Cultureteca 28.02.16
Russian Ice Swimmers Play Chess in a Near-Freezing Urals Lake In Lake Shartash near the city of Yekaterinburg – the administrative centre of the Urals region which straddles Europe and Asia –...
Daily Visual 25.02.16: Anohni Shares Oscars Open Letter
The documentary Racing Extinction, directed by Louie Psihoyos – whose previous film The Cove, which investigated Japanese dolphin hunting, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2010 – looks at the ongoing...
Cultureteca 14.02.16
First Phase of World’s Largest Solar Power Station Opens in Morocco Within the last week Noor 1, the first phase of the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, was switched on by King Mohammed...
Cultureteca 20.12.15
Spanish General Election Results Require Coalition Today Spain went to the polls, to elect the 11th Cortes Generales since the restoration of democracy and the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Seeking election for a second...
Daily Visual 12.12.15: Paris Agreement on Climate
On Saturday world leaders at a climate conference in Paris agreed a historic deal, intending to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The deal was reached...
Daily Visual 18.06.15: Pope Francis’ Environmental Encyclical
Today Pope Francis issued his eagerly awaited encyclical on the issue of the environment, ‘Laudato Si’ (Be Praised), On Care for Our Common Home’. Its opening passages read: ‘1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” –...
Canada and the Environmentalist/Extremist Equation
A blog post on the website of Greenpeace Canada last Tuesday, written by Keith Stewart, placed into context the equation between environmentalism and extremism which authorities in Canada have increasingly sought to make...