Greece: Small Island Lesbos on sale for € 800,000

When the head has no judgment and a country spends more than it takes, the nature is who pays. In the case of Greece, which is selling some of its most precious natural assets-the Islands-to raise money.

The last of the business for sale is the Small Island of Lesbos, situated 200 metres from the famous homonymous Island-Lesvos, in pictures 6 and 7 â€" and which can be acquired by a private buyer from € 800,000 ($ 2.5 million).

According to the Vladi Private Islands, which is to mediate in the sale, the island is uninhabited and has a construction permit. With 6.4 acres, the island is considered one of the most beautiful of the Mediterranean and was put up for sale for the first time in its history.

Located just minutes from Lesbos â€" which has an international airport â€" the island has transparent waters, smooth sandy beaches and lots of greenery. "This island is unique. The waters that surround it are clean and quiet ", explained Sabine Rollinger Realty.

In August, the Trinity Island, half an hour from Athens, was put on sale for € 15 million. It should be recalled also that the Italian Government has recently announced its intention to sell several islands, palaces and castles.

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7 unknown benefits of carrot

The carrot belongs to the Group of foods with "promising effects" in the prevention of some types of cancer, according to the World Health Organization in the World Cancer Report 2014.

Being one of the world's most produced vegetable, carrot is often undervalued by the population. Asia is the largest producer in the world, followed by Europe and the UNITED STATES. The aggregator my Well-being took on tips from nutritionist Carmen Garcia Torrent, holder of a degree in food science and technology, and drew up the list of the seven benefits of carrot.

1. flavourings of carrot stimulate the appetite.

2. consuming it raw strengthens teeth and gums. Eat raw vegetables such as carrots improves the bloodstream nozzle and prevents bacteria settle in the teeth. In addition, fluoride, present in foods such as spinach, carrots or apples, is an essential mineral to maintain the good condition of the tooth enamel and prevents dental caries.

3. helps fight constipation and stomach pain for intoxication. Thanks to its high content of fiber, prevents constipation. In addition, calms the excess acidity due to minerals such as sodium, chloride, potassium and vitamin b. Therefore, is a highly recommended if you suffer from gastritis.

4. due to its high content in water, it is diuretic and helps in the disintegration of kidney stones.

5. rich in potassium and phosphorus, is an excellent food for tired minds and to soothe.

6. strengthens nails and hair, increasing the brightness. Carrot's mother cells are rich in beta-carotene, also called provitamin A, which the body turns into vitamin A or retinol. These compounds repair cells damaged by environmental effects, and thus strengthens and revitalizes the nails and the hair. Vitamin A helps in the production of sebum, beneficial to the scalp.

7. improves the quality of breast milk. Beta carotene and vitamin a improves biological quantity of breast milk, according to Mario García, doctor in Pharmacy and food safety specialist. The intake of beta-carotene, minerals and enzymes of carrot favor the healthy breast milk production.

And, Yes, the carrot is also good for your eyes. The daily intake of carrots are especially recommended in cases of loss of visual acuity and blindness Twilight (trouble seeing at night or in low light). The who believes that vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of childhood blindness in developing countries.

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How come down a waterfall of 18 metres with a kayak

Dear reader: first of all, don't try this at home. A professional kayak, Emrick Blanchette, went down a waterfall of 18 yards with his meager means of transport, a dangerous time and unusual filmed in Tomata Falls, in Mexico.

"I was so nervous up there, investigate and show my line. I've seen many turn the kayak in a situation like this, on video, "said Blanchette, a Canadian with only five years of experience in the sport.

"The downhill is very complex, at an angle of almost 90 degrees, so any minimal movement and body position will have influence on our and landing angle," said Blanchette.

With 23 years ago, the Canadian traveled to the region of Tlapacoyan Veracruz a few days old, to test several vertical descents. But none had the magnitude of Tomata Falls.

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American city bans cars with horses

The city of Salt Lake City, in the u.s. State of Utah, just pass a law banning horse carriages, after several years of activism on the part of the defenders of animals.

The last straw for the city put the subject on the agenda was the death of a 13-year-old horse, Jerry, which collapsed in one of the hottest days of the summer of 2013. The video of the horse to fall led to a controversy that ended with the company that sold the service, Carriagem for Hire, closing their doors.

The company's output was well received by PETA and Utah Animal Rights Coalition, which pressured the Board to change the law to prevent future incidents.

In a first phase, the municipality became the regulations of these services be narrower, but this week the ban was confirmed. "We believe that times have changed and that the horses don't belong to our increasingly busy cities," explained to the Salt Lake City Gene Baierschmidt, director of the Humane Society of Utah.

This prohibition could lead other cities to decide by reformulating their own laws. It is recalled that the mayor of New York, Bill deBlasio, promised to prohibit the horse carriages during his tenure, but still said nothing on the topic after his election.

