Zagreb was featured in yesterday’s edition of Observer’s series ” World throught a lens“. This is an extract from the article : A whirl of tutus in a Zagreb cafe-bar during a break in ballet rehearsals: poise, and skin, and fabulous discs of swan-white tuile, and yet what are our eyes drawn towards? Exactly. A little paper tube, being happily smoked…

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Leilani C. Latimer
Director, Sustainability Initiatives
Travelocity, Sabre Holdings

A sustainable brand “sustains your brand promise over the long term,” Leilani Latimer told participants at Sustainable Brands ’09 in Monterey, California, adding that Travelocity’s brand promise is “to connect people with the world’s greatest travel possibilities.”

Travelocity’s effort to create a sustainable brand “is a story of grassroots cause marketing” that has helped the company differentiate itself in a largely commoditized market. It began when employees across the organization asked how they could make change happen. Their answer was to seek to “make the world better, one trip at a time.”

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“Crtic for goodnight” is projection of short movies made by young artists and students of new media arts from Munchen, Vancouver, Istambul and Zagreb. 

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Croatia and Hungary have agreed on the establishment of a cross-border Mura-Drava-Danube biosphere reserve within the UNESCO “Man and Biosphere” program. The biosphere reserve is a representative ecological area with three basic tasks: to protect natural assets, to encourage sustainable development and to stimulate scientific research related to the improvement of the quality of life and sustainable use of natural goods.

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Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure have recently signed contracts with 12 tourist and excursion boat owners. Together, they will receive payment of 3.3 million Kuna for the building and reconstruction of their ships and boats.

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November 20th, 2009 by admin

Anyone visiting Oahu that wants to stretch their legs a bit should be sure not to miss the Manoa Valley. Although just a short trip from the hotels of Waikiki, you’ll feel worlds away as the trail takes you into the rainforest.

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Twenty seven days after ferry Marko Polo was stranded on the Sit island, it was finaly refloated this morning

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The oldest cultural festival in Croatia, Dubrovnik Summer Festival takes place every year from 10th July to 25th of August in Dubrovnik . It started back in 1950’s . The Dubrovnik Summer Festival presents a rich programme of classical music, theatre, opera and dance on more than 70 open – air venues. Above image is festival advert from 1963. Click here to have a look at large image of  Dubrovnik Summer Festival Advert from 1963

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British Airways has included Dubrovnik in its ten destinations that it expects to prove popular among travellers in 2010.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil says it will voluntarily reduce carbon emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020.

Dilma Rousseff is chief of staff for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. She says the cuts Brazil will present at a climate summit in Copenhagen next month will be on a voluntary basis only. She says the nation will not accept mandatory cuts.

Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc has said the majority of Brazil's emission cuts will come from slowing deforestation, which scientists think is responsible for 20 percent of the globe's carbon emissions.

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