Monthly Archives: November 2016

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  Help Harriet save African heritage

  Posted on November 24, 2016 by Catherine Leonard in Africa Region, INTO News, Uncategorized

  Earlier this year, Harriet earned her ‘Cultural Enthusiast’ medal for a poem about cultural loss: “I once spoke my mother language, where did it go? The one you are hearing now is foreign.  I once pounded our cassava flour using the mortar but machines have taken it away, my culture. I once danced around the fire […]

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  Going to great lengths to support INTO!

  Posted on November 22, 2016 by Catherine Leonard in Uncategorized

    The last time we reached out to our networks in a ‘crowdfunding’ challenge was when INTO volunteers walked the 118km from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela.  Here’s a video reminder … Did you spot anyone you know?   (Oliver, Deb, Catherine, Bill, Gerie, Simon, John, Emily, Justin, Nancy, Javier?) With your help we raised over £8,000, which was a […]

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  Past the finishing line 9th and final blog from COP 22

  Posted on November 22, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO News, Olivers Page

  The marathon is over and I am now back in France having had a chance to sleep, draw breath and reflect on a remarkable COP. Why remarkable? Because having never had an official side event at the conference centre at previous COPs we managed no less than 4 in Marrakech. In Durban we held one […]

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  Heritage education on Universal Children’s Day

  Posted on November 20, 2016 by Catherine Leonard in Catherine's Page, INTO News

  A blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General 20th November is the UN’s Universal Children’s Day.   It was established in 1954 to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.   So today we celebrate how INTO is helping deliver this mission through its heritage education work. Heritage education When I first graduated, I worked in education for […]

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  A fond farewell to Marrakech 8th Blog from COP 22

  Posted on November 19, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO News, Olivers Page

  So it is almost over. Geoff and I packed up the display in the stand this afternoon but not before we had both had an interesting morning at our various side events and through networking. My morning started with an update from the UNFCCC Secretariat and then over to the Green Zone to the British […]

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  Moonshine! 7th Blog from Marrakech

  Posted on November 18, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO News, North America Region, Olivers Page

  Two nights ago we were watching a super-super moon where the moon appeared bigger and brighter than for many years. And it will be many years before it happens again. This morning we had a little more moonshine in the form of Ban Ki-moon, the outgoing UN Secretary General. It was his last appearance at […]

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  Inspirational or what ? Blog 6 from COP 22

  Posted on November 16, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO News, North America Region, Olivers Page

  The man who has given his all to defend the world from the effects of climate change spoke inspirationally this morning to an audience of at least 800. John Kerry, Secretary of State for the US Government, gave a hugely uplifting speech on the state of play with climate change despite there being absolutely no […]

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  INTBAU Congress, 14 November 2016, London

  Posted on November 15, 2016 by Catherine Leonard in Uncategorized

    INTO is delighted to partner INTBAU (the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism) at their 2016 Congress. INTBAU is dedicated to the creation of humane and harmonious buildings and places which respect local traditions.   Furthermore, their 2001 Charter talks of traditions which “allow us to recognise the lessons of history, enrich our […]

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  Behind the scenes …

  Posted on November 15, 2016 by Catherine Leonard in INTO News

    Well, the weeks of preparation and training are over and our ‘Encouraging African Youth to Embrace their Heritage’ project is now live!!! Here is a sneak preview into what’s been going on.   We’ve been meeting people, sending emails, updating the websites, posting news via INTO’s social media (facebook: @INTO.org and twitter: @I_N_T_O).  Although […]

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  How time flies when you are enjoying yourself! The 5th blog from Marrakech

  Posted on November 14, 2016 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, INTO News, Olivers Page

  As usual it is quite hard to know exactly what is going on at the high level talks except for what one can glean from websites, the daily bulletin and so on but it is also necessary to find the time to read them! The first week has rushed by and we are already into […]

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