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Dutch investigators want to produce electricity from the "blue energy"

The Dutch company REDstack BV opened yesterday the doors of a factory, in a pilot project, will produce electricity from the difference between the levels of salt concentration in seawater and fresh water.

This process, the Dutch researchers call "blue energy", employs two filters with salt water and sweet. A permit entry of positively charged sodium ions, while the other allows the entry of negatively charged chloride ions, producing a natural battery.

"We need wind to wind power and solar panels only work during the day, but the water is always running," said Rik Siebers, CEO of REDstack BV. According to Fox News, the company wants to popularize the blue energy until 2020, when new power stations will be built.

For now, the plant will only produce 50 MW, that will electrify nearly 100 houses. One of the reasons why the Dutch researchers came to this energy is geographical: the rivers Rhine and Meuse are at sea in this country. The factory is located strategically on the Afsluitdijk, a giant dam that turned part of the North Sea into a freshwater lake in 30 years.

The project is funded by the Dutch Government and various corporate sponsors.

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Lisbon distributes over 42 stands for urban gardens

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML) announced the opening of a competition for the award of large fields of crops to the practice of urban agriculture, in the new Horticultural Park the fifth count of Arcos, in the parish of Olivais. The proposals can be made from today and until 11 December.

Second advances the good news, are in growing stands, 42 competition between 80 to 100 m2. Because it is social value gardens payable per square meter is €1,6, on which rests a discount of 80% and may not, however, the calculated amount be less than €58,60.

The abovementioned price Moreover, payment of estimated amount of € 20, by way of reimbursement for the costs incurred by the CML with the operation and maintenance of the common parts of the Horticultural Park. This amount will be subject to adjustment at the end of each year of occupation, on the basis of the costs actually incurred.

In addition to the plot, the new law will also have over the collective shelters for provision of tools and support materials to the cultivation and access to water for irrigation. The CML also ensures training and technical support towards the promotion of organic farming and of good farming practices.

Those interested may consult the contest rules as well as rules for the use of Horticultural Park in www.cm-lisboa.pt or services one-stop-shop of CML.

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A tour of the abandoned hospital de Arroios

In 2009, the Portuguese photographer John Gago saw a homeless man into the old hospital de Arroios, on Praça do Chile, Lisboa, and was curious. Tried to talk to some responsible for the space, without success, but eventually go in and see several people living in the former hospital rooms.

"The Hospital de Arroios is deserted, destroyed and vandalized, and today serves as a parking lot," explains John the Stutterer in his blog. "In recent years, several reconstruction projects have been proposed, but no advance. We can still find some medical objects and tokens of patients, "explained the photographer.

John the Stutterer, our already known, then decided to enter the building and photograph it â€" just as it has done elsewhere of Lisbon or the rest of the Country. "Despite its destruction, we can still find some beauty in the building," he concluded.

According to the blog Lisbon S.O.S, the hospital was built in 1705 and worked as a college for the training of Jesuits. Withstood the 1755 earthquake and was condemned in 1890. Then, he was converted into a hospital and came under the administration of the Royal Hospital of St. Joseph. Ran until 1993, with various specialties, at which point it was definitely deactivated.

See some of the photos of the Hospital de Arroios, which continues its path of deterioration.

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SPEA launches new portal about birdwatching

Portuguese society for the study of birds (SPEA) launched this week a new portal dedicated to the observation of birds in Portugal. The site provides detailed information on some of the most suitable locations for bird-watching in the Portuguese mainland, Azores and Madeira, the main target species of observers and suggested itineraries.

The site, which is in Portuguese and English, also has some other information and useful features for those who want to observe birds in Portugal, such as maps and links to important bird areas (IBAs) associated with the observation sites.

The project was developed within the framework of the Mediteraves (IPOT-International Project of Ornithology Tourism), advances the SPEA in a statement, and funding for the Leonardo da Vinci programme.

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Portuguese engineer will manage central competences of the Ikaros Solar

The Portuguese José Pascoal just assumed the post of engineer of Business process management of Engineering skills centre of the Ikaros Solar. It is recalled that the giant photovoltaic Belgian decided to host this engineering centre in Portugal, at the beginning of 2013.

Previously, José Pascoal was coordinator of automation and control area on Martifer Solar (2011-2014), where he worked with solar PV projects developed in Portugal, France, India, England, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Cape Verde, among others. José Pascoal joined the Portuguese multinational in 2010 to take over the functions of automation and control Engineer.

In the Centre of competences of the Ikaros Solar, the engineer will be responsible for analysis, design, optimization and monitoring of business processes and procedures for all departments of the group, which has as a subsidiary Portugal Ikaros-Hemera. José Pascoal is also responsible for managing the process of knowledge and know-how in all the subsidiaries of the Group Ikaros Solar.

