Unna, from the Belfast Titanic Society,
shares the untold story behind the building of the Titanic.
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
March 20, 2013
December 13, 2012
December 8, 2012
December 7, 2012
European Green Capital Award / EU GreenCapital
The European Green Capital Award was conceived to promote and reward the efforts made by local European authorities to improve the environment. With 80% of the European population living in an urban environment, it is natural that cities play a key role in making the environment greener and improving the quality of life of its citizens. This video gives a brief introduction to the background, vision and aim of the award.
See why Hamburg is the 2011 European Green Capital
This video takes you on a tour to the six green cities nominated as finalists for the European Green Capital Award of 2012 and 2013: Barcelona, Malmö, Nantes, Nuremberg, Reykjavik and Vitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz has been declared winner of the European Green Capital Award 2012.
This is a brief video of Frankfurt - one of the three finalists
for the title of European Green Capital 2014.
This is a brief video of Copenhagen - one of the three finalists
for the title of European Green Capital 2014.
This is a brief video of Bristol- one of the three finalists
for the title of European Green Capital 2014.
December 6, 2012
Europes Last Wild Horses / Oasis HD
Beautiful and untamed, these animals are our last window into how horses live in the wild, their traits selected by nature rather than human breeding.
November 16, 2012
October 24, 2012
October 19, 2012
Environmental Atlas of Europe, p.9 / EEA
We use our citizens actively, we use our local companies and we use the techno-logical development that exists in the field. Torben Juul, Technical Director Thisted Municipality
Environmental Atlas of Europe, p.8 / EEA
During the Soviet era, Dedoplistskaro in south east Georgia was the countrys main production area for wheat and sunflower seeds. That came to an end in 1991 when Georgia became independent and Russia cut off its energy supply. To survive the cold winters, the people resorted to cutting down trees for firewood, stripping the countryside of the windbreaks that protected the crops and soil from the harsh desert winds and provided a natural habitat for many species of animals and plants.
Environmental Atlas of Europe, p.7 / EEA
Almost a third of the Netherlands lies below sea level, and over the centuries the country has developed a highly efficient flood-defence system. The tragic floods of 1953, caused by a storm surge and exceptionally spring tides, led to a range of modern-day engineering so-lutions as well as a heightened awareness in Dutch society of the dangers of sea level rise. But when, in the mid 1990s, unusually heavy rain in Belgium and Germany caused the Rhine and the Meuse to breach their banks and hundreds of thousands of people had to be evacuated, it was clear that long-term action would have to be taken to protect against flooding from river water as well. The government has now launched a wide ranging pro-gramme of adaptation schemes to protect the coasts from sea-level and to create Room for the River, by establishing unobstructed spaces into which the major rivers can safely over-flow.
Environmental Atlas of Europe, p.2 / EEA
An Environmental Atlas story about Europe's first Cross-border Biosphere, which combines the two large strips of forests, the Pfälzerwald and Les Vosges du Nord, into a beautiful and vibrant bioreserve. In certain zones of the bioreserve small scale farmers are making a business out of producing high quality organic products.
October 12, 2012
October 11, 2012
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