Brief Introduction to Solar PV Although solar energy has been, is, and will be the most abundant source of energy on Earth, it was not until 1839 that Alexandre Edmond Becquerel observed that the sunlight striking certain materials generated electric current. That is, he discovered the photovoltaic effect. Forty-four more years were needed to develop Read more about Floating Solar PV: an overview[…]
During the last decades, what we call nowadays consumerism has unfolded and changed the way we live. Consumerism is a social order which encourages the acquisition of more and more goods. This was caused due to the industrial overproduction especially in the USA after World War II and was fueled by the upcoming mass media Read more about Minimalistic Lifestyle – a new approach on living sustainable?[…]
If you are going to the beach this weekend, don’t forget to bring your sunscreen! However… did you know that 14.000 tonnes of sunscreen reach every year coral reefs, making them susceptible to bleaching, deforming baby coral and degrading its resilience to climate change? Most of the sunscreens are made from chemical UV filters of Read more about Sunscreens: do they really protect us?[…]
How many times may our parents have told us that we must not waste the food? And even though, are we really aware of the amount of food that is wasted every day in our planet and its consequence at an economical and environmental level? Every day, around 1.3 billion tons of food suitable for Read more about The major issue of food waste[…]
This is the continuation of a two-part article on the Fridays for Future movement. To read the first part, about the origins and expansion of the movement, please head here. The big strike of March 15th Fridays for Future’s growth and expansion during the fall of 2018 and beginning of 2019 culminated in the Global Read more about Fridays for Future and the rise of climate strikers around the world: A review on the movement’s origins, its impact and its future (II/II)[…]
On March 15th, more than 1,400,000 students around the world took to the streets to protest government inaction on climate change, in what was considered the biggest global climate action in history. More than 2,000 protests took place in over 125 countries, with Europe being the leading region in terms of organization and participation. These Read more about Fridays for Future and the rise of climate strikers around the world: A review on the movement’s origins, its impact and its future (I/II)[…]
As hospitals and other health centers are the places where citizens’ health is best preserved, it would be logical to think that in these, both short and long-term work would be done to reduce the number of patients progressively, that is to say, to achieve a better quality of life for all citizens, is not Read more about Sustainability in the health sector[…]
We have all heard about Mediterranean cuisine, American cuisine, Indian cuisine, Mexican cuisine… Therefore, we could state that the diet we follow depends, to some extent, on our culture. And even if people have different habits, there is a clear global trend: Every time we eat more meat. In fact, meat production grows faster than Read more about Does my diet affect global warming?[…]
According to Eurostat, households represent a 25% of the final energy consumption in Europe, a sector only exceeded by transport, which represents a 33%. Understanding final energy as the energy that reaches the final consumer’s door, in the case of households this energy is mainly provided in the form of electricity and natural gas, and Read more about 12 tricks to reduce your energy consumption at home[…]
The packaging is part of our daily lives, although we do not usually realise about it. It can be made of different materials, but this post will be focused on plastics that are responsible of half of the global packaging market (All4Pack, 2016), it is a material that in some cases cannot be degraded or, Read more about Less plastic, more planet[…]