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Recycling is rubbish

By James on 02 June 2008

INTERNATIONAL – Recycling is a pretty big thing in our house. We do the usual of splitting out those things which don’t need to go to landfill and composting stuff that’ll help the plants grow. When it comes to electronics though, the concept of recycling is completely alien. My old phone collection is ever-expanding (my kit cupboard is still stuffed with 10-year-old devices). Why? I have no idea. For some reason I just don’t think of phones (or other CE kit) as being something that should, or even could, be recycled.

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Get on your bike

By James on 30 May 2008

ENGLAND – The UK’s annual Bike Week event is only a few weeks away and in preparation, the team at Nokia have put together all the activities taking place using Sports Tracker. It works really well with a neat search function to find routes near you and the ability to click on an activity to get all the details. Nokia is an official sponsor of the week and will be showing off the latest in mapping and navigation.

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Recycling everywhere

By James on 28 May 2008

UGANDA, Africa – Keeping an eye on the environment doesn’t just mean sorting the waste in countries where its produced most. Nokia’s take-back recycling scheme has just expand into Uganda in East Africa, the fifth country in as many months to introduce the scheme in Africa.

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Saving the tigers

By James on 20 May 2008

RANTHAMBORE, India – Nokia has teamed up with World Wide Fund for Nature – India to support a tiger conservation programme in the country. The tie-up is an extension of an existing relationship with WWF which has seen Nokia’s involvement in a number of conservation programmes around the world. What makes this one interesting though is the involvement of people. No, it isn’t just about the tigers.

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Don’t dump it, recycle it

By James on 14 May 2008

USA – Nokia USA has come up with a new initiative to save old mobiles from the landfill and instead recycle them and conserve natural resources.

Dubbed We Recycle the process is super simple and we reckon will prove really popular.

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Pangea Day: Filmmaker wins date with gorillas

By Mike on 12 May 2008

INTERNATIONAL – Saturday saw Pangea Day play out in its full glory, globally celebrating film that promotes tolerance and understanding. Nokia has been closely involved with the event, which saw the five finalists of the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards have their short films broadcast and judged, with the overall winner receiving a mobile filmmaking trip to the Rwandan gorilla reserve, with a full crew to help them make their film.

And the winning mobile short film is…

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Pangea Day – watch it from your TV!

By James on 09 May 2008

INTERNATIONAL – So you want to watch Pangea Day but don’t want to go out, and don’t fancy watching online (hey, we all like our sofas!). Don’t worry, If you’ve got access to Current TV, Sky Movies Indie or Star TV then you’re in luck – you can watch the whole show right on your TV.

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Pangea Day finalists announced

By James on 07 May 2008

NEW YORK, USA – My Dad used to always say “it’s not the winning, it’s the taking part that count”. Yeah right, try telling that to Pier Bardoni, Eduardo Cachucho, Rupert Howe, Bob Calabritto and Kayoom Mistry. They’re the five finalists picked to fly to Los Angeles this weekend to shoot for the ultimate prize on Pangea Day this Saturday.

That said, with Pangea Day, it is the taking part that counts.

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Pangea Day – This Saturday [UPDATE]

By James on 07 May 2008

INTERNATIONAL – This coming Saturday (May 10) will see the first ever Pangea Day. Thousands of people around the world will unite and get involved in a global festival of film. Over four hours, 24 Pangea Day short films will be broadcast around the world.