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Diapering
Estimates from the renowned diaper brand Pampers indicate that, during the first three years of a child's life, are used approximately 3,840 disposable diapers. The data is conservative compared to...
The fifth principle
Giancarlo García Álvarez died on September 2, 2021, around 4:30 p.m., while working on an underground pump in the parking lot of the Aliss store, in Zapote, San José. He was 40 years old. According...
Sustainable financial decisions
In a recent episode of the radio show "La Telaraña" (The Spider Web), prominent engineer from NASA, Sandra Cauffman noted: "Earth is our ship in space, in which we are floating in vastness. This...
Praise of slowness
In August 2021, the sloth became the most recent Costa Rican national symbol. A few weeks ago, the American airline Frontier announced that one of its planes will display its image. "We are very...
Verdes
A few months ago, looking for a home and a community related to my principles, I moved to the mythical, remote and touristic Monteverde. Since I arrived I discovered what I was looking for and much...
A just and robust law
Eight hours to work, eight for recreation and eight to rest. That was one of the main convictions that emerged from the Industrial Revolution. Before that time, working hours were 14 hours a day and...
The Future is Circular
Historically, human beings have developed our productive activities based on natural resources. At first, we extract materials from nature, then we have converted them into products that go to a...
By the Cloud
Generally, it is possible to identify some environmental impacts from their source: an illegal discharge of wastewater into a river, polluting gas emissions emitted by a car, or plastic waste...
Qatar 2022: The cup of death
On November 21, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will start in Qatar. This World Cup will be the first to be held in a Middle Eastern country and the last to be played under the current format. In addition,...
Work less, produce more
The fight against the reduction of the working day arose with the industrial revolution and the arrival of electricity. This innovation made it possible to create the 24-hour work scheme, which...
A different sea each time
I don't remember when was the first time I saw the sea. It must have been when I was less than five years old. My parents regularly rented a house in Puntarenas, near the hospital. Then, in the...
Ways to coexist
In the mid-1970s, the famous movie Jaws (1975) featured sharks as fearsome predators of humans. Six years later, this idea was recovered by Rubén Blades in a musical theme entitled Tiburón, in which...