Tomorrow - Saturday, September 5 - Brazil celebrates Amazon Day, a commemorative date aimed at raising awareness around the world of the importance of preserving the planet’s largest tropical rainforest. Protecting the Amazon, however, goes far beyond combating deforestation, which in 2026 reached the lowest level of deforestation alerts in the historical series recorded by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). It also means addressing the cities of the regio

The TUI Care Foundation is celebrating ten years of its global TUI Junior Academy, a programme that has so far inspired more than 307,000 school-aged children from over 1,200 schools around the world to become environmental champions in their communities. Since its launch in 2016, the programme has also equipped almost 9,000 teachers and educators with the knowledge and tools to deliver environmental and sustainability education that continues to benefit new generations of st

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has confirmed it will hold the fourth edition of its World Sustainability Symposium (WSS) in Brussels, Belgium, on 13-14 October 2026. Bringing together leaders from aviation, energy, finance, technology, academia, and government, the event will focus on the policies and actions needed to advance air transport's transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Taking place in Brussels, where many of aviation's most consequent

The Old Coach House, a new sustainable tourist accommodation offering, has been officially opened in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The project was awarded €300,000 in investment funding through Fáilte Ireland’s Regenerative Tourism and Placemaking Scheme, which is co-funded by the EU and the Government of Ireland under the EU Just Transition fund. The Old Coach House invested a further €308,000 in the development bringing the total investment to €608,000. The newly redeveloped Old C

The Gambia River communities hold a treasure of cultural heritage in the folklore of the Ninki Nanka - a mystical dragon said to reside in the creeks of the Gambia River. However, as traditional storytelling declines amongst younger generations, this rich heritage risks being lost forever. Meanwhile, rural communities along the river remain excluded from the tourism benefits concentrated in coastal areas. To preserve this endangered folklore and create sustainable livelihoods