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Naider

  • Without investment, ambitious goals are just wishful thinking

    The objectives that Europe sets are tremendously ambitious. In a very synthetic way (i) create a globally competitive economy based on innovation and knowledge. (ii) Promote growth with a lower impact on the environment, saving resources and materials and without emitting carbon and (iii) articulate a more inclusive social system, with quality jobs and equal…

  • Green Festivals, union of ecological awareness and music

    When a music festival held outdoors ends, what is the first thing that comes to mind? A large plain or field on the outskirts of a city, full of garbage bags, packages, containers, glass bottles, soft drink cans… A priori it may seem an impossible task to avoid this outcome in this type of event,…

  • sharing economy

    The collaborative economy consists of sharing between equals little-used goods or providing services of little economic value, making use of the Internet and new technologies. A more official definition is the one proposed by the National Markets Commission and Competition (CNMC), according to which this economy is a new economic model that is based on…

  • Abusive and unfair energy tax

    On June 5, World Environment Day, the Ministry of Industry introduced the new energy reform through the Royal Decree, a measure that makes effective the “sun tax” that benefits large companies in the electricity oligopoly. Individuals will have to pay a tax for self-generated energy, that is, the energy obtained by individuals through alternative systems,…

  • The energy of the not too distant future

    As non-renewable resources are depleted, we are faced with a crucial dilemma: continue to use the same resources until they are completely exhausted (which could have catastrophic consequences) or find a way to provide electricity to the entire world without the need to exhaust non-renewable resources. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, is trying to…

  • Co-Working, an unstoppable wave

    WeWork provides offices for business-to-business collaboration (co-working). They arrived in London last October 2014, and have just inaugurated their third building in the English capital (and they have another two under construction). This third center opened on June 1, 2015, is located in Devonshire Square, next to the majestic Gherkin building. WeWork’s other two London…

  • Orona IDeo, innovative and sustainable business city

    At the end of 2014, the prestigious portal dedicated to sustainable construction professionals Construction21 presented examples of office buildings in Spain that are more respectful with the environment. All of them are designed with the primary objective of minimizing pollution and achieving the greatest energy savings and comfort possible. One of them is the Orona…

  • Worrying economic situation in several Spanish regions

    On May 20, Brussels published the statistic (produced by Eurostat) of GDP per capita by purchasing power parity (discounting the effect of prices and the exchange rate ) and the results obtained by the Spanish communities are very alarming. Thirteen of the 17 regions that make up the State and the two autonomous cities have…

  • Asia, great dominator of the world rankings of school education

    On May 12, the world rankings on school education were published, with five Asian countries occupying the first five positions on the list. African countries, on the other hand, are in the last places. The report, published by the OECD and written by Eric Hanushek of Stanford University and Ludger Woessmann from the University of…

  • Fujisawa, the sustainable smart city led by Panasonic

    Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (Fujisawa SST), is a city intelligent and sustainable with full vision of the future located 50 kilometers from Tokyo. It has been promoted by a consortium led by Panasonic Corporation, and was launched in November 2014. The Fujisawa SST project will be fully completed in 2018, precisely the year of the…