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African Seed Bank Built From Recycled Materials

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It is here that we meet Ms Elke Cole, a natural building specialist, a volunteer who has travelled all the way from Canada to come to Elementaita to show how this technology is used. “My This particular building is a seed bank in the compound that hosts Seed Savers Network. See www.nation.co.ke to read the original article.

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NJ Firm Vericon Firm Banks On Its Growing Niches

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Contractor of the Year builds state-of-the-art facilities for road travelers and financial customers, expanding its market sectors.

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Don’t dream it’s over: Traveller readers reveal their travel dreams and inspiration

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Last week in our ‘Don’t dream it’s over’ feature article, we invited you, the Traveller readers to help keep Australia’s travel dreams alive by sharing your own inspirational travel stories and images. As a veteran traveller for over 40 years, your travel writers certainly struck a chord with me.

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Plane travel and coronavirus: People are missing travel so much, they’re getting airline food delivered

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The coronavirus pandemic has made us pine for travel – the booking, the downloading of the boarding pass, even the in-flight snacks. He says there are hundreds of clients eager to find buyers for millions of pounds of food originally slated for restaurant, hotel or travel and leisure businesses. We even miss the snacks.

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Coronavirus and travel: 20 things we never thought we’d miss about travelling

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And all of those experiences that we travellers used to gripe about have suddenly begun to seem quite wonderful. Of course, we knew we would miss some things about travel. How about all of the dramas, all of the annoyances, all of the boredom that is the reality of travel? Long-haul travel was a luxury in itself.

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Travel and COVID-19: Say goodbye to economy class as the golden era of cheap travel is declared over

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The golden era of affordable international travel, which enabled hundreds of millions of people to travel to all corners of the world, has been declared over with COVID-19 social distancing regulations and other health measures set to undermine the viability of airlines.

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Travel and coronavirus: Tips and advice on the art of staying home (for now)

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Last night, I strolled along Rue de Buci, one of the most charming streets on the left bank of Paris. There are many ways to travel, and one of them is in the mind. So how can we recalibrate our brains to cope with an enforced period of non-travel? Spend a little downtime sorting your travel pics – at last, you have the time.

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