From a time ago, I follow a site named Off-Grid, which presents itself like this: “Off-Grid.net is an eclectic mix of practical advice, news from the on-grid world and issues rarely covered by the mainstream media. It promotes the many enterprises Read More …
Category: energy and environment
An assessment of the NetAtmo weather station
Five months ago (september 2013) I installed an NetAtmo weather station in my family´s house in Ontinar (Zaragoza). In practice, it consist on three aluminium cylinders with similar dimensions of a soda can (45x45x155 mm the biggest one) as the ones at Read More …
One of the best sites on the Internet for corporate Safety and Environment in Spanish
I´ve been using the Internet for years with professional purpose. I could´t say exactly how long, but what I know is that this is my third year as a blogger and Aragon Valley increases even more the professional use I Read More …
Pope Francis to issue the major statement on environment ever
Up to now, the most important statement on environment ever issued was likely the one by United States´ president Obama read on june 2013 about the global environment. It was an ambitious lecture on climate change, at the level of Read More …
Nanotechnology as a disruptive factor in Occupational Safety and Health, Environment
“In the long term, nanotechnology will demand a revolutionary re-thinking of occupational health and safety”. John Howard, MD, NIOSH. John Howard is the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the U.S.. This words are Read More …
Responsibility vs authority
Surely you will feel it, or felt it time ago or, if no, you will in a future: As you get professional experience, there are two concepts gaining importance among the roster of aspects to take into account when performing Read More …
Creativity is the essence of innovation
That is the conclusion drawn after knowing these two inventions. The first one is a ban I watched while walking along the streets of Amsterdam during a travel in october 2012. I call it the generator ban because it is Read More …
Earth Overshoot Day: The yearly over-explotation of resources has its own anniversary
SInce several decades ago, there is an indicator measuring the utilization of natural resources. This indicator is a specific calendar date: the day on which human´s resources consumption for the years exceeds Earth´s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. Read More …
An example of citizen’s participation in Germany towards a public management of energy
There is a country in Europe where a relevant social movement is arising in search of a responsible and sustainable energy system. This is Germany. It is a bipolar country in this sense: while some lands along its territory obtain Read More …
Effects of CO2 in humans
This chart shows the evolution of CO2 concentration in parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere in the latest 30 years. (click on the image to enlarge). Last month of may 2013, the 400 ppm CO2 threshold, which was considered Read More …
Soil capability and status — European Environment Agency (SOER 2015)
Origen: Soil — EEA´s SOER2015 The ability of soil to deliver ecosystem services — in terms of food production, as biodiversity pools and as a regulator of gasses, water and nutrients — is under increasing pressure. Observed rates of soil sealing, erosion, Read More …
Organic Food | European Parliamentary Research Service
Written by Giulio Sabbati and Ivana Katsarova Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that aims at sustainable agriculture, high-quality products and the use of processes that do not harm the environment, human, plant or Read More …
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