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Ranking of Universities according to their impact on the SDGs
The British media Times Higher Education, specialized in higher education, has produced an World Ranking of Universities based on their economic, social and environmental impact, taking as reference the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Consequently, the ranking uses indicators such as academic freedom, the type of employment contracts, or the…
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The local products fair repeats success in donostia
In the boulevard of Donostia, producers and merchants met this weekend to bring out the gastronomic products of our land. Vegetables, jams, chocolate, ham, txakoli, cheese, sweets and an endless number of top quality products were on display before an audience captivated by the product, the good treatment and the atmosphere in the tent. On…
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The rise in sea level, an alert scenario
A new scientific study warns that sea levels could rise by up to two meters before 2100, forcing the displacement of hundreds of millions of people, and causing considerable damage to the habitability of the planet. In this scenario, the world would lose 1.79 million square meters of land area, the equivalent of the size…
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Video: Technology to transform the city
In 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities, and this rapid urbanization process is accompanied by major challenges: energy consumption and the significant contribution of cities to air pollution, the difficult access of much of the population to solutions worthy of habitability, the congestion of motorized traffic in the accesses to…
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The conversion of the Tabakalera building in Donostia
The privatization of tobacco farming in Spain put an end to the economic activity of the factory, which stood as an emblematic building in the center of the city. The new Cultural Center contains co-working spaces, collaborative design, a library, audiovisual rooms, commercial premises, art and film exhibitions, free open spaces for society, fashion design…
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SDG vs. Circular Economy
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the global objectives that leaders adopted in 2015 to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. The 17 goals and 169 targets that make up the SDGs are being adopted by both the public and private sectors across…
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Ranking of Universities of the Spanish University System
The Ivie and the BBVA Foundation have prepared for the seventh consecutive year the U-Ranking of Spanish Universities< /em>, which analyzes 62 centers (48 public universities and 14 private universities) measuring 25 indicators. These are the most outstanding universities based on each of the three great missions of the university system and the position of…
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Local trade, past or future?
The current economic and social development of European cities is closely related to the changes that local commerce is undergoing. Retail trade is a key link in the economic and social development of a city and is the closest sector to citizens and consumers in the value chain. In other words, those cities that combine…
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Soil conservation and climate change
Climate change cannot be mitigated without paying due attention to conserving biodiversity and soil, according to a report by the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Land degradation, on the one hand, jeopardizes the growth of trees and plants that absorb CO2, and can also release carbon previously stored in the…
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Cities of the Future: Resilience and Sustainability
Last week the Prado museum hosted the cycle of reflections on culture of Radio 3 under the name Culture 19. The second day was dedicated to architecture, with the participation of Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Prize; the doctor architect and sociologist José María Ezquiaga, the expert in Communication of Architecture and Urbanism…