44 (0)20 7824 7157Monthly Archives: April 2016
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Christiana Figueres | Transforming growth
Posted on April 27, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, Europe RegionEarlier this month, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), delivered the 2016 Grantham Institute annual lecture to an audience of students, academics, charity and business representatives at Imperial College London. Many thanks to all of you who attended. Watch her presentation using this link.
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What a week! (Weekly blog, 24 April 2016)
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Catherine Leonard in Catherine's PageA blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General My week began with our World Heritage Day event in Cambridge which saw INTO Chairman Fiona Reynolds warning that apathy towards our world heritage poses a greater risk to it than climate change, war and conflict or natural disasters. With the help of our colleagues at the National Trust for […]
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INTO Chair Fiona Reynolds’ WORLD HERITAGE DAY SPEECH, 18 APRIL 2016
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Bill Turner in Africa Region, Asia Pacific Region, Caribbean Region, Central and South America Region, Europe Region, INTO News, Middle East Central Asia Region, North America RegionEMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, UK Welcome to Cambridge on World Heritage Day! UNESCO established 18 April as International Day for Monuments and Sites (or World Heritage Day) back in 1983 with the aim of raising public awareness about the diversity and vulnerability of the world’s built monuments and heritage sites, and the efforts required to protect […]
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Climate Justice and its role in the Paris Agreement
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO NewsAnika Molesworth, INTO Farms program manager, wrote an article that was published on April 21st in Australia. Climate Justice and its role in the Paris Agreement Climate change is one of the principal threats to quality – and equality – of life on our planet. Beyond environmental problems, climate change threatens food security, water availability, […]
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European Commission proposes European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Bill Turner in Europe Region, INTO News, News From MembersWe received this BREAKING NEWS from our friends at Europa Nostra: Dear Members and Friends of Europa Nostra, The day of 19 April 2016 shall be remembered as a historic day for our ever-growing European movement for cultural heritage! During the opening session of the bi-annual European Culture Forum in Brussels, Tibor Navracsics, European […]
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Italian Masters Student, Available September 2016 seeks employment with a National Trust
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Bill Turner in Seeking EmploymentI am an Italian student enrolled to a Master of Science at Bocconi University in Milan; I am currently doing an internship at the Italian National Trust. I will end my studies and my internship in July, so I am looking for a job position starting September 2016 . I would be extremely interested and […]
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ASIA HERITAGE NETWORK, A MELTING POT FOR ASIAN HERITAGE ACTIVISTS
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Bill Turner in Asia Pacific Region, Conferences, News From MembersBy: Catrini Kubontubuh Indonesian Heritage Trust, INTO Executive Committee member BACKGROUND The Asia Heritage Network (AHN) 2016 has been established as one of the outcomes of a symposium held in Penang, on 31st January 2013. Countries that participated in the symposium included Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China and Japan. This […]
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Celebrate Preservation Month with This Place Matters (U.S.A)
Posted on April 24, 2016 by Bill Turner in News From Members, North America Region#ThisPlaceMatters From our Member: The National Trust For Historic Preservation. May is Preservation Month, and this year we’re encouraging our friends and partner organizations to celebrate with three words that say it all: This. Place. Matters. Relaunched last year, This Place Matters is a national campaign that encourages people to shine a spotlight on the places […]
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A Hope and a Prayer for Places of Faith
Posted on April 23, 2016 by Bill Turner in News From Members, North America RegionA Hope and a Prayer for Places of Faith by nationaltrustcanada By Natalie Bull [embedplusvideo height=”361″ width=”590″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/23PtnbL” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KBG_njN_niU?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=KBG_njN_niU&width=590&height=361&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep1182″ /] The following is a transcript of Natalie Bull’s speech at the Walrus Talks Spirituality, presented by the Walrus and the United Church Observer earlier this month. Good evening. My name is Natalie Bull. […]
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Urban Polaris Event on World Heritage Day a resounding success
Posted on April 22, 2016 by Bill Turner in Asia Pacific Region, News From MembersUrban Polaris is a navigating and cycling event where teams must find their way around control points at selected heritage/historic locations. Each control point is given a point value that the competitors accumulate during the day. The team with the most points at the end of the seven hours is declared the winner. Successful teams […]
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