"I've always followed my career by demand constant new challenges and this post is an example of this ambition. Have the responsibility to manage and standardize business processes of the central powers of the Ikaros Solar from Portugal makes me believe that the future brings good news for many Portuguese engineers in the photovoltaic area. The Group's investment in Solar Engineer Service Center Ikaros is revealing this trend ", explained in a statement José Pascoal. the new international Competence Center Engineer of Ikaros Solar has a degree in electrical and Computer Engineering-Automation and control Branch at the University of Coimbra. He was also a researcher at Institute for systems and Robotics at the University of Coimbra and coordinator of master's theses, in the context of renewable energy, in the Faculty of engineering of Porto and at the Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, and author and co-author of several scientific papers.

In full operation from 2013, the Center has created a core of engineers solar PV experts to meet the technical requirements of the various subsidiaries of the Group worldwide. The major foci of this team's work will be the development of projects of greater complexity and size, along with the research and development of the solution.

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CGD recognized by transparency and address climate change actions

Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) was distinguished by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for his course in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating the risks of climate change, achieving a position of prominence in the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index of the CDP.

The award was announced at the launch of the CDP Iberia 125 Climate Change Report 2014, accompanying the activities of the 125 largest Iberian companies quoted on the stock exchange with regard to response to climate change.

CDP Iberia 125 Climate Change Report is drawn from a survey done to companies of the Iberian Peninsula. CGD responding to inquiry voluntarily since 2009, because it is not listed on the stock exchange. For the fourth consecutive year, CGD has achieved a prominent position in the area of leadership, being the only company in the financial sector with a rating of 100 points on the scale of CDP report.

"We are fully aware of the importance of climate to our business and as such the box continues to work on environmental issues," said Paula Viegas, Director of sustainability of CGD, during the launch of the CDP Iberia 125 Climate Change Report 2014.

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Underwater discovery in the Aegean Pompeii

Researchers at the National Hellenic Research Foundation and the Ephorate of Underse Archeology, in Greece, discovered a species of "underwater Pompeii" in the Aegean Sea. According to the international press, were found remains of an ancient village â€" including your workshop â€" on the seabed near the island of Delos (photos 5 to 9).

Archaeologists have discovered 16 terracotta pots and remnants of an ancient furnace, according to Discovery News, describing the find as "a little Pompeii".

"In the past, these ruins had been identified as port infrastructure," explained the Minister of culture of Greece. However, the survey revealed that, instead of a port, they are part of an ancient village. "Workshops were found equal in Pompeii and Herculaneum".

Other structural elements of the village, as columns or walls, were also collected along the coast. The village, probably linked to maritime activities or crafts, disappeared in mysterious ways. Later, the sea took it upon himself to hide from people.

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New giant crater appears in Russia

2014 seems not to be the best year for land in Russia. After three giant craters that appeared in the region of Siberia, appeared another in Perm region.

However, unlike the other craters, whose origin is still unknown, this giant hole is the result of the collapse of a potash mine, which opened a massive crater in the middle of an abandoned mining town.

Although the village is uninhabited, the same mine is also located in another village, a few miles away, which is inhabited. Experts and officials now fear that the mine may collapse also in the locality inhabited, writes the Inhabitat.

Uralkali, a company that produces potash fertilizer and responsible for extraction at the mine, announced recently that the works were abandoned in Solikamsk-2 mine, after the site has been flooded by salt water. Shortly after, appeared the giant crater.

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The Lisbon that doesn't come on tour rankings

The last two years have been excellent for sightseeing in Lisbon. The city receives more and more people, the local economy gets a new breath and the municipality raises funding which allows you and will rehabilitate some of the most degraded areas of the city.

In parallel, and fruit of major investment in marketing and communications, the city has gained great notoriety abroad, mainly due to reports and articles that they realize that Lisbon is fashionable and has some of the most pleasant places to visit across Europe, a mixture of eagerness, cosmopolitan Beach, culture and history â€" and is therefore assiduous presence in the rankings of travel and tourism.

However, not everything is perfect â€" starting in one of the ex-libris of interest, precisely, of the city, the Elevador da Bica. The calamitous state of this national monument was in the genesis of a third citizen â€" Bernardo Ferreira de Carvalho, Fernando Jorge and Moimoi â€" the municipality.

"We protest the fact that the vehicles are vandalized, the lower station keep up with tile gaps, persists the bad state of conservation, the waste and lack of" composure "(for lack of a better word!) in general presentation (dustbin, Chair) to customers ", explains the three citizens, in a note published in the LX Citizenship, one of the best-known blogs about Lisbon.

According to the three citizens, each trip by now costs €3,60 â€" all the more reason for it to be properly preserved. "We take this opportunity to ask why the schedule was reduced lift, ending now at 8:0 pm when in an area such as that concerned the tram can and should have a much broader role in mobility between the waterfront and the Hill of Santa Catarina/Bairro Alto/Chiado?", conclude the citizens. This Lisbon, definitely not enters the international lists.

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Covilhã: Portuguese artist Bordalo II transforms trash into Owl serrana

The street performer Arthur Bordalo, Portuguese of 26 years, transformed a bunch of junk sculpture of an OWL, which installed on the wall of a building in Covilhã. According to the Bored Panda, the sculpture is called "OWL Eyes" and was built with tractor tires, chunks of corrugated metal and other debris from urban waste.

