Environment

Miles below the Earth’s surface, there’s enough thermal energy to power all of humanity for the foreseeable future. It’s called geothermal energy, and it’s poised to ...

The Cyprus High Commission is presenting a series of concerts in partnership with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra this month. A selection of classical masterpieces by major composers, including Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, ...

Folk tales are filled with rich imagery, local quirks and sweet life lessons. Each culture has its own way of telling a story that make sense for its locals. In ...

As many of us know… sloths are the slowest mammal on the planet. Yet, as strange as they seem, sloths are perfectly adapted to their environment and are actually slow ...

It is slightly peculiar to report on upcoming events while there is a lockdown in place with the future still a little uncertain. Yet many of us have somehow gotten ...

The Redesign Fashion Exhibition is coming to Larnaca this summer – should measures allow – an event by the Dostou Chance Cultural Movement that highlights fashion industry issues and the ways to ...

In an upcoming group exhibition six Cypriot artists reflect on the themes of nationalist media, conflict narratives and the crisis of democracy. Titled Mirrored Reflections-Memories of Tampered Identities, the exhibition ...

The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) is organising an online discussion and workshop this Thursday on gender and peace as part of the Ivy Series – Youth and Gender ...

A project in Cyprus aims to reduce and reuse the waste produced by the construction industry – and in the process, help to create safer and better insulated buildings. The method ...

Water that we can drink and use for crops is in short supply in much of the world – but what if we were able to convert seawater for such purposes? ...

Every closet needs a spring clean, isn’t that so? But what if our closets weren’t full to the brim with the season’s latest fashion trends so that ...

A new platform has gone live featuring Cypriot artists, curators and art historians under the age of 40 who live and work abroad. Launched by the Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation, interartcy ...

The organisation making Cyprus’ villages green by resuscitating traditions By Martin Clark Grampus Heritage and Training is a leading organisation in sustainable development, of which I have been the director ...

Researchers tell us what can be done to save them It is likely that coral reefs around Cyprus will die in the near future because of climate change and unsustainable ...

Marine life is thriving in San Pedro Bay Harbour at levels not seen in multiple studies over two decades, according to a new survey. The Port of Long Beach (POLB), ...

When the lockdown ends there are many things on the horizon. Summer, freedom (hopefully) and more cultural events. On this month’s agenda is a group exhibition featuring artworks by ...

In this video from PBS Terra’s ‘After the Ice’ series, we meet elders from villages in the Bering Sea region of Alaska, who share observations of their melting world, ...

The Hercules beetle is one of the largest flying insects in the world, and in this astonishing National Geographic video, we watch it go from larva to giant, before our ...

Chinese researchers have identified a marine bacterial community capable of degrading plastic waste of poly (ethyleneterephthalate) and polyethylene. While the plastic-eating qualities of bacteria are already well known to the ...

Top quality honey is not easy to produce, especially in the face of local pesticide and antibiotic use and climate change By Annette Chrysostomou Projects such as the Achna bee ...

While the world struggles to shift from petrol to electric vehicles, efforts to reclaim the economically costly hours of congestion, and cut down on accidents and CO2 emissions resulting from ...

We already know that robots are likely to play an increasingly important role in our future, given the rapid advances of technology. Yet, up to now, the design of robots ...

“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera,” once said famous French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, “they are made with the eye, heart and head.” Indeed, there are ...

Germany must update its climate law by the end of next year to set out how it will bring carbon emissions down to almost zero by 2050, its top court ruled ...