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Country diary: Peak District
In Norfolk I have long grown accustomed to a very patchy distribution in our local swallows. Much of the vernacular architecture has been converted into residences or otherwise made unsuitable for these barn-dwelling creatures.
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Country diary: Peak District
Kate Watson’s innovation: Bristol Green Doors weekend
Bristol throws open the doors to its 52 green houses on 11 and 12 September There’s knowing how much energy your home uses (see “Can I use energy and be green?” column ) and then there’s doing something about it. We hear a lot about sustainable housing stock and the retrofitting of existing properties to cut emissions, but Bristol Green Doors ( bristolgreendoors.org ), which runs on 11 and 12 September, invites us all to take a look at 52 functioning homes across the city and find out how it feels to build and live in a real green house. The brainchild of Kate Watson and Dan Weisselberg, both studying for an MSc in architecture, environment and energy, the Green Doors weekend throws open the gates to all sorts of properties, from a 1720 cottage to zero-carbon housing-association flats
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Getting there information for Palestine
How to do the Masar walk along Abraham’s path, plus flights and practical information for Palestine Getting there Jet2.com flies from Manchester to Tel Aviv, from £99 one way. A four-day walk along the Masar ( abrahampath.org/palestine.php ), including guides, home-stay accommodation and meals with families, costs £400pp (or £570 with two nights in Jerusalem and one in Bethlehem). Tours are run by Palestinian operator, the Siraj Center (+972 2 274 8590, sirajcenter.org , email michel@sirajcenter.org ).
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India’s economic growth contrasts with political unrest in a forgotten enclave
Long sheltered by its remote location, the capital of Mizoram state must learn to manage the maelstrom of modern India I am sitting on a balcony looking out on one of the more extraordinary places on earth. Teenage girls and boys “hang out” beside the headstones in the graveyard below me
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India’s economic growth contrasts with political unrest in a forgotten enclave
Few air travellers offset carbon emissions, study finds
Only 7% of air passengers are funding green energy projects and offsetting the carbon emissions of their flights, a Civil Aviation Authority survey at Stansted airport has found Only 7% of flyers are funding green energy projects to offset the carbon emitted on their flights, according to a survey. A study of passengers at Stansted airport revealed that 93% of those questioned did not offset their flights
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Few air travellers offset carbon emissions, study finds