Architects’ answer to rising seas: Floating homes – Business Mirror

Business Mirror Architects' answer to rising seas: Floating homes Business Mirror Saturday, 07 April 2012 17:13 Denis D. Gray / AP BANGKOK—A floating mosque and golf course for the submerging Maldives islands . Amphibious homes in the Netherlands lifted to safety as waters surge beneath them Read more »

Sustainable tourism Maldives style – The West Australian

The West Australian Sustainable tourism Maldives style The West Australian For such ecologically vulnerable, tourist-dependent economies as the Maldives islands , this is a quite literally a carbon-burning question. Any traveller might ask themselves the same thing: does my carbon footprint (through air travel, ... Read more »

Architects float answers to rising seas around the world – Detroit Free Press

Kansas City Star Architects float answers to rising seas around the world Detroit Free Press By Margriet Faber, AP BANGKOK (AP) — A floating mosque and golf course for the submerging Maldives islands . Amphibious homes in the Netherlands lifted to safety as waters surge beneath them Read more »

Review: The urgency of The Island President – Huffington Post (blog)

Jakarta Globe Review: The urgency of The Island President Huffington Post (blog) Recent events in the Maldives Islands -- specifically, a coup that toppled democratically elected president Mohamed Nasheed by military loyal to his tyrannical predecessor, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom -- give the documentary The Island President both an ... The Island President Irish Times 'The Island President' and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives New York Times 'The Island President' and Maldives ' Nasheed's Passion Jakarta Globe The Independent  - Condé Nast Traveler all 45 news articles » Read more »

Conversations with tourists in Brussels show little awareness of Chicago – Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune Conversations with tourists in Brussels show little awareness of Chicago Chicago Tribune "People my age, we think of gangsters," said Marita Vlaeminck, a retired tavern owner who has traveled to France, Italy, Greece and, most recently, the Maldives islands . A Thomas Cook travel agent, in an office across from the central rail station, ... and more » Read more »

DFAT upgrades travel advice for Maldives after political unrest – The Australian

Telegraph.co.uk DFAT upgrades travel advice for Maldives after political unrest The Australian THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has upgraded its travel advice for the restive Maldives Islands in the wake of civil unrest and rising political tension. In a warning, upgraded overnight, DFAT is advising Australians to reconsider the need ... British holidaymakers 'unaffected' in Maldives , says Foreign Office Telegraph.co.uk Maldives crisis triggers fears for tourism Channel News Asia Maldives political mess to benefit Vanilla Islands eTurboNews ABS CBN News  - The Press Association  - Daily Mail all 58 news articles » Read more »