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 …
Tag: sustainability
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 …
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 …
Jánovas, the evicted village aiming to reborn – Part I
The sad story of the latests decades of Jánovas (Chánovas in Aragonese lenguaje) hangs on the wall of one of the houses that remain partially standing in this village belonging to the municipality of Fiscal, in the Aragonese region of Sobrarbe. Read More …
Sustainability reporting, goodbye conspiracies
Apple, that great manufacturer company of amazing devices aiming to improve the world… According to a trustable source that I can not now unveil, during 2013 were evidenced at least the following breaches in the facilities of the Apple´s suppliers all Read More …
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 …
Aragon Valley Classic: Ferrocarril Central de Aragón´s train accident in Luco (Teruel, Aragón), 1904
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 …
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 …
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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