Environment

By Elizabeth Lewis, Edouard Davin and Ronny Meier “Plant more trees” is often the first idea that comes to mind when we think about how to prevent further climate change ...

“Privilege can enable one’s security and advancement in multiple aspects of their life,” say the organisers of an upcoming event in Nicosia that will dissect all its facets, “while ...

You have to admit, that is a bold title for a workshop but the creative session that is coming up at MedOrganic MindSpa in Limassol on July 17 is all about ...

King cobras are the only snakes in the world that build nests for their eggs, which they guard ferociously until the hatchlings emerge. It’s a laborious process that could ...

Salamiou village will once again turn into a ground for contemporary film screenings this summer as the 20th edition of the Countryside Animafest Cyprus arrives on August 11-14. Salamiou, a ...

In Paphos, one cultural venue is making sure that jazz music keeps on sounding with a lengthy series of jazz evenings by acclaimed local musicians. Performing for the first time ...

For the past few years, musicians and music festival lovers have been heading to the quaint Katydata village every August to enjoy the lively and immersive Windcraft Music Festival. Last ...

Climate scientists have used models to confirm that burning fossil fuels made the recent extreme heat wave in parts of the US and Canada hotter and more likely. When a ...

How often do we consider the vulnerability of insects in navigating the often-hostile environments of human cities? Probably not very frequently… and yet their wellbeing is vital in maintaining the ...

A European Union plan to extend carbon pricing to the fuel used in cars and to heat homes is facing a wall of early resistance from countries and lawmakers fearing ...

In 2016, the residents of Isle de Jean Charles, a small strip of land off the coast of Louisiana, received a $48-million grant to relocate their entire community. Faced with sea-level ...

Can individuals really make a difference when there’s so much plastic taking over our world, especially in the wake of a pandemic? To find out, in this video, One ...

For some good ol’ jazz tunes in the capital city, there is one place the lovers of the genre can always count on and that’s Sarah’s Jazz Club. ...

Animation and the Illusion of Life workshop open to beginners Practising art now goes way beyond the mere paintbrushes, clay sculpting and pencil drawings we once knew. Workshops are now ...

Events at Artnaldas Concept store have been scarce recently, but before the days of masks, restrictions and hand sanitisers, the chic Nicosia store hosted all sorts of evenings at its ...

A contemporary dance and improvisation class is coming to Limassol next week, led by Cypriot dancer and choreographer, Panos Malactos. Held between July 14 and 16, the dance workshops will be split ...

In this video, we explore knowledge of the Milky Way galaxy, from the mythology of ancient sky-watchers to how scientists are mapping it from the inside out. Ancient Greek philosophers ...

Oh, how we’ve missed the parties! Those summer nights dancing to loud music, sipping cocktails and bumping into people. Perhaps there will less bumping into people and more limited ...

Eight days ago, it rained over the western Pacific Ocean near Japan. There was nothing especially remarkable about this rain event, yet it made big waves twice. First, it disturbed ...

Lordos plastics donated €1,300 to the University of Cyprus to aid their sea cleaning campaign at a ceremony on Wednesday. More than 150kg of disposable plastics have been removed at a 10...

When parasites take over their hosts, they can actually change their hosts’ behaviour. The effect on the host can range from aggressiveness to losing its ability to make decisions. But ...

Local hunters have opposed Birdlife Cyprus’ call for the suspension of the hunting of the globally threatened turtle dove for four years and instead proposed the implementation of a bag ...

We simply no longer live in normal ecological times and must act accordingly as fires are set to become more and more likely With the smoke barely gone from the ...

European Union targets to boost biofuel use are likely to have led to the deforestation of an area roughly the size of the Netherlands over the last decade to expand ...