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Jurassic fashion

Jurassic fashion

David Bowie, music and fashion icon, said it in the early 1980s in his piece Fashion: fashion plays with us. It makes us turn left, then right. It asks us to listen to it and then not anymore. It asks us to dance, but only one piece. In the 1950s, fashion went from...
Cloudy water

Cloudy water

In March 2022, citizens of the cantons of Moravia and Goicoechea reported that the water in their homes smelled like fuel. However, Roberto Zoch, mayor of Moravia, indicated that the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) found no presence of hydrocarbons...
Working alone

Working alone

Pedro needs to work. He has been out of work for several months and his family depends on him. María offers him an opportunity to receive income and Pedro must work for clients that she will send him. He will self-manage his schedule and will not have an employment...
Magic trees

Magic trees

For this article, I borrowed from photographer Giancarlo Pucci the title of his beautiful book and the foundation he formed, following the trail of his passion for trees. Giancarlo spoke with forestry engineer Sara Ramirez in our latest “La Telaraña” podcast, titled...
Unsustainable security

Unsustainable security

In 2015, the United Nations (UN) promulgated the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which sets out 17 goals that seek the integral well-being of nature and people, hand in hand with the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE). SSE refers to companies and organizations...
COP 28 results

COP 28 results

The Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are highly anticipated events. For those who optimistically follow the issues at stake in the negotiations, these meetings represent the possibility of...