Blog In the News: Four in five children are not ‘connected to nature’ - Large numbers of British children are missing out on engaging with nature, according to a new study.
Red squirrel First of its kind The ground-breaking study, led by the RSPB, marks the first time that connectivity between children and nature has been studied in the UK. Following 3 years of research, the project concluded that only 21% of children between the ages of 8 and 12 were ‘connected to nature’ at a level which is considered to be both realistic and achievable for all young people. The report stems from growing concerns over the distinct lack of contact with and experience of nature among modern children, which some have argued is having a negative impact on their education, health and behaviour.
Horse chestnuts in autumn Connecting to nature Around 1,200 children from across the UK took part in the study, which was based on a specially developed questionnaire. “This report is ground-breaking,” said Rebekah Stackhouse, Education and Youth Programmes Manager for RSPB Scotland. Radio Frontier to re-brand itself as WRS - GenevaLunch News. Buy a DAB+ radio if you want to listen, offline GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – The long saga of the birth and death of WRS, World Radio Switzerland, moves into a new phase 1 September when the station’s brand is taken over by what is now Ferney-based Radio Frontier.
The local non-FM station was awarded WRS by default when it and one other bidder – a foundation created by WRS staff – were both turned down for an FM license by Ofcom, in May. The federal communications office refused the requests saying neither group has adequate funding to maintain an FM station. That leaves the re-born WRS broadcasting via DAB+ and online, but only in the Lake Geneva area. How far beyond the confines of Geneva itself this will stretch remains unclear. The WRS foundation put in a bid to take over the station from current owner SSR (Swiss public broadcasting), but only if it could continue to have FM, on the basis that DAB broadcasting alone is not viable.
A New English Language Radio Station - Switzerland forums - General - glocals.com. Newcomer swells ranks of regionally-produced English services Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Radio Frontier is about to go live, at least on the web, offering English speakers in the Lake Geneva region a new music and information service with a voice that will be familiar to many: Mark Butcher, who for several years hosted The Breakfast Show on WRG and later WRS radio, will be providing one of the key shows on Radio Frontier.
The new station was founded by Butcher and Peter Sibley, formerly of World Television in Geneva, to provide commercial radio with a very local slant that focuses on the French-Swiss border area. RadioFrontier will initially be available at www.radiofrontier.ch, operating from new studios in Meyrin, with plans to expand in 2012. Radio in English is growing WRS and RadioFrontier are the only English stations in the region, although there are others, mainly available online, in Switzerland.
Main sources of Swiss news in English Business clubs. LettreParticipants. 2478985-190DDC4100000578-37_634x411.jpg (JPEG Image, 634 × 411 pixels) Where women rule: matriarchal societies from Albania to China. Did you know there’s a tribe where men suckle their babies and the country where every woman once downed tools for a day?
To mark International Women’s Day on Friday, we profile the world’s matriarchies. THE MOSUO, CHINA Deep in south-west China lies Lugu Lake, a place known as the Kingdom of Women. Here you’ll find the 40,000-strong Mosuo, one of the world’s last matrilineal societies. As befits a culture with no word for ‘father’ or ‘husband’, Mosuo women do not marry. Instead, they take as many lovers as they wish, cherry-picking them from within the tribe and inviting them for secret evening trysts (usually after the men have spent all day slaughtering pigs, while females sort out household finances).
ICELAND For the past four years, Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index Britain is 18th), thanks to passing female-friendly laws, such as the 2010 decision to outlaw strip clubs. Exv10w6. 15_Finance_38.pdf. Géographie Quiz: Fleuves de l'Europe.