The creation of Bordalo was built to the annual WOOL festival, promoted in Covilhã to celebrate the urban arts.

The author, known as Ruel II, has created several works from trash or recycling, smart and resourceful.

According to the magazine Saturday, Bordalo II had the first contact with the world of the arts in the workshop of his grandfather, the painter Real Bordalo. Currently, attends the painting course at the Faculty of fine arts of Lisbon. Remember the story of Saturday and see the work "OWL Eyes".

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What are the participatory budgets? (with video)

There are more and more municipalities with participatory budgets, and this is a great news for the connection of the constituents to the activity local Executive, but also to promote areas of society which are not priority of local power, such as culture and environment.

Is this the example of participatory budget Lisbon, the first to be implemented by a European capital in 2008. "The OP de Lisboa distinguishes itself from other experience (...) because it is a truly deliberative process, giving effective decision-making to citizens to submit proposals for their city and vote for the projects they consider priorities ", can be read on the website of the initiative. Unfortunately, often the money delay himself.

This year, the participatory budget Lisbon will distribute €2,4 million for 13 projects â€" seven of them are directly linked with sustainable development. One of those who sat out for the third consecutive year, was the project "Give wings to the Heritage", conceived by SPEA (Portuguese society for the study of birds) to rehabilitate the Palacete da Quinta das Conchas. With 2,357 votes, the project was the third most votes among those who cost € 150,000 and € 500,000, becoming once more to be accomplished.

According to Luis Costa, executive director of the SPEA, the aim is to rehabilitate the historic mansion and makes it an environmental centre devoted to birds. "As association dedicated to bird conservation, we hope to contribute and help make educational programs and an environmental education center to show the birds and nature [that surround the Villa]," explained the charge to green economy.

In 2008, only a thousand people voted in the projects. Last year, that number grew to 37,000 â€" insufficient, however, to reach the number of participatory budgeting of Cascais, which this year led the vote of 41,005 citizens.

Currently there are 57 Portuguese authorities (municipalities and Parish Councils) with participatory budgets, involving about €14 million. Since the country began to take the first steps in this model of participatory democracy, in 2002, the citizens decided the fate of €54 million, through a hundred OP, according to the public.

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U.s. will help countries threatened by climate change with €2,4 billion

Barack Obama recently announced that the United States intends to provide up to €2,4 billion to help countries that are being affected by climate change. The funds will enable these Nations to adapt to the new conditions of life, as well as to invest in clean energy.

However, the White House won't provide the money at zero cost. So that the amount is released, Barack Obama indicated that other G20 countries must have a similar attitude and provide amounts, even if in smaller values, referred to Inhabitat.

Although the action may seem generous and well-meaning, the approach chosen is to throw money to the problem, instead of taking effective action against climate change. Still, the money will allow the poor countries to invest in clean energy and adapt to more extreme conditions.

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Dubai offers Prize in gold who swap car for public transport

The road to sustainable mobility is coming to countries where, until recently, it was impossible to be: the transport authority of Dubai's chance to win generous prizes inhabitants if they leave the car in the garage and use public transport.

Second minus one Car, the authority will give away 4 kg of gold to celebrate the Day of public transport, which marks the day on November 1. The idea is to convince people to leave their cars at home. The prizes will be distributed via lottery.

The aim is to "avoid dependence on private vehicles and use public transportation," says Al Yousuf Ali, responsible for Roads and transport authority of Dubai.

This is another measure to reduce the traffic and car use in the city, once in Dubai there are an average of 2.3 cars per household and only 13% of citizens use public transport.

Besides the gold, there are prizes worth € 214,000 ($ 680,000) and a basketball tournament, with first prize valued at approximately € 2,100 ($ 6,600) and the presence of basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who will dispute a match in a bus terminal, according to the BBC.

To enable itself to win the prizes, all stakeholders must have a ticket to Dubai transport.

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6 tips to start running and avoid injury

The race is fashionable and attracts an increasing number of fans every day. Much of the success of the race due to the fact that it can be practiced at any time, without being subject to the timetables imposed by the gym, and practicality, since it simply slip into sneakers and run. However, we must take into account a series of advice for that training is not harmful to the body.

To practice this sport in the best possible way, the Spanish site ABC shares a series of tips and tricks to get the most during your workout, avoiding injuries.

Read all about races and runners in our aggregator brother, my well-being.

1. Paciência

Running is a very aggressive mode due to contact with the ground. The first few times it's normal that I don't feel comfortable running. There needs to be a period of adjustment that could last about a month.

2. Advance progressively

A Council that is intended to people who are sedentary. Ideally start by racing with interim walk, I mean, take a minute and walking three.

3. control weight

Combine the practice of physical exercise with a balanced diet will help you lose weight in a short time. In the case of a person who has never raced and overweight, it is recommended to do elliptical or static bike before you start running.

