GenevaLunch » WWF http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no WWF faces off with Bern over energy certificates http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:03:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65369 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is turning to energy certificates from outside the country to make its CO2 quota for 2008-2012, and environmental group WWF is not happy about it. The Swiss Federal Council announced Tuesday 17 January that it is signing a new contract with the Climate Cent Foundation to increase its engagement by one [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/feed/ 0 WWF wins twice, with wolves and windmills http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:55:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64704 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – WWF Switzerland is counting two environmental battles won this week. Its fight to see Valais respect the Bern International Treaty that covers the protection of wolves, an endangered species, resulted in a decision by the Sion district tribunal 13 December to condemn former cantonal councilor Jean-René Fournier to 60 days community service, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/feed/ 0 Swiss households’ Christmas lights: 4 weeks equal one town for year http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-households-christmas-lights-4-weeks-equal-one-town-for-year/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-households-christmas-lights-4-weeks-equal-one-town-for-year/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:07:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63546 GenevaLunch.com WWF suggests ways to reduce electricity consumption but keep holiday lights GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss households, in the five to six weeks around the Christmas holidays, use electricity for decorative lights that is the equivalent of a small town during an entire year. Enough, says environmental group WWF: there are ways to decorate with lights [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-households-christmas-lights-4-weeks-equal-one-town-for-year/feed/ 0 Valais mega-resort project stalled by Swiss high court http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/valais-mega-resort-project-stalled-by-swiss-high-court/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/valais-mega-resort-project-stalled-by-swiss-high-court/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:32:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63036 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The CHF500 million Aminona Luxury Resort project has been put on ice for now by the Swiss Federal Tribunal after a last-minute appeal from environmental groups was accepted. The canton Valais high court in August refused to accept the groups’ objections to the project. The high court also ruled Monday against the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/valais-mega-resort-project-stalled-by-swiss-high-court/feed/ 1 Vettel and WWF agree on rezoning around his house http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/23/vettel-and-wwf-agree-on-rezoning-around-his-house/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/23/vettel-and-wwf-agree-on-rezoning-around-his-house/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:48:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61786 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – WWF, the environmental group, and German Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel have reached an agreement on the new home he wants to build in Kemmental, canton Thurgau. The two have been at odds since the WWF announced in November 2010 that it would oppose planning permission for his home. Local authorities had [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/23/vettel-and-wwf-agree-on-rezoning-around-his-house/feed/ 0 Migros and WWF band together to teach kids about Swiss mountains http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:03:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61451 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – WWF, the environmental organization, and Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain, Migros, are joining forces to help children learn more about and appreciate the Swiss Alps. Mountainmania is a seven-week online quiz programme that kicks off 13 September, designed to teach children more about the Alps. The two organizations are ready to hand out [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/feed/ 1 Monkey shines: Brazil has a newly found species, says WWF http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/monkey-shines-brazil-has-a-newly-found-species-says-wwf/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/monkey-shines-brazil-has-a-newly-found-species-says-wwf/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:01:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60969 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A new species of monkey has been found in Brazil, in a protected area of forest in Mata Grosso. The monkey is a member of the Callicebus family, a forest monkey. It lives primarily in the undergrowth of the forest, surviving mainly on fruits and insects. WWF biologists, who discovered the monkey [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/monkey-shines-brazil-has-a-newly-found-species-says-wwf/feed/ 0 Polar bears get Russian reprieve, WWF says question of “means” http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/17/polar-bears-get-russian-reprieve-wwf-says-question-of-means/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/17/polar-bears-get-russian-reprieve-wwf-says-question-of-means/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:06:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56646 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Russia has decided not to use its quota to hunt 29 polar bears but the decision is probably due to a lack of means to survey the situation, a WWF official in Russia says, according to the Moscow Times. Russia and the United States agreed in 2010 to a culling  quota [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/17/polar-bears-get-russian-reprieve-wwf-says-question-of-means/feed/ 0 Earth Hour at 20:30 tonight: Geneva considers climate change http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/26/earth-hour-at-2030-tonight-geneva-considers-climate-change/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/26/earth-hour-at-2030-tonight-geneva-considers-climate-change/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:31:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55779 GenevaLunch.com Expect darkness in a neighbourhood close to you Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Earth Hour, a trendy environmental idea in its early stages, is going big-time this year, with far more participation from cities around the world and an extended programme from WWF, which serves as the catalyst. Geneva is one of 12 European cities participating: [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/26/earth-hour-at-2030-tonight-geneva-considers-climate-change/feed/ 0 Vitamin C, author Frisch and Swedish love on new Swiss stamps http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/vitamin-c-author-frisch-and-swedish-love-on-new-swiss-stamps/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/vitamin-c-author-frisch-and-swedish-love-on-new-swiss-stamps/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:56:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54805 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - New Swiss commemorative stamps valid for use as postage starting Thursday 3 March draw attention to the panda logo for the WWF, but also to three other events: the UN Year of Chemistry, which is focusing on vitamin C, the centenary of writer Max Frisch, and the sketches of Swedish cartoonist [...]

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