November in Northern Sicily: The Month of Olives
November in Sicily has its own unmistakable rhythm. Farm gates sit slightly ajar, cars and small trucks line the narrow country roads, and everywhere you hear the soft clatter of…
November in Sicily has its own unmistakable rhythm. Farm gates sit slightly ajar, cars and small trucks line the narrow country roads, and everywhere you hear the soft clatter of…
This is the text of my presentation to the European Bamboo Expo in Dortmund on 2 June 2023 Bamboo in China When I lived and worked in China, I…
As you know when you follow my blog, I am working with SUNx Malta to promote Climate Friendly Travel (CFT). CFT is tourism that aims to be low-carbon and linked…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) defines nature-based solutions as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively,…
To celebrate the International Day of Forests in 2022, I want to explain the latest developments regarding Bamboologic in Europe. I am advisor to the company, and help to share…
Introduction Bamboo is a collective name for a group of botanical species that all belong to the grass family, the Graminea. The term applies both to the living plant and…
I read an interesting story by Laura Cole in the latest issue of Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society in London. The story focused on sand mining. Maybe…
Last week, I was part of the inaugural SUNx Malta 2020 Climate Friendly Travel and Tourism Think Tank with 35 global thought leaders from the travel and tourism sector. We…
I just attended the first Ibero Bamboo Symposium in Madrid , where I talked about bamboo in Europe. Planning for the symposium started in 2018, when I was the Director-General…
For the past five years, I was the head of the Secretariat of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (www.inbar.int) in Beijing, PR China. I stepped down in April this…