4. choose the material

Running is one of the cheapest sports there is. The equipment should include breathable t-shirt and shorts and, above all, some good sneakers. Ideally, ask for advice in a specialty store, once the footwear must adapt to the weight and trodden on every person. There are three types of stomp:

-Pronadora (When you are with the inside)

-Neutral (When with the central part).

-Supinators (When you are with the outside of the foot).

5. strengthen the muscles

The ideal is to combine the race with gym exercise to strengthen muscles and consult the physiotherapist to relax the muscles if you have trained a lot.

6. Adapt the technique

Each person has a different way of running. It is necessary to adapt the technique to the characteristics of each race.

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The danger of the storm drains for men and animals

There's a lot to know about the danger of the storm drains, or sewer holes, for the safety of the people, especially the young and children. However, they represent quite a bit more than that: also the animals, big or small, can quietly falling in these urban traps.

In the case of donkey Nile, who found himself stuck in a sewer hole of Pratteln, Switzerland, the just saved by firefighters. The donkey-nicknamed Shrek by firefighters due to similarities â€" left the zoo where she was for years but, distracted, not avoided falling into the hole.

Bruno Scheinder, a citizen of Pratteln, saw the ass trying to get out of the hole-it was impossible to do it alone â€" and called the authorities.

According to police, Nile wasn't hurt and was always conscience-the donkey of 13 years he's recovering from shock in the local zoo.

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Excess salt in the soil destroy terrains the size of Manhattan every week

A new study of the United Nations (UN) reveals that the excess salt in the soil, destroyed over the past 20 years, about 20% of all global irrigated land â€" an area equivalent to the size of France. This corresponds to the average daily destruction of 2,000 acres of irrigated plantations in arid or semi-arid areas spread across 75 countries over the last two decades.

In 2050, the world population is expected to reach 10 billion people and, as such, human civilization cannot afford to lose agricultural land fertile and arable. The amount of land destroyed by excess salt increased from 45 million hectares in 1990 to 62 million at present.

The destruction of land by salt happens in areas where rainfall is too low to generate a regular flow of rainwater through the soil and where irrigation is practised without a natural or artificial drainage system. The salt then begins to accumulate in the soil, even if irrigation is done with the cooler water as possible, and as the water evaporates, the salt particles are piling up in the grounds. Additionally, the crops selectively filter the salt water through its root system, further concentrating the load of salt in the soil, referred to Inhabitat.

The study, "Economics of salt-induced land degradation and restoration" was published in Natural Resources Forum. Additionally, the document reveals the extensive costs of salinisation, including €21,9 billion in agricultural losses per year.

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The most beautiful train stations in the world

There's something particularly beautiful, enigmatic and even nostalgic train stations. They resemble the departure and arrival, and that connects us, invariably, to our most intimate emotions.

Maybe that's why we all like lists of the most beautiful stations in the world. And they appear to an incredible pace, sponsored by newspapers and media from around the world.

This time the list was developed by the Daily Mail and puts the Eastern Station, in Lisbon, in the ranking of the most beautiful in the world.

The British newspaper says we love train stations because, for the most part, they are made and practices. That's why the station of Santiago Calatrava and other few, around the globe, are viewed with awe and admiration.

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1. Gare do Oriente, Lisboa (Portugal)

2. Chhatrapati Shivaji, Bombay (India)

3. Kings Cross, London (England)

4. St. Pancras, London (England)

5. Liege-Guillemins, Liège (Belgium)

6. Antwerpen-Centraal Station, Antwerp (Belgium)

7. Royal Botanic Gardens, Madrid (Spain)

8. Gare de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France)

9. KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur (Malásia)

10. Grand Central Terminal, New York (USA)

11. CFM Station, Maputo (Mozambique)

12. Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa (Japan)

13. Southern Cross, Melbourne (Australia)

14.Hundertwasser-Bahnhof, Huelzen (Alemanha)

15. World Trade Centre Transport Hub, New York (USA)



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Reforestation program will restore one-sixth of the territory of Ethiopia

For 15 years, the villages near Abrha Weatsbha, in northern Ethiopia were close to being abandoned. The slopes of the mountains were naked and communities, devastated by drought and floods, needed constant food aid.

Currently, Weatsbha, Western Abrha Tigray, is unrecognizable and an environmental disaster was avoided by planting millions of trees and shrubs. The wells were dry have water again, the soil is more nutritious and the valleys and slopes of the mountains are green again.

The reforestation of the area, achieved in a few years and with low cost, resulting from the joint work of the communities, they spared water, have created unique and pastures were replanted trees, will be now replicated in about one-sixth of the territory of Ethiopia, an area equivalent to the size of England and Wales. The more ambitious targets of this plan of afforestation is to reduce soil erosion and increase food security.

