The Lufthansa Group is leading the way in transforming the aviation industry with the goal of making flying more sustainable. Today, the Lufthansa Group becomes the first European airline group to join the First Movers Coalition (FMC).
FMC is a global initiative led by the World Economic Forum and the U.S. Department of State. Since its launch at COP26 in 2021, it has been bringing together countries and companies worldwide to jointly promote the development and deployment of sustainable technologies of the future.
BRA continues to be trusted to fly Kammarkollegiet’s subpoenaed authorities domestically. The agreement enters into force on 1 May 2023 and is valid until May 2027 at the latest.The assessment of the procurement is based on criteria such as range of destinations, distribution and price. BRA today flies to 14 destinations domestically from Malmö in the south to Skellefteå in the north.We are incredibly happy and proud that we have once again been selected to be a supplier to government authorities and works as well as other parts of the public sector in Sweden. We already know that we have very satisfied customers and that our passengers really appreciate flying with us. That the Kammarkollegiet now, after a careful evaluation, chooses us as a supplier for domestic travel shows that our focus on service, our broad route network and our ambitious sustainability work carry weight, says Martin Erkenborn, commercial manager at BRA.
In 1838, Edgar Allan Poe temporarily departed from the usual brevity of his short stories and completed his first novel — The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It was also his last novel. Now considered the beginnings of the science fiction and detective genres, Poe’s works are best known for macabre plots that consistently feature the supernatural, and Arthur Gordon Pym is no different. Written five years before Poe published some of his most popular works — including ”The Masque of the Red Death,” ”The Pit and the Pendulum,” and ”The Tell-Tale Heart” — Poe’s only novel was set at sea, recounting the adventures of a New Englander named Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away on a ship. Upon leaving land, Pym suffers a series of misadventures, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism.
Despite the fact that Poe had experienced some previous literary success, his novel was received harshly. That was in part because of the political quagmire of American slavery; at the time the novel was published, the abolition movement was gaining momentum, and scenes in Arthur Gordon Pym seemed to reflect then-bubbling social tensions. Many literary critics interpreted the story and its symbols, including a clash between white sailors and Black islanders, as a political statement about the evils of slavery; others dismissed Poe’s novel for its depictions of violence. Some readers, believing the book was based on a true story, were upset to find it was fiction, and declared it a hoax. Given its poor reception, Poe returned to the short story format and wrote off his own novel, calling it a “very silly book.”
But not everyone considered Poe’s book a flop. Literary historians believe it was likely read by author Herman Melville, and may have served as inspiration for Melville’s book Moby-Dick (published in 1851). Over time, reviews of Arthur Gordon Pym softened, and in 1897, author Jules Vern wrote a two-volume sequel called An Antarctic Mystery, continuing on with Poe’s supernatural story nearly 60 years after it first went to press.
Vart tredje år blir staden som utsetts till världens huvudstad för arkitektur också ett globalt forum i spetsen för diskussioner om samtida stadsplanering och arkitektoniska frågor.
I Sverige pratar vi mycket om stads- och platsutveckling. Nu mest samband med hållbarhet. Ekologisk, ekonomisk och social hållbarhet.
Och det är bra. Svenska stadsplanerare, arkitekter och inte minst fastighetsaktörer är bra på att bygga hus, lokaler och lägenheter.
Men de är värdelösa på att skapa hållbara platser och stadsdelar. Det talas hellre om ”högt och tätt” och ”urban puls” än om delaktighet, medskapande, viktiga fysiska mellanrum och mänskliga mötesplatser.
Alltför lite pratar man också om arkitekturen. Därför är det viktigt att Köpenhamn nu är utsett av FN-organisationen UNESCO, och att staden i juli står som värd för den internationella organisationen UIA:s världskongress – UIA, International Union of Architects. Kongressen hålls vart tredje år och har mellan 10 000-15 000 deltagare.
Bilden nedan visar miljö i Köpenhamn. När får Stockholm äran att bli arkitektur huvudstad?
...merawebb Peter Hellmans Nätverk 