This is a classic entry on the catastrophe suffered in the summer of 1904 by a train from the Ferrocarril Central de Aragón company, while travelling towards Calatayud from Valencia, which was the regular itinerary of this historic railway. It Read More …
Category: sustainability and social responsibility
2014: Work and personal development
I don´t like to establish specific dates as scheduled starting points of projects or redeem myself by making emends. I prefer to think that I take action day-to-day, not depending on one specific day, only justified by taking up a 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 …
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 …
Finland, the best place to study… and work
It is enough to do a search in the Internet with the term “Finland education system” to get lots of links (here a random example) highlighting the success of the Finnish system of education, with 98% of free public colleges 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 …
#Agriculture and #climatechange — EEA
Origen: Agriculture and climate change — EEA Agriculture both contributes to climate change and is affected by climate change. The EU needs to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture and adapt its food-production system to cope with climate change. But climate 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 …
#ActOnClimate: Benefits of a cleaner, more efficient power sector
On August 3, President Obama and the EPA announced the Clean Power Plan – a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change. Shaped by years of unprecedented outreach and Read More …
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