"Large areas of Ethiopia and the Sahel have been devastated by successive droughts and excessive grazing of animals during the years 1960 and 1970", indicates Chris Reij, investigator of the World Resources Institute in Washington, cites the Guardian. "There was a significant decrease of rainfall and the people had to increase the cultivated areas, which caused destruction of land and an environmental crisis throughout the region of the Sahel. But the experience in Tigray, where more than 224,000 hectares of land have been restored reveals that the recovery of the vegetation of dry zones can be a quick process, "adds the researcher.

Rather than plant only trees, which is impractical and expensive in dry areas, farmers have adopted ecological forms of agriculture, too, which combine crops and trees in the same parts of Earth.

In the region of Tigray, the recovery of the land involved the construction of miles of walls and levees for retain water from heavy rains on the slopes of the mountains, the closure of bare land to allow natural regeneration of trees and vegetation and planting millions of seeds.

Now, until 2030, Ethiopia wants to restore 15 million hectares of land.

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Malaysia: rare outbreak of malaria may be linked to deforestation

In Malaysia, a rare form of malaria caused by Plasmodium knowlesi parasite is causing more patients the remaining parasites Plasmodium family, accounting for 68% of malaria cases identified in 2013 in the country.

Although the theory is not yet proven, Balbir Singh, director of the malaria research centre at the University Malaysia Sarawak, believes that deforestation is putting the primates of the genus Macaca-common hosts of parasite-in greater contact with humans, resulting in increased parasite transmission between species.

According to a study published in 2013 on Science, the Malaysia lost about 14 percent of its forests between 2000 and 2012. Deforestation occurred mainly due to logging and conversion of forests into plantations of palm oil.

"This is a form of malaria that in the past was rarely seen in people, but today, in some of the remotest areas of the country, all cases of malaria in contact with indigenous are caused by the parasite Plasmodium knowlesi. If the number of cases continue to increase, the transmission between humans through mosquitoes will be a possibility, "indicates Singh, cites the Inhabitat.

Although it is not considered the deadliest parasite Plasmodium family, the Plasmodium knowlesi has a great speed of replication, only 12:0 am â€" while other parasites from the same family takes 48 or 72 hours to make more of themselves. The rapid replication of the parasite makes enough testing and diagnosis of patients before the disease if install in the body. The great speed of multiplication allow the disease to spread more quickly.

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New system promises to purify water with sunlight

DeShawn Henry, a Civil Engineering student at the University of Buffalo, in the United States, created a solar lens capable of filtering water. The system is cheap and, according to the young, has the potential to help communities with less access to drinking water.

According to the sustainable planet, Henry will have used cheap materials from a hardware store to get your invention: the result was a device capable of filtering 99.9% of the impurities of a liter of water in about an hour.

The lens increases the sunlight and heats one litre of water at a temperature enough to filter it. As the Sun moves in the sky, the water container needs to be adjusted in order to be at the focal point of the lens. The heating process eliminates the pathogens present in the water, leaving it clean and drinkable.

The idea of Henry may have the potential to help the population of the least developed countries, especially in Africa and Asia, since the water treatments are expensive. More than one billion people worldwide do not have access to clean water, which leads to the death of a child under the age of 5 years by the minute.

The next step of the young American is to create a larger lens, you can clean a greater amount of water, and make the equipment more efficient: is to filter one litre of water per hour is not enough to give vent looking for a family of five.

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Portugal GPA promotes debate on agricultural, marine and forestry resources

"Portugal, Natural Capital â€" agriculture, sea and forests" is the theme of the Fifth Conference of Green Project Awards (GPA) which will be chaired by the Minister of agriculture and the sea, Assumption Crests. The event is scheduled for the next day December 1, by 09:00, in the large auditorium of the ISCTE-UNL, in Lisbon.

The Conference will address topics such as the natural capital of Portugal, the natural capital as a competitive advantage, innovation and economic growth, aiming to promote the debate on the sustainable management of natural capital in Portugal, disseminate good practices and their contribution to the competitiveness of the national economy.

During the event will be presented the prize EDIA/Green Project Awards. The initiative is carried out in partnership with the Development company and the Alqueva infrastructure and the Business Council for sustainable development.

Entries are free and can be made here.

The Conference "Portugal, Natural Capital â€" agriculture, sea and forests" will have the following software:

09:30-opening session

10h00 â€" Keynote Speaker

10h30 â€" Coffee Break

10:45-Natural Capital, innovation and economic growth â€" the value of water in Alqueva "

2:30 pm â€" presentation Prize EDIA

03:00 pm â€" "Natural Capital in Portugal"

3:30 pm â€" "the Natural Capital as a competitive advantage for Portugal-SEA"

17h00-Coffee Break

5:30 pm-the Natural Capital as a competitive advantage for Portugal â€" valuation of forest resources and economic growth

07:00 pm-closing

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Continent and Solinca combine with to promote a healthier life for the Portuguese

The Continent the Solinca Gymnasiums joined to launch the card Gives Fitness, wellness and health solution, with the possibility to enjoy a pack of ten access to spaces of 25% with Solinca discount on Mainland Card.

