Earlier 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.
No Comments. Continue Reading...A 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...EMMANUEL 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Anika 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, […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...We 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...By: 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...#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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A 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. […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Urban 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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