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 planet gives us air, it gives us life, and yet we are...
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 honored that such an emblematic species of our country has become...
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 more: I have flown in aerial yoga classes, I have peeked into the...
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 it was not until 1919 that the International Labour Organization...
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 market, we consume them and finally we discard them. This process can be...
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 disposed of on the street by a passerby. However, there are some impacts...
