The environment
This section contains posts to do with ecological issues, global warming, climate change, sustainable living etc
Global warming…not in Denmark?!?
Odins pocket-park – Is this a park???
The municipality of Copenhagen decided to create a new park in Copenhagen. Now when I think about a ”park” I always have in mind a space with air, green grass and trees. A place where you can enjoy nature and get away from the city. What do you imagine? When they ”built” Odins pocketpark (Odins [...]
Dyrehaven (Deer park) in Klampenborg outside Copenhagen
Dyrehaven (Deer Park) is a large, cultivated forest near Copenhagen, and very popular for nature lovers to walk, bike or horseback. There are 13 different entrances to the park and the road goes through the famous red wooden doors. If you come from Copenhagen, there is a subway station and parking by Klampenborg station. True [...]
Fashion – but at what price? Your shoes are a dead animal!
If you are an animal lover (of just a person with a conscience) you should seriously consider not wearing leather shoes (and bags, jackets etc.). Animal organisations worldwide such as Peta have documented horrible conditions for cows, pigs, goats, and sheep—and even dogs and cats—in the leather industry. Animals are condemned to deplorable living conditions, [...]
Destruction of El Palmar Beach – Vejer de la Frontera
I’ve just found out that some property developers are trying to push through planning permission to build some super-hotels on El Palmar Beach, near Vejer de la Frontera in Andalucia, Southern Spain. El Palmar sits on the Costa de la Luz (Coast of light), the Atlantic coast between Tarifa and Cádiz, and is one of [...]
It’s snowing in Copenhagen and it’s April!!!!
Dear diary…While writing this to you, I hope I am still asleep and just having a nightmare. I look outside and it is freezing cold and snowing. This could not possibly be happening in April could it???? Unfortunately I am pretty sure that I am awake and not just having a nightmare. It is actually [...]
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust: Stop moaning and start driving!
It has now been four days since all flight traffic over the northern Europe was cancelled due to the volcanic ashes from the explosion on Iceland. The airspace is still closed over: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK. It is partly closed [...]
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