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...
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, it will probably be the last one played by big stars like Karim...
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 negatively affected the health of the workers and resulted in lower...
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 early eighties, my aunt Clara and my uncle Ernesto built a beautiful...
