Title: Wood ants in the wild
Location: Parc Jurassien Vaudois
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Description: The largest wood ant super colony in Europe can be found in this park from Vaud. A one day only display.
Date: 27 Jun 2009
Title: Lake Geneva cleanup
Location: Lake Geneva region
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Description: A day to clean up Lake Geneva (Lake Leman), followed by activities and possibly even a museum visit. Pick a region and enjoy!
A special Lausanne edition will take place on 20 June as part of earth fest.
Start Date: 20 Jun 2009
End Date: 27 Jun 2009
Title: Guided visits through the arboretum
Location: Aubonne, Vaud
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Description: Two weeks of guided, and thematic, visits through the arboretum. Explanations on plants and trees in bloom and children’s activities.
Start Date: 14 Jun 2009
End Date: 28 Jun 2009
Title: Iris flower show
Location: Vulleriens, Vaud
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Description: Thousands of iris in bloom are yours for the view. Brunches and other activities are also available. The private gardens are open from Tuesday to Sunday.
Start Date: 17 May 2009
End Date: 28 Jun 2009
More than sound barriers needed
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Noise pollution solutions now in place are inadequate, the Swiss government says, with more than 1.3 million Swiss residents still subjected to dangerous or annoying levels despite government efforts to combat the noise. The principal source of noise pollution, which affects over 1.2m people, is roads, followed by rail (70,000 people) and air traffic (35,000).
Forest, central Switzerland, Nov 2008, viewed from helicopter
Winterthur, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss are using more wood for home heating and construction, but this use can still be increased and should be, to help forests play a better environmental role, the Federal Environmental Office said Monday. The office held a press conference to announce a new government programme that will oversee all forestry and wood resources, starting in 2009.
Shanghai, China, 1985 - a nation of cyclists. By 2007 there were an estimated 35 million cars. Photo © Ellen Wallace
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – China’s contribution to the “economic architecture” of a global agreement on climate change is the focus of Geneva-China Dialogue 2008, which takes place at the WMO offices in Geneva 27-28 November.
Title: Walk, and discover nature, under the moon
Location: Burtigny, Vaud
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Description: An evening adventure to discover the forest, the rocks and a panoramic view of Lake Geneva.
Date: 12 Dec 2008
Bern, Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – Moritz Leuenberger, Switzerland’s minister for energie and the environment, announced in an RSR interview over the weekend that he is backing a green bonus-malus system for consumers that will reward them for environmentally friendly behaviour while penalizing them for driving larger cars, for example.
