Earthen clay floors offer healthier, cheaper, and eco-friendly construction method in Uganda Posted June 29, 2025 A cheap, eco-friendly flooring system is helping to improve health and bring down construction costs in Uganda. The clay-based earthen floors use local earth instead of cement, he…
Old curiosities, a history hunter’s mission to salvage a bygone age Posted June 28, 2025 Everything from rusty typewriters to vintage cameras can be found at anthropologist Aditya Vij’s home in New Delhi. In an age of new technology and innovative products, walking in…
Using green waste to grow vegetables for those in need Posted June 22, 2025 The City of Greater Geelong is converting the municipality’s green waste into compost, which is then used to grow produce at the botanical gardens. This produce is donated to a lo…
Tourism bucks or cruise ship harms, the dilemma for Shetland Islands Posted June 21, 2025 The beauty of the Scottish islands in the UK is world-renowned. The unspoiled nature of the islands is what draws many tourists here, but for some locals on Shetland, the sheer we…
World Bee Day: Bees facing new threats, putting our own survival at risk Posted June 15, 2025 Bees are an essential part of our food chain, with more than three-quarters of global crops depending on pollinators. A new report for World Bee Day has highlighted emerging threa…
Charlie Chaplin and Miss Piggy are amongst the icons recreated at Sand Sculpture festival in Denmark Posted June 14, 2025 Charlie Chaplin, Miss Piggy, grand opera spectacles and circus clowns—countless Showtime-inspired sand sculptures are emerging from the sand at the Hundested Sand Sculpture Festiv…
Tiny vases, monstrous sculptures and more: artists challenge our assumptions about pottery at luxury ceramics show in London Posted June 8, 2025 Potters from around the world showed off their latest creations at Ceramic Art London, the largest high-end ceramics show in the UK. Returning to the capital for its 21st year, mo…
Sleep like a sultan: Moroccan capital Rabat expands luxury tourism sector Posted June 7, 2025 With its warm temperatures and intricate history, the Moroccan capital Rabat is seeing growth in its luxury tourism sector, with five new luxury hotel projects under construction.…
Reopening Alcatraz as prison could impact popular tourist spot in San Francisco Posted June 1, 2025 Alcatraz Landing is where tourists take a boat to visit Alcatraz Island, which was once a notorious federal prison that housed infamous criminals like Al Capone. Today, it is a…