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Climate change damages our trees
In the coniferous woodlands of the Basque Country, the unstoppable advance of a brown band has been observed in the last year, reflecting the spread of fungi. The Basque Government indicates that one in three pines is affected. According to the latest Inventory of Forest Damage of the Ministry of Agriculture, global warming can exacerbate…
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Finland: Training the population for the challenges of AI
China in implementation, and the United States in research, are the world’s leading powers in Artificial Intelligence. Faced with these powers, the humblest Finland has set out to lead the race on the other side: to have the population better prepared to use, apply and live with technology, in a democracy of better informed people.…
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The floating park made of recycled plastic
Human beings are filling the oceans with tons of plastic, which seriously affects marine ecosystems and our own health. In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, they have made this global problem visible by creating a 140 m2 floating park made from waste collected in the waters and shores of the port. The park also serves…
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Video: Red-handed architecture
“The streets are not only lines to move, they are also the stage of public life, the essence of the city.” Latvian architect Evelina Ozola talks about how to involve society in the design and prototyping of streets in a highly recommended TED talk.
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The street of paradise: zero waste
The French capital has inaugurated its first zero waste street. The selected road, 500 meters long and located in the tenth district of the city, will serve as a laboratory to gain an in-depth understanding of the problems associated with waste, and experiment with solutions to reduce waste, which can be extended to the entire…
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The time to harness the weather is now
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a special report that we have fewer than 12 years to prevent the average global temperature from rising to catastrophic levels, according to the BBC. The report emphatically concludes that global warming will reach 1.5ºC between 2030 and 2052, if it progresses at the current…
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Vienna: the online tool for designing outdoor sharing spaces
The city of Vienna has made an online tool available to its inhabitants so that they can transform parking areas into small removable parks. The website, called CityMaking, provides a guide so that each user can find an available space on the map, plan the construction of the micropark , and submit the design proposal…
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Video: Skepticism in the face of easy solutions
The best-performing societies are skeptical when presented with easy solutions to complex problems, and don’t believe that, as individuals, they have a good chance of reaching the very pinnacle of success. We don’t know if that’s exactly pessimism, but the ideas in The School of Life are sobering.
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Portugal seeks to decarbonise transport by 2050
The Portuguese government presented a plan, on the eve of the COP24, to decarbonise its economy by 2050, which includes a way to decarbonize 98.5% of your transportation industry. The plan presented focuses on the reduction of unnecessary trips, the promotion of public transport, shared transport and mobility models, and the integration of renewable energies,…
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Conama 2018
This week we have been in Madrid attending the 2018 National Environmental Congress (CONAMA), with the intention to nurture ourselves with new ideas, concepts and experiences that can help us to propose transformation projects towards more sustainable societies with an eye on 2030 since “in the next decade the great transformations will accelerate”. Over the…