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Berlin: A cycle path under the railway line
We have come across a good idea for the recovery of underused urban space. A group of four architects, an urban planner, a cultural manager, a cultural entrepreneur and a public relations expert have come up with the project Radbahn for Berlin, a project that would create a nine-kilometre-long bike path under the U1 elevated…
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Apple’s revenue falls for the first time since 2003
Apple announced this Tuesday, April 26, a quarterly revenue drop of 13%, its first revenue drop in more than a decade. In one year, revenues have gone from 58,000 million dollars to 50,000, according to the BBC. What explains this drop? The decline in sales of its flagship product, the iPhone, of which 10 million…
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Appointment in Bilbao with sustainable European cities
Today the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns is launched, an event that will take place at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao until Friday, April 29 and in which we will be present from Naider. The event, which is hosted by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Bilbao City Council, Provincial Council of…
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Video: A year of CO2 emissions
This is how the CO2 emissions we produce during a year travel across the Earth.
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The demand for Big Data professionals
Companies are increasingly aware of the importance of Big Data for decision-making, agile decision-making based on forecasting the evolution of the organization, customers and competitors. But it is necessary to know how to extract, refine and use the data. In the words of Alex Rayón, director of the Big Data program at the University of…
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Rooftops in France must be green
A new law passed by the French Parliament has made the French country the first in the world to adopt legislation requiring partial coverage of rooftops of new buildings with plants and trees, or failing that, with solar panels. Environmental groups asked that the law go further and that it will force the roofs to…
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Video: Bikes make life better
Video-projections to reflect how bikes transform the urban environment, making it more livable.
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The economic cost of ending Schengen
The response of European governments to the refugee crisis, spurred by the growth of populist anti-immigration movements, is eroding the Schengen treaty that has allowed the free movement of people and goods between countries for decades, and Daesh’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels have exacerbated the problem. Germany, Austria, France or Sweden, among other…
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Death in the air we breathe
The pollution of the air we breathe causes almost a million more deaths in the world than AIDS or malaria, although we do not have it much in the news. The study “The contribution of outdoor air pollution to premature mortality on a global scale”< /a>, directed by Johannes Lelieveld of the German Max Planck…
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Europe vs. Android: What can change?
The European Commission has accused Google and its parent company Alphabet of violating European Union competition laws for abusing their dominant position with Android, reports La Vanguardia. If the accusation is successful, Google risks a fine of 10% of its turnover, which is equivalent to about 6,500 million euros. Competition accuses the American giant of…