpine pastures, cultural festivals and exchange marts - Education projects and cultural centres promote cohesion
by zopemaster — published Mar 20, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: , ,
The state is stepping back and social structures are weakening: Citizens must take their affairs into their own hands and organise themselves to bring about decisions locally.
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From timber construction to hay wraps - Besides natural resources people's skills and commitment are the Alps' real wealth
by zopemaster — published Mar 20, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: , , ,
Deploring the exodus of the population and the proliferation of tourism, and doing nothing about it, is one approach; the other, far more constructive solution is to show how money can be earned, and secure jobs created, using the resources available locally.
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Extracting Stores of Knowledge
by zopemaster — published Mar 20, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: ,
The future belongs to those who help to shape it. And in the Alps countless initiatives involving thousands of activists are working to do just that. Yet most of them are unaware of the fact that elsewhere other people are working away on exactly the same problems as they are. This is precisely where the Future in the Alps Project launched by CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, comes into play. It is all about collating practical experience throughout the Alps, classifying it and making it available to those who need it.
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New publication on Alpine Towns
by zopemaster — published Mar 15, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: , , ,
In 2005 CIPRA, the International Commission on the Protection of the Alps, organised a large conference on Alpine Towns and has now published the collected findings in a conference book.
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Unconventional co-operation in Switzerland's mountain regions
by zopemaster — published Mar 15, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: ,
The Swiss Working Group on Mountain Regions has struck up a co-operation venture with eBay International AG, the world's largest internet auction house. Private individuals as well as small and medium-sized businesses are to be trained in buying and selling products and services via eBay.
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Indoor ski venues closing in on the Alps
by zopemaster — published Mar 01, 2007 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: ,
It's not just in the desert state of Dubai that indoor ski runs are proving increasingly popular, but also in Europe. No snow means no revenue, and the mild weather is giving Europe's ski resorts a serious headache, one which the ski industry is hoping to relieve with artificial snow and indoor venues, regardless of global warming issues.
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Plans for a ski resort in the Natura 2000 region of northern Spain
by zopemaster — published Mar 01, 2007 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: ,
According to plans by the regional government of Castile-León a new winter sports resort with ski-lift capacities for 32,000 visitors an hour is to be built in the northern Spanish provinces of Cantabria, Leon and Palencia.
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Ski runs a hazard for bird communities
by zopemaster — published Feb 14, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: , ,
According to a report compiled by ecologists at the University of Turin/I in the Journal of Applied Ecology, high-altitude alpine ski runs are posing a serious threat to bird communities.
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Mountain areas as menageries
by zopemaster — published Feb 14, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: , ,
The latest issue of the Journal of Alpine Research (fr/en) features "mountain areas as menageries". Indeed the decline in biodiversity is a major ecological problem.
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Alpine glaciers melting ever faster
by zopemaster — published Feb 14, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: ,
The glaciers of the Alps could well disappear sooner than expected. Researchers now believe that in thirty years' time only the largest and highest glaciers will be left.
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