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Denmark works one day based on wind
The wind is capable of supplying the electricity demand of an entire country, and Denmark witnessed it last Wednesday, February 22, the day in which the Nordic country covered and exceeded (104%) all its electricity needs thanks to the energy generated in its onshore and offshore wind farms. According to data from the sectoral organization…
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Video: Would you pay 20 euros for a beer?
Would you accept that in a bar they make you pay for the consumption of a previous client who has done a sinpa? Intermón Oxfam campaign to change the laws that allow tax evasion and avoidance by multinationals.
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The “Uber of bikes” comes from China
The Chinese company Ofo, which provides access to bicycle rental through mobile phones, has filled up to 22 cities in the Asian giant with its characteristic yellow bikes, reaching up to five million registered users in your app. Now its yellow bikes are coming to the West, as its service has landed in Silicon Valley…
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The largest passive house community in the world
The largest passive house development in the world is about to open in Heidelberg, as the epicenter of a new experimental district in the German city, Bahnstadt, where all buildings must meet the Passivhaus standard. The Heidelberg Village, created by Frey Group, will consist of 162 apartments of different sizes that are expected to be…
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Ireland removes fossils from public investments
Ireland is close to becoming the first country in the world to decide not to invest public money in fossil fuels, thanks to a bill passing parliament by a 90 to 53 vote,
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Job automation comes to the office
When talking about the threat of robotization and automation for the future of the labor market, it is normal to think first of all about factories and assembly line operators, but artificial intelligence also has a potential great impact in office and office work. As a sign of the materialization of this reality, the Japanese…
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Video: Costa Rica, building a country without fossil fuels
During 2016, Costa Rica spent more than 250 days without using fossil fuels to generate electricity. In this TED talk, clean development specialist Mónica Araya takes her native country as an example of positive action to advance the transition to a decarbonized world.
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A country that does not waste food
While 800 million people suffer from hunger, a third of the food that produced in the world, about 1.3 million tons, is wasted. In Europe, 100,000 tons of food end up each year in landfills, and when decomposed they emit almost as much CO2 gas as all the fossil fuels in Spain. Denmark is no…
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Recycle paper waste to replace plastic
A group of researchers from the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea has patented a procedure to obtain high value-added compounds from waste from the paper industry, compounds that in the future could replace plastic materials derived from petroleum, as well as be used in the pharmaceutical, agro-chemical, food or cosmetic industries, among others….
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Trees for a more livable city
The presence of trees in the urban landscape has multiple benefits. In addition to beautifying the city and improving public space, trees purify the air and reduce dirt, acting as a filter for pollution and dust. They also combat stress and noise pollution, due to their acoustic screen effect. They provide shade and shelter, and…