“Do the Chinese manufacturers of shanghai products comply with the environmental, labour and safety and health requirements at their workplaces, as the big manufacturers of the original products are requested?” This was the question I did the Chinese speaker who gave the Read More …
Category: sustainability and social responsibility
The shanzhai dilemma, part I: a serious parody
Last week I attended a lecture given in Barcelona Activa about China from a professional and business point of view. Among all the explanations, there was one issue that attracted specially my attention: “shanzhai” products. The term shanzhai refers to the range Read More …
The Keeling Curve´s top higher and higher: 400 ppm reached two months earlier than last year
Not for being expected, the issue is less disappointing. Two weeks ago, the Keeling Curve -the most accepted atmospheric carbon dioxide indicator- overshot for the first time in 2014 the 400 ppm level. Last wednesday march 12th, the Mauna Loa Read More …
People living (almost) totally off the grid
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 …
Asbestos, nanotechnology and a “world without end” (continuation)
[Note: This post is continuation of the previous entry. They were, in fact, the same post, but I divided them in order not to do an excessive long entry] Going into depth on how are advances and working of nanotechnology Read More …
Asbestos, nanotechnology and a “world without end”
As a consequence of the peculiar circumstance described in this post on asbestos published weeks ago, I am having several discussions starting with the paradoxical situation surrounding this material for a long time. Later, in a given time during the conversation, Read More …
What do laws serve to?
As a part of a consultancy work I do for the company PrevenControl, I am since some time ago involved in the development of guides collecting requirements that exist in countries all around the world, mainly occupational safety requirements to Read More …
Six frequently asked questions any citizen must know about nanotechnology
1. Nanotechnology, nanomaterials, nanoparticles,… what’s all this about? A nanomaterial is any material with morphological features sized in at least one dimension between 1 and 1000 nanometers (10-9 meters). In any of its dimensions (length, height, width) is really small: 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 …
The pillars of the Earth
Weeks ago, I finished reading “The pillars of the Earth”, the great book by Ken Follett. One of the thinks I most liked was how well are the characters defined as the events happen. It almost could be said that, Read More …
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