Last Friday 23 January, I delivered the first presentation within the project “Safety culture from school”, to a primary education class in the “Antonio Beltrán Martínez” school, in the city of Zaragoza. At right, a group photo with all the Read More …
Author: David Mairal
When social networks become an aim in itself: an epic fail
It happened to me several times since I use Twitter, last time just this week. If you use this social network, it maybe happened to you too: you receive a new follower notification; a little time later, you check your Read More …
Tools for the strategic management of safety and health in the organizations
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Herramientas de nivel estratégico para la prevención” (Strategic tools for risk prevention) Read More …
The environmental degradation of Obama
Two years ago, on 12 February, Obama delivered the 2013 State Of The Union address. From the place where are given the most influencing statements for the Earth´s future, Obama spoke about household consumption, renewable energy, waste materials, climate change, Read More …
If you are lack of intuition to solve problems, apply a method
Last week I got the certificate for the last course at the Delft University of Technology I completed through the edX platform. The course is titled “Solving complex problems” and is about some analytics tools for the decision making and solutions Read More …
If the mayor of Madrid says stupidities, it is not the fault of the Azores anticyclone
We are witnessing these days an event that is becoming a classic in Spain every Winter: the extraordinary concentration of pollutants in the atmosphere of the largest urban areas. The pollutant that is triggering the alarms and exceeding the legal Read More …
Project: “safety culture from school”
Aragon Valley, in collaboration with the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EU-OSHA), presents the project “safety culture from school”. The initiative belongs to the collaboration established between this blog and the EU-OSHA Agency during the current European Read More …
United Kingdom: the threshold of safety culture; this is well known even in the tales
My latest post in the PI&ORP site (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) is titled “Un siglo de cultura preventiva” (One century of safety culture) and is all about a well established concept for decades: safety culture. The post at PI&ORP is Read More …
Overview of the year 2014 in #sustainability, #CSR, #environment and #OSH based on the blog
This blog is about occupational safety and corporate environment and, for the own development of these disciplines, also extends its scope to sustainability and social responsibility of the organizations. For me, the blog is basically a way of learning and Read More …
What can be learned from Uralita´s passivity in relation to a complex problem
Uralita is a multinational company of building materials. Insulation products, gypsum, pipes and roof tiles are today its main products. The company is present in over 50 countries with a workforce of 2,550 employees [1]. In Spain, the company´s name was traditionally Read More …
Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015
As every Advent for two years now, I take advantage of the blog to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 🙂
How we have changed in 15 years!
My latest post in the PI&ORP site (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) is titled “Tres lustros de #PRL ¡Cómo hemos cambiado!” (The latest 15 years in OSH, how we have evolved!) and it is all about a reflection, based on my own Read More …