Weeks ago, I completed my first university course on the Internet. Despite that I was interested in the subject itself, I recognize that the main reason why I enrolled in the course was to test the new platforms on massive and Read More …
Category: sustainability and social responsibility
New wearable devices applied in psychosocial risks identification and assessment procedures
Days ago, I read an article [1] on a device that “helps lower stress at work”. Its name is Spire and belongs to the emerging range of wearable technology applied in health, in this case also in the field of work Read More …
My first certificate for an university course on the Internet (MooC)
Last april 2014, I started a course on the Internet offered by an university throughout one of the emerging educational sites (edX y Coursera, MiriadaX in Spanish); online learning initiative called MooC (Massive open online course). Yesterday, I received the course´s certificate: my first certificate proving Read More …
How to assess the thermal comfort and how to address the most efficient factors
One of the works in which I am currently involved, for the Research Centre for the Development and Innovation in Enterprises, of the Technical University of Catalonia (CERpIE-UPC), consist of testing applications for diverse uses. Afterwards, we draft a review Read More …
Changes in people´s mindset to take advantage of the technology progress
Last friday, july 11, the MIT´s Climate CoLab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) broadcast a web seminar on the implementation of a carbon pricing in the United States. It was a streaming seminar, throughout its web (that is, a webinar, term from gathering “seminar” Read More …
Sustainability strategies, the ideal habitat for safety and health
If i´d had to start from zero to develop the safety and health duties in an organization, It is clear to me which should be the path to follow: to develop a sustainability strategy. A proper sustainability strategy brings as consequence Read More …
A rain gauge in the Netatmo weather station in Ontinar
Today, I extended the Netatmo weather station installed in my town (Ontinar), with the rain gauge I purchased days ago. It is all about a 13 centimetres in diameter and 11 centimetres high module. As the rest of station´s additional modules, Read More …
I am not in Brussels, but I follow this conference almost as I were there
This week is being held the European Sustainable Energy Week. It is an important event in the field of energy and sustainability -including the Brussels´conference as a summit- and embraces a number of interesting activities. Unfortunately, I could´t go to Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: Healthy Workplaces, the breaking trend already existing in the 1920 decade
Healthy workplaces are those in which workers and managers collaborate to use a continual improvement process to protect and promote the health, safety and well-being of all workers and the sustainability of the workplace [1]. Nowadays, a wide range of specific actions Read More …
The apocalyptic reality of Dan Brown´s Inferno
Dan Brown´s works do not leave indifferent anybody. The enigmatic ambiguity with witch reality and fiction combine in his stories, are source of both admiration and criticism of the author´s career. His last novel is Inferno. Should you have the Read More …
Inverse infrastructures, anti system people leading the way
Look at this photo: On the one hand, there is a paved bike lane. It is a part of a biggest urban network which follows a project. The network is public owned and its management is centralized in higher Read More …
Jánovas, the evicted village aiming to reborn – Part II
[… this post is a continuation of the previous entry…] Mr. Antonio Espinosa, from Casa Agustín (family nickname), is more or less 65. His approximate age may be deduced from some details he told me last saturday in Jánovas: in Read More …
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