Green Fun – Not Only Hiking!
This is my fourth article on Green Travelling and I really enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience and hope to be able to help you with choosing the elements for your next vacations. There are many things to keep...
The “Unfamiliar Landscapes” of Edward Burtynsky
“(..) whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime; that is, it is productive of the strongest emotion which the mind...
Can we reduce packaging?
By Miriam Candelas, IYNF e-volunteer On average each person in Europe annually produces half a ton of household waste, most of it coming from food packaging and only 40% of which is reused or recycled. There has also been...
RefuFest Multicultural Festival 2016
“This weekend proved that Prague can be a multicultural heaven if it choses to be, I hope one day it will become a future example of how beautiful multiculturalism can be!“ RefuFest Multicultural Festival took place for the 11th...
Guidelines for a sustainable lifestyle
‘One-third of the world’s cereal harvest is fed to farmed animals. Enough to feed 800 million people.’ ‘Nine million tons of plastic is the equivalent of 136 billion plastic milk jugs. Stack them up and they’d reach more than...
Entrepreneurial campfire: Let the creativity sparks fly!
The European Youth Event 2016 in Strasbourg started with a lot of energy and inspiring activities. Dozens of young people gathered at the YO!Cafe tent on Friday, 20 May, during the morning to listen to the stories of...
“Speak up, don’t shut up”. The European Youth Event 2016
« Together we can make a change ». Under the banner of a single slogan, the voice of more than 7,000 young people has been the soundtrack of the 2nd edition of the European Youth Event. In the pursuit of transparency...
URGENT: Finance and Office Coordinator wanted!
International Young Naturefriends (IYNF) is seeking full time Finance and Office Coordinator for its Secretariat in Prague with the starting date as soon as possible. We require fluency in English and Czech language and at least basic experience with financial management....
Travel on Green Roads
Hello again! After the first two articles about sustainable tourism in general and how to choose your sustainable accommodation, I would now like to give you some tips to make your transportation greener. About 5% of all global CO2...
Walter De Maria. The immensity of nature
« I don’t think art can stand up to nature. Put the best object you know next to Grand Canyon, Niagara fall, the red woods. The big things always win». Behind this sentence is enclosed a significant part of the...