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ECO OPTIONS IN HAMBURG
HAMBURG HAS A VARIETY OF planet-friendly
venues, including the new Congress Centre
Hamburg, opening at the end of August
with a heating , ventilation and air-
conditioning system that will draw in air
from the adjacent park. Meanwhile, the
Movenpick Hotel Hamburg (left) has
recently been awarded the Green Globe
Certification in recognition of its team’s
work to reduce water and energ y
consumption, CO2 emissions and introduce
renewable energ y. The hotel, housed in a
former water tower, is located in the greenery
of Schanzen Park, near Hamburg Messe.TheTripit app
nowhelps
users to track
andoffset
theircarbon
emissions. It’s
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aggregate flightemissions
across providers, post-
booking, giving you a
holistic view of your air travel
footprint. The feature will
soon be
available
to all Tripit
users –
both free
and Pro.
The app is
available
from the
App Store
(iOS) and
Google
Play
(Android).Tripit
PLASTIC BAN: MAKING THE CASE
British Airways has announced a new target to remove more than
700 tonnes of single-use plastic on board its flights this year. This
amounts to more than a quarter of a billion individual items of
plastic, equivalent to more than 30,000 suitcases full of single-use
plastic. To mark the move, the carrier commissioned eco-artist
Sarah Turner to create a giant suitcase made from a thousand
pieces of waste plastic, including 160 spoons, more than a dozen
stirrers, drinks lids, plastic wrap, bubble wrap, catering dishes and
covers, and bottles. The sculpture is on display at British Airways’
London Heathrow headquarters.
IHGHOTELBRANDVOCOhasa “treadlight”
philosophy, and its St John’s Solihull property has
recently partnered with the local council to launch
a new orchard in Malvern Park. The Voco St
John’s Community Orchard was completed with a
community planting day that saw local volunteer
groups, families and residents take part. The
apple and plum orchard is open all year round
and supports the council’s “Urban Forestry”
strategy to benefit the health and wellbeing of
Solihull’s residents.
Every decade is consequential in its own way, but the 2020s
will be consequential in a more or less permanent wayElizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryQUOTE OF THE MONTH
Voco
treads lightly
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