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  • The leadership of Europe after Copenhagen

    The expectations placed on the Copenhagen Summit were not met Satisfied in relation to the reduction of emissions that from the scientific field is claimed not to increase the average temperature of the planet beyond a limit that would mean a climate change with disastrous and irreversible consequences. An example: as indicated in the Fourth…

  • Twelve keys to a successful business

    The other day we attended a very interesting dialogue in the blog of Alfonso Alcántaraon the advantages and difficulties of starting a business. Alfonso Alcántara presented a simple and suggestive article encouraging anyone who has a business idea to take their belongings and start setting up a company without further delay because the effort was…

  • The power of a border

    A binational metropolis, straddling two countries with a walled border . To the north, El Paso (Texas-United States) the city is built based on measured and structured rules and urban operations that leave a territory delimited by the classic structures of the American city: a downtown looking for the height of the skyline, residential areas…

  • The aquarius era at the 2010 naider action and commitment awards

    With the lights off and under an insinuating voiceover , the 2010 Naider Action and Commitment Awards began with the following statement: “The Age of Aquarius will bring with it an age of twinning rooted in reason, where social problems will be solved fairly and equitably. step to an intellectual and spiritual improvement, since Uranus,…

  • An open government for an open society

    “Which is the best government? The one who teaches us to govern ourselves.”, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Since the creation in 1969 of the ARPANET computer network, the forerunner of what we currently know as the Internet, the network of networks has undergone numerous evolutions. Surely its creators could not foresee the true repercussion that…

  • For defending a living planet

    This is the speech I read yesterday at the presentation of the2010 Naider Action and Commitment Award for sustainability and fight against climate change to Juan López de Uralde. September 15 of next year, 2011, will mark the 40th anniversary of the intrepid voyage the small ship Phyllis Cormack made from Vancouver to stop US…

  • Antanas Mockus, from urban leader to president of Colombia?

    Antanas Mockus (former mayor of Bogotá in the 1995 periods -1998 and 2001-2004) is very well placed for the Colombian presidential elections and it also does so from theGreen Party. A Colombian president of the Green Party? Who is Antanas Mockus? A strange character, of course, strange by European standards (his appearances dressed as are…

  • Juan Lopez de Uralde: Everyone’s prize.

    People who know me a little know that one of The speeches I have stuck in my heart are from Severn Suzuki, an environmental activist who at the age of 13 gave a speech at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 which even today and although I practically know it by heart, manages to…

  • City Regeneration Policies need a change

    During the last 30 years neoliberal Inspiration city regeneration policies have shaped many of European and US cities. It was back in the 1980’s when there was a general consensus on the role of a particular type of projects as the right way for regeneration of many cities of the time. The aims were: Join…

  • Will we need the volcanoes to meet Kyoto?

    More than a year ago month of the volcano eruptionEyjafjallajokull and at this point there is not much need for him to explain the consequences of his activity on aviation European. What not too many have bothered to calculate and explain have been the consequences on CO2 emissions that have been avoided “thanks” to the…