Monthly Archives: November 2014

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  Letter from the South Atlantic, 16th November 2014

  Posted on November 20, 2014 by Catherine Leonard in Africa Region, News From Members

  Here is Tim Butler’s latest update from St Helena. He’s been busy: from developing the role of the St Helena National Trust in conserving the island’s built heritage to exploring the idea of a money-making arm of the charity; from finding an appropriate resting place for skeletons and bones disturbed during the building of the […]

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  Lastest news from the National Trust of Australia (ACT)

  Posted on November 19, 2014 by Catherine Leonard in News From Members

  Click here for the National Trust of Australia (ACT)’s November edition of their local quarterly magazine, Heritage in Trust, full of interesting articles, heritage news and events past and future (opens in a new window).

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  INTO represented at World Parks Congress

  Posted on November 16, 2014 by Bill Turner in Asia Pacific Region, INTO News

  The IUCN World Parks Congress meeting in Sydney Australia was highly successful meeting of the minds from around the world. INTO was fortunate to be able to have Mike Innerdale, Assistant Director, North West Region, The National Trust, represent us to this gathering. An excellent example of INTO members ‘carrying the flag’ for INTO. MORE […]

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  Harnessing the Power of One Billion Tourists for a Sustainable Future

  Posted on November 10, 2014 by Bill Turner in Sustainable Tourism

  Resource Efficiency, Conservation, and New Technologies the Focus of New International Partnership on Sustainable Tourism London, 5 November 2014 – A new international programme that aims to catalyze a shift to more sustainable tourism – including eco-tourism – over the next decade was launched today at the World Travel Market in London today. The Sustainable […]

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• Canada: The National Trust Concerned for Future of Experimental Farm

  Posted on November 7, 2014 by Bill Turner in News From Members, North America Region

  The National Trust Concerned for Future of Central Experimental Farm, NHS Ottawa, ON, November 7, 2014 – The National Trust for Canada is following with concern the federal government’s decision to transfer 60 acres of the Central Experimental Farm, National Historic Site of Canada to The Ottawa Hospital for the development of a new hospital […]

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  The First Online Traditions Encyclopedia for Africa

  Posted on November 6, 2014 by Bill Turner in Africa Region

  By Evelyne Ninsiima – Uganda. On realizing the dangers to traditional African cultures of a cosmopolitan contemporary African generation, Chief Donnate Gaston BAPPA has moved ahead to initiate an on-line encyclopedia which contains a wide range of well researched information on the traditional cultures and heritage of Africa. His “African Wikipedia” is popularly acknowledged and […]

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• Letter from the South Atlantic, 5 November 2014

  Posted on November 6, 2014 by Catherine Leonard in Africa Region, News From Members

  Tim Butler, whose day job is as Solicitor for the National Trust (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) in Swindon, is currently on sabbatical with the St Helena National Trust.   Please find below his first impressions of island life – and tune in here for future updates! Molly’s Flat, Cambrian House Upper Jamestown, St Helena 5 […]

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  WEBINAR: Making heritage buildings energy efficient – Now on Line

  Posted on November 4, 2014 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO News, News From Members, Training Opportunities, Video Library

  On September 5th 2014 INTO members joined Keith Jones, the National Trust (England Wales and Northern Ireland) Environmental Practices Advisor for Wales, for a discussion about the Trust’s experiences making heritage buildings energy efficient and ‘Fit for the future’. The Webinar was recorded and is now available on-line for those who were not able to […]

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