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Video: Weeds
Artist Mona Caron, fascinated by nature’s ability to find its way around any crack, fills walls in cities around the world with gigantic weeds: His tallest mural was created in São Paulo, Brazil, for a group whose cause is to turn an urban highway into a pedestrian park:
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The earth, on unknown ground
2016 was the warmest year on record, and in 2017 extreme temperatures and weather conditions are likely to continue, the World Meteorological Organization has warned . The agency has published the statement of 2016 on the State of the Global Climate, in which It finds that changes in a number of environmental factors are going…
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The solar plant that never sleeps
The Chilean government has given the green light to an ambitious solar thermal plant project in the province of Tamagural that is expected to produce power 24/7 – a considerable achievement for a plant that relies solely on from the sun’s energy. As detailed Ars Technica, the plant will consist of three 150-megawatt thermal towers,…
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Video: Before the Planet explodes
Short film by the Cotec Foundation together with the study #Whymaps that clearly explains what the Circular Economy is and why we need it before the Planet explodes.
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The gender gap in the technology sector
We may not see real gender equality. The Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016 The World Economic Commission estimated the time needed to reach parity at 170 years, if we continue at the current rate of progress. And the digital transformation, which is revolutionizing the economy and every aspect of our lives, can be harmful…
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Video: Can the blockchain create a collaborative economy?
Can Blockchain Disruption Lead Us To A Truly Sharing Economy? Thomas Ramge, technology correspondent for The Economist, believes that blockchain has the potential to finally realize the original promise of the Internet: to democratize the economy.
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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…