| alpMedia Newsletter 26.11.2020
Summary No. 7/2020 - 8/2020  |
| Riding to work by bike, in November? Some people do. They then tell of how the mist wafts and of the mystical morning light over the Alpine Rhine Valley. They rarely talk about clammy fingers and cold feet, but luckily there’s a hot shower in the office. The late autumn days are also ideal for spending time indoors. We therefore recommend that you read our newly printed themed magazine, Alps insight, and take part in the Alpine Week.
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Your alpMedia team
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The corona pandemic, digitisation and health are causing ever more people to spend their leisure time in the mountains. At the online conference “Outdoor tourism with a long-distance perspective” on 16 and 17 November 2020, experts from the fields of science and the industry discussed how sustainable and socially acceptable tourism in the Alpine region can succeed. |
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 | Corona has strikingly shown how important accessible local recreation areas are for our well-being. Over 70 percent of the Alpine population live in cities. There is a great deal of potential for action there in particular, says Magdalena Holzer, Project Manager at CIPRA International.
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News from the CIPRA
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 | How does ecologically sustainable management in the Alpine region contribute to a better quality of life? Answers and food for thought are provided by the themed booklet SzeneAlpen, published in November 2020.
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 | An international competence centre in Liechtenstein that strengthens the idea of sustainable development in the Alps: with the newly renovated “Netzwerkstatt Alpen”, CIPRA has made this vision a reality.
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 | High prices, long travel times, complex booking systems: an Alpine-wide survey by CIPRA's Youth Council shows that sustainable travel in the Alps must become more attractive.
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 | Climate awareness meets aesthetics: Switzerland and Liechtenstein are awarded the “Constructive Alps” architecture prize for sustainable renovation and construction in the Alps for the fifth time.
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News from the Alps |
 | The Swiss mountain cantons want to leave the Eusalp – but not entirely: this surprise contradiction was dropped into talks about a future Eusalp presidency at the beginning of October 2020.
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 | No criticism of pesticides wanted: a South Tyrolean provincial council, along with over 1300 farmers, has accused pesticide critics of libel.
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 | Photo traps, audio recorders, soil samples: a unique research project in the Alps documents the effects of the climate crisis on biodiversity in the Berchtesgaden National Park/D. The findings will also benefit other mountain regions.
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 | The first competence centre for regional culinary arts in the Alps opened in autumn 2020 with the “Culinarium Alpinum” in Stans/CH, showing how the cooperation of various players is revitalising and developing Alpine food culture.
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| Call for papers: Dynamic Urban Centers and Sustainable Mountain Development, 16.09.2020 - 12.12.2020, Online. More... AlpineWeek Intermezzo: Youth & Climate, 09.12.-11.12.2020, Online. More... Workshop: Health – Work – Life! Ideas for sustainable lifestyles in the Alps, 09.12.2020 14:00 - 18:00, Online. More... Online Workshop “Tourism in Alpine Protected Areas in a changing framework – opportunities and challenges”, 12.12.2020 10:00 - 12:00, Online. More... | The rising temperatures caused by the climate crisis threaten not only nature, but also winter tourism and sports. What do we do with our skis when no more snow falls? What will then attract tourists to the mountains? One solution would be to recreate the winter, for example using plastic. This is innovation, i.e. creating something new – or preserving something old in new ways. The ground-breaking idea is called Glice. Plastic ice is already used in ice hockey, figure skating and as a winter attraction in shopping malls. In Switzerland, “Graubünden Ferien” has now tested a plastic cross-country skiing trail together with cross-country skier Selina Gasparin (see this Facebook video). It is an image of the future: the sun shines while the athlete, clad in an ice-blue tracksuit, glides along a white plastic rail over a green meadow. She smiles contentedly and reflects on the countless possibilities such as pre-season and summer training, or cross-country skiing parks. The idea could certainly be applied to other areas as well: plastic flowers bloom all year round and plastic fir trees need no needles. But why would tourists go to the mountains just for something like this? The plastic rails could also be laid in the lowlands. But the Alps offer something unique: a wonderful backdrop. And if the colours aren’t right, you can always paint them. |
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