Category: SHELTER
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Jessica Alba – the newest global ambassador for Earth Hour
Actress and Co-Founder of The Honest Company, Jessica Alba becomes the global ambassador of WWF’s Earth hour 2013, the world’s largest mass participation event that has become the iconic symbol of people’s commitment to protect the planet. Earth Hour, which World Wildlife Fund helped start in 2007, has grown from a one-city initiative to a 7,001-city/town…
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“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live” – Albert Einstein
EU countries will vote on plans to ban bee killing pesticides. Spain, Germany and the UK are threatening to block the ban, under the pressure of the chemical lobby. Not a single bee has never sent you an invoice. And that is part of the problem – because most of what comes to us from…
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Vive le sport: Hermès Rallye 24 tableware
Inspired by the world of motor racing: Hermès Rallye 24 tableware The sporting life, Hermès’s theme for 2013, continues with Hermès Rallye 24 tableware inspired by the world of motor racing. Presented for the first time in a Paris garage with vintage sports cars, the new 49-piece collection pays tribute to the Italian racing red,…
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Luxurious sweet treat: de Grisogono sugar
Women naturally gravitate toward sweeter foods, as the sweets increase levels of serotonin in the brain. Rock candy (also called rock sugar) and caviar candy make every lady a little bit happier. Fawaz Gruosi, the soul of de Grisogono company, appeals to an irresistible weapon for a new women’s timepiece collection with dozens of closed-set white…
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“The world once again had a chance to take action to safeguard polar bear populations and failed”
Only 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears remain in the wild, living in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the United States. Leading polar bear scientists believe that two-thirds of the world’s polar bear populations will be lost by the year 2050. More than 400 polar bears are needlessly exploited, hunted and killed annually to supply the…
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Le Meridien’s “a new perspective” to encourage hotels to be creative hubs
A new perspective on modern China Le Meridien’s “A New Perspective” event series have previously explored contemporary Indian art, a photographic study of Bangkok captured by nine photographers from across the Asia Pacific world, and a project by Paris-based Chinese artist An Xiaotong creating Lego artworks inspired by her visits to Le Meridien hotels in Hainan,…