All posts by O Escriba

Eating, drinking and getting informed

John Novis, photographer for Greenpeace International, spent weeks living at the Yunnan province, China, amongst the local population and made a brilliant record of these farmers’ lifestyle, whose lives are intimately connected with rice farming. Their plantations, which spread over large areas and assure the livelihood of thousands of people, gave John the opportunity to [...]

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Extra! Extra! The planet is safe!

During the UN climate meeting in Copenhagen, European leaders surprised the world by announcing a bold global agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which also includes the protection of forests and oceans and heavy investments in renewable energy, such as solar and wind energy. You don’t believe? This was published by the International Herald [...]

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Linux is a good choice

If I still had a doubt regarding which operating system I wanted to use in my next laptop computer, it disappeared when I read this: Linux is not only cheaper and safer that Apple’s and Microsoft’s proprietary systems, but it’s also more ecologic! The Australian ZDNet listed 10 items on which Linux beats its rivals [...]

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Let’s go easy on meat?

Reducing your meat consumption is good for your health and for the planet. I’ve always been a carnivore, but I’ve been trying to readjust my diet for a while. I’m still far from being a vegetarian, but I’m now able to keep a good average of two large steaks per week. And this doesn’t make [...]

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Petropolis

Underneath the Alberta’s Boreal Forest (northern Canada), lays the world’s second largest oil reserve. In a dark, muddy and sandy area that stretches over a region almost the size of England is the tar that is attracting more and more attention from the world’s largest oil companies. However, this ‘black gold’ is pure poison. One [...]

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We are sick and swine flu is not to blame

Every time an expert is invited to discuss the swine flu on TV, radio or newspaper, I wait in vain for him/her to touch the heart of this issue. Some experts come close to the real issue by pointing out that the rising in global population requires a massive production of food, with increasingly industrial [...]

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