WWF calls for urgent action to protect Great Barrier Reef Under Threat
Photo Credit: WWF. via Canon Global Photo Network By Spence Holmes. WWF calls for urgent action to protect Great Barrier Reef Under Threat - Tourism generates 94 % of reef jobs and over $6.9billion revenue - We must look after the world. Reckless industrialization alongside the Great Barrier Reef could cause severe damage to one of Earth’s most important environmental systems, according to a new report commissioned by WWF, The World Wide Fund for Nature. ‘The Great Barrier Reef Under Threat’ found...
Rise of the left in S.Europe
By Laura Griffiths The potent austerity measures that Southern Europe has had to contend with as a result of the Eurozone crisis were never going to be welcomed with open arms. With the number of people protesting in the hundreds of thousands and culminating in violence since 2010, it was inevitable that the masses would be listened to by new emerging political parties or young coalitions. Disenchantment in politicians and a tough economic situation on a national level has always resulted...
Have you ever wondered how travel was born?
By Neil Kook Have you ever wondered how travel was born? A new online visual tool that charts the evolution of global travel created by ‘Journeys are made @ gapyear.com’ (www.gapyear.com) helps out a little. The ‘History of Travel’ is an education tool that curious travellers and history buffs can use to learn about the journey undertaken by the human race so far, travelling the globe and beyond. The project, which features parallax scrolling, reveals the epic journey undertaken by the...
Spotlight on Trinidad and Tobago: 2015.
By Neil Kook. Stuck as to where to travel to? TLE Travel is here to help. With a host of star-studded Football Legends due to hit Tobago shores to compete at The British Airways Tobago Football Legends Challenge tournament in June, Trinidad and Tobago are getting ready to allure visitors with a vibrant and exciting calendar of events for 2015. The twin islands traditionally renowned for their picture postcard beaches, crystal clear waters and lush green rainforests also have a...
Love is Strange – Film Review
By Corrina Antrobus @corrinacorrina Love Is Strange does well to name itself as a statement over a question as this film makes no attempt to answer the rhetoric of what love actually is, instead choosing to subtly peer at its many shades. Ira Sachs directs the long-term, newly-wed couple Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) who find themselves in a pickle when their recent marriage means George is sacked. George was a music teacher in a Catholic school and...
Fairytale: Story of the Seven Dwarfs – Film Review
By Emma Silverthorn @HouseOf_Gazelle Not to proverbial on smaller animators but at a time when there’s so many brilliant feature animations, a la Frozen, The Lego Movie, nearly everything Studio Ghibli’s made, the flaws of this one appear extra ugly. Fairytale: Story of The Seven Dwarfs is probably fine for very small children but that’s all. I love a new spin on an old fairy tale, which is what directors Boris Aljinovic and Harald Siepermann attempt but mostly fail to...
Two Night Stand – Film Review
By Clarisse Loughrey @Clarisselou The cultural consensus has been slowly letting the bar drop on rom-coms for years now. In some strange parallel to Two Night Stand’s own recently dumped lead, whose all-consuming sexual frustration leads her to pursue the very first dude who doesn’t reply to her online dating messages with “sup girl?”, the very existence of a rom-com which doesn’t come across as outwardly offensive to our core ideals somehow feels like a cinematic triumph. That is to...
Coherence – Film Review
By Sam Inglis @24fpsUK When we think of sci-fi in cinema we tend to think of spectacle; expensive tentpole movies that throw us into unfamilliar, often futuristic, worlds. There's a place for that, but recently the American independent scene has been turning its attentions to small scale science fiction, often to great effect. Coherence is set at a dinner party where eight friends are getting together for the first time in a while. A comet is passing over during the...
New Social Recruitment Platform can make you money
By Steve Taggart A revolutionary new technology platform, available online and as an app, is set to shake up the recruitment industry while also turning savvy consumers into a network of part-time recruiters. GigPlug has already amassed over 2000 consumers acting as part-time recruiters and a talent pool of 450,000 potential job-seekers. The platform uses a newly developed algorithm that matches your social contacts with a database of new jobs. Upon matching the professional experience of a contact with the...