If you were one of the most wealthy countries in the world and you were managing one of the biggest sovereign funds of our planet, would you consider creating the biggest seedbank ever to provide insurance against the loss of seeds in a global crises or after a continuous genetic modification of our seeds? NorwaySigue leyendo «Svalbard Global Seed Vault – Bóveda del fin del mundo»
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What's wrong with us women??
During the last days I have seen a couple of videos showing the poor image women have of ourselves. We are told by the media how we should be, what beauty is, how we should look… Beauty is inside of us, don’t let yourself be influenced by any industrial standard, cause they do not applySigue leyendo «What's wrong with us women??»
Desiderata
Cause today is as good as any other day…a simple homage to the beauty of words, of music, of the nature that surrounds us,… cause luckily there’s a real life beyond mass media. «Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrenderSigue leyendo «Desiderata»
The science of a sexless future
Have you ever thought about the role of women in our society. Why do we have that role? Is it genetic? Is it pure chemistry or is it social? The fact is that as long as women plays the main role in reproduction, she will somehow be regarded as a men property, but that canSigue leyendo «The science of a sexless future»
Ideas para la repoblación de Castilla como una estrategia para salir de la crisis
Nos ha tocado vivir momentos emocionantes. Tiempos de cambio, de nuevos horizontes, de búsqueda y exploración. Debemos de asumir nuestra responsabilidad, la necesidad de evolucionar nuestro modelo social y económico. A estas alturas, pocos son los que no se dan cuenta de la fractura que se ha producido en un sistema que se demuestra insostenibleSigue leyendo «Ideas para la repoblación de Castilla como una estrategia para salir de la crisis»
Water crisis – The path to P2P water
Water.org Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness.Women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water.Three times more people lack water than live in the United States. The majority of illness is caused by fecal matter. More people have a mobile than a toilet. Lack of community involvement causes 50% of otherSigue leyendo «Water crisis – The path to P2P water»
Energy crisis – The path to P2P energy
Energy is the engine of our economy. An economy based on growth that permanently demands larger amounts of energy. During the 20th century, especially during the second half of it, economic growth has come hand in hand with the easy access to fossil fuel resources, something that at that time seemed to be virtually inexhaustible.Sigue leyendo «Energy crisis – The path to P2P energy»
Fracking – When the water broke
In this voracious race to consume the planet’s resources the eternal seekers of an oil substitute began some years ago the folly of fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing. The number of oil fields is limited and they only decrease over time along with their profitability, but nonetheless the economy needs the black gold, itsSigue leyendo «Fracking – When the water broke»
The ethics behind biofuels are far from ethic!
Gasoline and diesel are the most versatile forms of energy. Unlike any other energy source, petroleum products are easily storable and transportable, so easy, that they move the world’stransport. What will we do when there is no more oil? It seems that much of the efforts that are being made in the research of new energy sources,Sigue leyendo «The ethics behind biofuels are far from ethic!»
Net metering – Towards a distributed electrical grid
We have already talked about the energy crisis and the need to achieve energy independence through self-generation and the birth of P2P energy networks. At that point we were always talking about communities or households, but the logic applies equally to the distribution and generation of energy in every single country. The electric companies areSigue leyendo «Net metering – Towards a distributed electrical grid»
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