The card Gives Fitness is a product directed to all people who seek to have access to training without compulsory loyalty plans, allowing you to acquire or offer training from €49,90 and receive discount on Mainland Card, which can be converted to shopping.

After the first use the remaining access to the clubs have a validity of Solinca three months, "which represents the ideal solution for anyone who wants to attend a Club and have exercise habits with less regularity and with minimal impact, familial", indicates the director-general of Health Fitness & Solinca, Bernardo Again, in a statement.

"This partnership seeks to meet the expectations of our customers, by broadening the base of loyalty program offer Mainland card, being the perfect savings ally in various situations of life of Portuguese families, like a trip to the gym," says marketing manager from mainland, Paulo Veiga.

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South Africa: recycled containers transformed into educational space for children

The South African Architects atelier of Justice was hired to design a library. However, the project ran out of funding and the architects had to find an economic solution that allowed the construction of the library. The solution was to create the building from export containers, ensuring a quality and interaction space for children.

SEED Library, as it was named the library is intended to be a prototype that can be reproduced in other places and under similar financial conditions. The containers were positioned perpendicularly. The top container, painted green and gray, serves as a reading room and has small rooms to study. The space below is for collective activities. The entire building is equipped with LED lighting.

Last year, the SEED Library was awarded a prize in the Loeries, a Gauteng Institute for Architects Merit Award and was nominated for other awards, referred to Inhabitat. The library was conceived as a semi-permanent solution that can serve as a model for other spaces.

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What hides the giant stone circles of Jordan?

Twelve great stone circles were discovered in recent years in Jordan: eight between Wadi el-Hasa and Shara, West of the country, and four North of the oasis of Azraq. Even if they appear to be highly accurate, researchers and archaeologists have not yet realized Wed its purpose.

Although the first circles were discovered in 20 years, the truth is that the use of satellite imagery has come to discover several others â€" the last in 2002 â€" and scientists believe that more will be discovered in the near future.

The technology just triggered the curiosity of archaeologists, which still failed to detail what the purpose of these monstrous constructions made of stones and boulders â€" the diameters vary between 220 meters and 455 yards.

"The landscape of the Middle East have circular structures or dense scattered sub-circulares. Most are circles, but there are many that are geometrically precise, though sometimes distorted, "explained David Kennedy, of the University of Western Australia.

Thus, they would have to have been built by 12 or more workers and designed by an "architect". Quotation marks, of course, because these buildings are said to have been made in a period between 2,000 and 4,500 BC.

According to investigators, some answers will be given in the coming years, as they explore the satellite images and made excavations in the terrain. Until then, it is expected that the circles are not destroyed by the expansion of the neighbouring cities â€" in fact, two of them were destroyed, in recent years, due to this fact.

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EcoBook: the Whiteboard in school notebook format

The concept is the same as a whiteboard of those who find themselves in schools: write as many times as you want and delete as many times as you want. However, this is not a picture, but rather of the EcoBook, a notebook and reusable eco-made from the same material of the school boards, which allows the re-use of leaves without the stain or damage.

Behind the EcoBook are, two young men of Viseu, who created the concept this year when they were still in the last year of secondary education. The idea arose from the frustration of having damaged leaves by use of rubber or the impossibility of erasing ink stains. And thus arose the EcoBook, which embodies the advantages of the pencil, the possibility to erase and re-write, but without leaving marks, together with the pen, allowing for greater smoothness in the writing process.

The project started in June this year, through a campaign of crowdfunding, during just over a month, has raised about € 2,300, 85% more than young people needed to start the project. With this money the company could create and produce stock.

"The acceptance of the product has surpassed very positively our expectations. In less than two months we can sell to Brazilian companies, a multinational, hearing health for public institutions and others, "says Peter Lee. "It's hard and we get many sleepless nights, but we see what we have achieved already so new it makes you wake up every morning with a smile on her face and a huge willingness to at least try to change the habits of the Portuguese and, who knows, in the world," he adds.

The EcoBook is available in formats A4 and A5 costing €8,99 and €6,99, respectively, and are accompanied by a black marker. The ecological notebook can be purchased in online shop of the EcoBook.

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Demand for rhinoceros horn in Vietnam decreased by 38% in one year

Efforts to stem the illegal trade of animals appear to be bearing fruit in some African and Asian countries. Vietnam is one of them. The demand for rhino horn in this country decreased about 38% in the last year.

After a long public awareness campaign in Vietnam, only 2.6% of the inhabitants continue to buy and use the rhino horn, which has enough medicinal value according to the local customs.  And also the number of people who still believe in the medicinal value of the Horn, which is of the same biological material that the nails and hair, decreased by about 25%.

However, around 38% of Vietnamese continue to believe that the animal Horn achieves treating diseases such as rheumatism or cancer.

The findings are from a survey carried out by Nielsen for the Humane Society International and the Cites Vietnamese, referred to in the Guardian.

