Environment

Be tall, be skinny, hairless, flexible. The messages on how our body should look and feel come from all directions these days. Social media, ads, marketing, films, celebrities, social pressure, ...

Four gorges near the Arodes villages are under review with the hopes of making them more accessible to nature lovers. Officials from the tourism ministry as well as the Pano ...

The Cyprus High Commission and the Cyprus Centre at the University of Westminster are holding a series of online lunchtime symposia themed on Covid-19 and its diverse impact on people ...

The interdisciplinary literature Sardem festival returns this year and invites writers, performers and artists interested in experimenting with words to be part of its 9th edition between September 23 and 26. The ...

In the lead up to the parliamentary elections on May 30, the Cyprus Mail’s weekly environment section has asked the main political parties for their policies on a wide range ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou When politicians in Cyprus talk about energy policy they usually refer to gas and only gas. Focusing just on gas is by no means an energy policy. ...

New artwork by Efi Spyrou will be installed at the AG Leventis Gallery façade on May 16, the International Day of Light and International Museum Day. Titled Black Gold Flakes, ...

In the centre of New York City’s spring greenery, artist Maya Lin has installed the barren, brown trunks of 49 dead Atlantic White Cedar trees in a Manhattan park as ...

By Guy Faulconbridge G7 countries should invest $10 trillion to stoke an investment-driven recovery that puts Covid-19 vaccines in arms and triggers a sweeping energy transformation to slow climate change, according ...

Britain has tasked naturalist David Attenborough with inspiring action to tackle the issue of climate change as its People’s Advocate ahead of the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP26) ...

Charity Cans For Kids has announced the launch of a new app designed to make recycling metal waste in Cyprus easier by helping people locate can banks. The charity raises ...

New art, new artists and new galleries. An upcoming art exhibition brings with it a lot of fresh elements. A fairly young artist, a recently opened gallery and artwork presented ...

The African wild dog, also known as the African painted dog, has been nearly hunted to extinction, being considered a pest. Little has been known about the creatures’ sensitive nature ...

The collection and recycling of plastic covers and similar materials used in greenhouses is a big problem for Dherynia, as underlined by its mayor Andros Karayiannis, who sent a letter ...

Artist Ioanna Kythreotou will present her new solo exhibition at Alpha C.K. Gallery this month, in a show called Superbloom. Open for the public between May 11 and 22, this series ...

The hospitality world re-opens, the SMS scheme ends hopefully for good this time, and live music returns to the local entertainment scene. Though there are still uncertainties to navigate, good ...

In this video, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, outlines the EU’s bioeconomy, based on a five-pronged strategy: to ensure food and nutrition security ...

Building on the success of 2020’s sold-out music workshops and lectures, Fengaros Music Village returns to the quaint village of Kato Drys for its eighth edition, scheduled for July 22-27. ...

In this TED-Ed video, food system scientist Brent Loken discusses the innovative ways that countries are revolutionising farming, to ensure humanity can be fed in an environmentally-sustainable way. About 10,000 years ...

With the sizzling rhythms and sounds of Nuevo tango is how the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra is welcoming in June in a new concert series. Performed throughout three cities in the ...

It takes a coffee tree an entire year to produce one pound (453g) of coffee beans, even as it fends off diseases like coffee leaf rust, which can decimate its ...

Life needs colour. Especially these days, and that is exactly what performer Natalia Lezedova aims to do with her piano recital this May and June, titled Colours of Life. The ...

In this video, astrophysicist and planetary scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a comprehensive analysis of what dark matter and dark energy could be. Mysterious dark matter makes up the bulk ...

The 16th Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival, organised by Rialto Theatre, will take place outdoors this coming July and artists living in Cyprus are invited to submit proposals for live ...