Excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography «For many years I believed that I remembered helping my grandfather drink his whisky toddy when I was six weeks old but I do not tell about that anymore now; I am growing old and my memory is not as active as it used to be. When I was younger,Sigue leyendo «Tribute to Mark Twain»
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Loos-en-Gohelle, pueblo minero reconvertido a pueblo sostenible
En la zona Norte de Francia, en la región del Paso de Calais el pueblo de Loos-en-Gohelle se vio obligado a reinventarse. En el año 1990 la actividad minera de la región se desmantela y da paso a una etapa de transición hacia un nuevo modelo. En un inicio se apostó por la creación deSigue leyendo «Loos-en-Gohelle, pueblo minero reconvertido a pueblo sostenible»
Sustainable Energy for all
This weekend someone asked me about how feasible would be to supply all the energy demand with renewable energy. My answer was not very optimistic. In Spain, nowadays, only 15% of the energy comes from renewable sources and as far as I know the main research efforts are driven by the need of finding aSigue leyendo «Sustainable Energy for all»
Free courses on-line
We all enjoy Coursera, a way to access free education. Now the MIT also offers us a way to use their teaching materials. Because knowledge can make a difference, thanks.
Some turtles… But where were the whales?
We were supposed to encounter plenty of sea life during this season of the year, but for one reason or the other we hardly got to watch some turtles, sword fish and sun fish. The Mediterraneo is getting empty as well as all the oceans: overfishing, acidification, violation of sealife protection laws, pollution, human impact,Sigue leyendo «Some turtles… But where were the whales?»
SunWater crowdfunding campaign
Pumping irrigation systems in poor countries are most of the times unafordable by the families. Paul Polak has designed a solar pumping system that reduces in 80% the cost of a traditional fotovoltaic powered systems. They are raising 50.000USD, want to participate? + info
Dream Green Home
13 things to take into account when designing a green home DJ Miller – @MillerHeWrote
Self assembling
Can you imagine a technology that wipes out all the complex assembling processes in the manufacturing industry? {youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIEhi_sAkU8}
Fiddle Fair 2013
I’d wish I had been there this year too!!
Inhabitants wanted – Mars 2023
The space race has always been expensive. We have been talking about the need of finding new planets for the last decades; new places to exploit, new natural resources to replace those we have depleted in Earth, new planets to keep growing, but who is going to pay for the investment needed? At a momentSigue leyendo «Inhabitants wanted – Mars 2023»
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