Jan 15th, 2009 at 2:00PM: London Heathrow airport is in desperate need of a third runway. Despite being one of the busiest airports in the world, all 481,000 yearly aircraft movements take place on just 2 runways. Anyone who has arrived or departed from Heathrow has probably spent a decent chunk of time waiting in line for a take off slot, or received a complimentary 45 minute sightseeing trip making circles over London ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Heathrow gets go ahead for third runway - Greenpeace not happy
Jan 15th, 2009 at 2:00PM: London Heathrow airport is in desperate need of a third runway. Despite being one of the busiest airports in the world, all 481,000 yearly aircraft movements take place on just 2 runways. Anyone who has arrived or departed from Heathrow has probably spent a decent chunk of time waiting in line for a take off slot, or received a complimentary 45 minute sightseeing trip making circles over London ...Star Island won't make you change
Jan 11th, 2009 at 9:00AM: It seems like every effort to "go green" requires a change of behavior. Hotels let you choose to use towels or sheets twice. Your parents instructed you to turn the lights off when leaving a room. These measures can affect change, but they usually don't. Despite the clear benefits, people just won't change. But, what if you could find a way to protect the environment without having to change any ...Climate activists arrested at Heathrow
Feb 25th, 2008 at 12:20PM: With all the talk of biofuels and climate change in the airline industry, environmental activists have taken to airports as their protesting grounds. Last week in Sweden activists dressed up as polar bears at a Stockholm airport. This week the site of protesting is Heathrow Airport, where today four Greenpeace activists, who climbed on top of an airplane, were arrested. Part of a larger group ...A Canadian in Beijing: Hands in the Air at Beijing's Midi Festival
May 8th, 2007 at 3:30AM:
One of my goals before arriving in China was to take in the live music scene here. That hasn't been difficult in the least. In fact, it's been difficult to balance getting up early for my part-time classes after taking in so much live music. One of the prominent live music events of the year in Beijing is the MIDI FESTIVAL. Well, it's prominent in the underground music world, that's for sure. ...