Vietnam is one of the key markets for trade in rhino horn, a factor that triggered the awareness campaign to deter people from buying and consuming the product. The campaign has focused on debunking the myth that the rhino horn has medicinal value. The action took place mainly in commercial spaces, schools, universities and women's organizations in the country's capital, Hanoi.

Demand for rhinoceros horns in the markets of China and other countries of Southeast Asia are putting the African rhinos in danger. In the last year about 1,004 animals were slaughtered by poachers in South Africa, which has more rhinos than any other African country. This year have already been slaughtered 821 animals.

The increase in poaching the rhinoceros is relatively recent â€" in 2007, only 13 rhinos were slaughtered in South Africa. One of the main reasons for the slaughter are the high prices that the rhinoceros horns can reach on the black market, about € 78,700/kg, which puts this product at the same level in the price of gold or cocaine.

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Tibetan monks build artificial glaciers to provide water to local villages

In Ladakh, a desert region in the Tibetan plateau, the consequences of climate change are already felt severely by its inhabitants. Farmers in Ladakh are facing a water crisis due to the rapid melting of the glaciers and as such decided to act and build artificial glaciers in cone shape.

As the natural glaciers around Ladakh are decreasing in size from year to year, due to global warming, the amount of water available every spring is smaller and smaller. But during the hot summer months, the water released is enough, which decreases the size of glaciers. This situation is extremely worrying for the inhabitants of the region, who depend on the water for centuries provided by glaciers.

In January this year, SECMOL School students Campus began working on a solution to the water shortage by creating artificial glaciers. The structures were called Stupas of ice, due to similarities shared with the traditional Tibetan stupas.

In late February, the students had already created a prototype structure of two years floors which stored about 150,000 gallons of water from excess water from glaciers during the winter.

After the first prototype has proved a success, the structure was blessed by a Tibetan monk who requested a full-scale version of the artificial glacier to the land involving the Phyang monastery, referred to Inhabitat.

To raise funds for the Stupas of Ice of Phyang, monks and villagers launched a fundraising campaign. So that there is funding, the objective is to use the stupas to create enough water to irrigate the desert region of Ladakh.

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Abandoned by his mother Leopard is created on the bathroom attendant

The baby Leopard Nimbus was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, in the Natural Park Cotswold, in Oxfordshire, England. The animal Wrangler, Jamie Craig, discovered her along to a brother who, unlike Nimbus, didn't make it, and didn't think twice before taking to his own House, where the fed by hand for six weeks â€" the perfect time for the animal return to healthy Natural Park.

According to the Daily Mail, Craig rode the whole support structure the Nimbus in the bathroom. It can be tricky getting out of the shower with a Leopard on the side, but that fact not worried JHA of 13 years, and Niemi, of 10, Jamie and sons who helped create the animal.

"The first time I warmed up and gave her food be surprised by the strength that she had. Put him in the bathroom for her to walk from one side to the other, without restrictions, "explained the dog Walker.

Jamie monitored the animal's health every day, and this was one of the reasons why led Nimbus home. Is that Nimbus belongs to the species of leopards-nebulous, who live mostly the Himalayas, Southeast Asia and China and which are considered vulnerable by the IUCN-International Union for conservation of nature.

Nimbus spent six weeks in Jamie's House, until it was returned to its habitat (artificial). A success story.

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USA: how the FBI will handle cases of animal cruelty

Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States changed its policy in relation to abuse animals, and include them in the list of separate offenses in the National System of reporting of Incidents, following the recommendations of the Office of animal welfare and the National Association of Sheriffes.

So far, the FBI classified the animal abuse as "other" in the categories of your databases, this category where the offenses were less relevant. Such categorization made the work of organizations of animal rights and defense agencies that oversee law enforcement to monitor and combat the mistreatment of animals across the country.

However, with the new crime classification will be included in the group are other crimes like murders, rapes and robberies. "It will be a group A offence and a Crime Bill to society," reads a statement from the FBI that the Dodo had access. "Criminal activity and group information will be expanded to include four types of abuse," reads the statement. The four categories of abuse will be simple negligence, intentional abuse and torture, abuse and sexual abuse.

The FBI clarifies the concept of cruelty as "intentional execution, knowingly or recklessly actions that hurt or kill any animal without just cause, such as torture, mutilation, harass, poisoning or neglect".

Still in the examples of abuse include the denial of food, water, shelter or veterinary care when needed, or the imprisonment of an animal in a manner that causes injury, death, excessive or repeated pain and suffering.

The new classification given by the FBI abuses against animals has two immediate effects, as indicates the political director of abuse against animals the humane society of America. "First, the fact that the FBI classify animal cruelty crimes so serious enough to be monitored broadcasts a message to all law enforcement agencies that the problem is serious and should be taken very seriously," says John Goodwin. The second result is real-time monitoring of animal abuse in all 50 u.s. States, which will be compiled in monthly reports by the local authorities. The reports will start to be made in 2016.

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