What is a forest? This answer may vary depending on the person answering: − For the forestry industry, it's timber − For climate change negotiations, it's tons of stored carbon − For nature merchants, it's the place where air, water, biodiversity, and ancestral knowledge are produced […]
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By: Simón Guerrero. These recommendations, in addition to being simple and easy to implement, have a positive impact on the lives of birds. The goal of disseminating them is "Connecting people with conservation: Ideas to contribute to bird conservation." 1. Prevent birds from colliding with your windows. This is […]
The speed of device innovation is proportional to the speed at which these devices are discarded because they become "obsolete," resulting in a new problem: electronic waste. Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to all waste from electronic or electrical devices such as computers, cell phones, TVs, and so on.
The Citizen Forum for the Future of Guayaquil's Dry Forests, which will be held at Casa Grande University on June 19, aims to provide a forum for discussion and analysis among local stakeholders interested in the management and conservation of the canton's dry forest remnants. The meeting will articulate the various […]
URGENT ACTION: DEMAND THE CNE INFORM YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SIGNATURE. As you know, the CNE has refused to respect the right to institutional transparency and publish the rejected signatures from the Consultation, even though they have all been scanned and digitized. TO ALL SIGNATORIES: We invite you to participate in this direct action, […]
Children sleeping on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, country of the beautiful game… Brazil, the greatest country in the world… The dream of hosting a World Cup again on the American continent still has, for many, in their conscious (and subconscious, too) the romanticism of those years when football was played “for love […]
In 2012, a scientific team led by Gilles-Éric Séralini published a paper showing that laboratory rats fed Monsanto's GM corn throughout their lives developed cancer in 60 to 70% of rats (compared to 20 to 30% of rats in the control group), as well as liver and kidney problems and premature death. Now, the journal that published it has retracted the article, in another sample […]
By Evelio Reyes Tipán Among the most memorable town criers of the 1970s, Don Yagualito was a beloved figure among the housewives of Santa Elena, who knew his route and arrival time in their neighborhood, offering fresh fish. Pinchagua… pinchagua… beachy pinchagua. Pampanos… pampanos… stone pampanos. Lisa… […]
A selection of photos of our beloved province of Santa Elena taken from the air. The Montañita Sugar Dam, the Salinas Julio Moreno Dam, on the Chongón-Colonche Highway. BICENTENNIAL YEAR? But if we continue celebrating the RECYCLE, RECYCLE (Story) foundations, we'll continue celebrating the foundations.
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