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Archivo del autor: Sylvia García
Hacker spaces
Community and creative expression + Do you want to start a hacker space?
Foodscaping-Waterscaping-Solarscaping
If you had a land wouldn’t you want it to be in production rather than being a cost? We have got use to look at our gardens as something to show and pay for. We pay taxes over them, we pay to water them, we pay for their maintenance and all that is paid backSigue leyendo «Foodscaping-Waterscaping-Solarscaping»
Economic invisibility of nature
What is the price of biodiversity? What’s the value you give to a clean environment against a degradated one? How much is the Amazonas worthed? The clean fresh water? The breathable air? It all belongs to the commons. It is the gift Mother Nature has given us, but as human social structures become more andSigue leyendo «Economic invisibility of nature»
Hemp for building
Hemp is a term for fiber and and seed products derived from varieties of the Cannabis plant that has started to be used as a building material. It’s main properties for building are: Thermal Mass Insulation Negative Carbon Low Density Clean Air High Thermal Resistance High Thermal Inertia Vapor Permeable (breathable) Design Flexibility (adjustable thickness) FireSigue leyendo «Hemp for building»
Di NO a los productos transgénicos
Los cultivos transgénicos se han ido incorporando a la agricultura sin que haya una discusión o reflexión sobre el impacto de este tipo de semillas en nuestro hábitat, ni los efectos que este tipo de alimentos tendrán en nuestra salud. Con un consentimiento que procede del desconocimiento más absoluto de cuáles son los efectos secundariosSigue leyendo «Di NO a los productos transgénicos»
Electric city
During this summer Yahoo tried to gain ground to Youtube-Google launching a webseries produced and written by Tom Hanks, ‘Electric city‘. The plot is set in a post-apocalyptic era, where mankind has been reduced to small settlements whose main business is to produce electric power. With fossil and nuclear fuel sources mostly depleted, the communitiesSigue leyendo «Electric city»
Open E Land
It is always nice to find out that people are moving and are looking for alternatives. This project in Extremadura found the standard problems, that a fixed and old system would bring to any innovative project that tries to encourage people to get out of the system, out of the wheel. Anyhow they overcame theSigue leyendo «Open E Land»
Solar Flower
A really simple system to turn sunlight into heat. Daniel Conell came out with this idea while living in Spain and developped a web site where he shares several tutorials to build your own solar flowers. Easy, cheap and very well explained DYI projects. It’s worthed to take a look at SolarFlower.org.
Oil & US Dollards or Oil & Yuan
There are several price benchmarks for oil in the world, the main ones are: Brent oil (from the North Sea) West Texas Intermediate (from USA) OPEC Reference Bastket (from the OPEC countries) Dubai Crude (from the Persian Gulf) All of them were quoted in USD. The whole world oil market has been priced in thatSigue leyendo «Oil & US Dollards or Oil & Yuan»
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