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The Pigeon Flight #11
Orma Guides
September 29, 2023
Hello little pigeon! 👋
Welcome back to your one and only lime-yellow newsletter!
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
- Gustave Flaubert
Get ready for Orma Guides 2.0: the sequel you've been waiting for! 📱
Hold onto your digital hat because next month, we're dropping the freshest, hottest update to our app that's gonna blow your socks off! 🧦📲
We’ve worked on what you told us you wanted more:
Fresh new content and hidden gems? Check.
Sleek new design and amazing illustration? Check.
Travel tools and impact advice? Check
It's like a digital makeover that's gonna make you want to high-five your phone screen. 🙌
Stay tuned, we can't wait to share more of it with you.
But that’s not the only news we have 😉
We've been on a whirlwind journey, and guess where it led us? Brindisi, baby! We were strutting our stuff at the Bravo Innovation Hub Acceleration program, hosted by the dynamic duo of Invitalia and the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy - MIMIT. Oh, and the best part? We weren't alone in this adventure.
We rubbed shoulders with some of the coolest startups on the block, and we've got new partners who are as excited as we are about making your app experience even more mind-blowing. Say hello to LVentureGroup, The Qube Incubator, and CETMA. They're like the dream team we never knew we needed!
So, stay tuned, because the eco-traveler revolution is right around the corner, and we can't wait to share it with you. 🌠
Talking about Brindisi…
Get ready to groove, because we're about to introduce you to Yeahjasi, the music maestros who are shaking up the scene in style! 🎶✨
These fine folks aren't just your run-of-the-mill association; they're a social promotion powerhouse that kicked off in 2019 with a mission to crank up the volume on music culture and creativity. 📣🎸 They took the reins at the Ex Convento Santa Chiara in Brindisi. It was all part of the "Luoghi Comuni" initiative by the Puglia Region. 🏛️🤝
And voila, "Yeahjasi Brindisi Spazio Musica" was born! 🎼 This place is a hub of musical magic, offering everything from rehearsal rooms to a recording studio, a music therapy laboratory, a web radio station, and even coworking spaces.
Happy travels,
The Orma Guides Team
Inspo
What inspired us the most about travel, sustainability, city developments, and more…
⛱️ Let’s end the summer with a shower of good news! 🌻
France is on your bucket list? This is the right time to visit!
France is giving air travel a run for its money by cranking up flight taxes and making trains a sweet deal. Transport Minister Clément Beaune spilled the beans. 🚄✈️
The plan? Make train tickets as tempting as flights. Say goodbye to kidney-selling just to ride the rails. France is all about that budget-friendly scenic route. 🎫🌄
Get ready for the tax train! 🚆
You'll support eco-friendly travel and see more of France's beauty. Win-win. 🌳🏞️
Next time you're France-bound, give the choo-choo a chance. Your wallet and the planet will high-five you! 🌍🤝🚆
Call it impactful traveling!
Conservationists, like Charles Darwin 2.0 (sans the epic beard), are embarking on the Darwin200 expedition, a two-year, four-continent journey to check up on Mother Nature. 🚢🌏🔍 They're studying unique critters, habitats, and boosting conservation. 🦋🐾
Instead of Beagle, they've got research vessels and gadgets. 🛳️🌊📸
And forget journals, it's all about instant tweets and 'grams.
It's a wild science-saving ride, making Darwin proud, one biodiversity hotspot at a time. 🌎🔬
Scotland's got a new trick up its tartan sleeves!
Drax's renewable wizards are on a mission to net-zero with a £500 million project in Scotland's Cruachan hydro storage plant. 🏔️
Scotland's government gave the thumbs-up to this hydro-power marvel, helping Scotland reach those net-zero goals! 🎯💡
Imagine a mountain as a massive water battery, all for a greener, cleaner Scotland. 💚🌄 Hydro-energy, the kilt-wearing superhero of renewables! 🦸♂️🔋
Norway just hit the eco-jackpot💰
In a plot twist straight out of a treasure hunt, massive phosphate deposits were found in the southwestern Norwegian wilderness. 🌿⛏️
These phosphate treasures, uncovered by Norge Mining in 2018, weigh a whopping 70 billion tonnes! 😲💎
Here's where it gets juicy: phosphate is like the MVP of green tech. It's the secret sauce in electric vehicle batteries, solar panels, and even fertilizers. 🚗☀️💩 Norway's basically handed us a golden ticket to a greener future for the next half-century. ♻️🌍
And speaking of timing, Europe's been on the hunt for a stable supply of this stuff, so this discovery couldn't have come at a better time. 🕰️💚 we're all one step closer to a world powered by sunshine and electric dreams. 🌞🔋✨
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