In honor of Earth Day, we're sharing tips on how we can take an active part in caring for our only Great Home in our daily lives. YOU CAN HELP by changing your coffee drinking habits. Styrofoam can take over a thousand years to decompose after we drink our cup of coffee. The next […]
Category Archives: CONSUMO RESPONSABLE
This is our first installment on this concept that is already changing many behaviors around the world. CONSUME SMARTLY, CONSUME RESPONSIBLY – Choose fresh foods over highly processed ones. – Prefer seasonal fruits and vegetables. You'll have especially fresh, and VERY affordable, produce. These products often come from […]
Do you want to actively contribute to creating a more just, supportive, and sustainable society? Do you know how? As citizens, we have enormous power. We can influence companies and public administrations so that their actions commit to fairer and more sustainable development. But we can also, as consumers, commit to a different consumption model, […]
THERE HAVE BEEN IRREGULARITIES BEFORE THE START Alexandra Almeida (Acción Ecológica). January 2010 With an unprecedented decision, the government began the search for oil deposits off the Ecuadorian coast. This process has been plagued with irregularities from the start and is already becoming a serious threat to the population in certain areas. A contract in […]
IF THERE IS SO MUCH WATER ON THE PLANET, WHY DO WE SAY WE NEED TO SAVE WATER? Water on our planet is abundant, however, about 971 TP3T of the total is salt water and is found in seas and oceans. Only 31 TP3T is fresh water, and most of it is in the form of ice at the poles […]
16 MORE IDEAS FOR FOLLOWING THE 3 R's OF PRACTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS: Assess your true needs and plan your consumption accordingly. Ignore the effects of advertising and unnecessary fads. – Buy manageable amounts of perishable products so you don't have to throw them away (especially vegetables) – Choose products with […]
REDUCE The first of the 3 Rs with which we can stop nature from turning into trash. Here are some examples of its applications in our daily lives. We can reduce: – Excess packaging (more bulk products) – Products packaged with non-recyclable materials – Disposable packaging (use returnable packaging) – […]
Although it might be considered a very fun event or part of Ecuadorian culture, the truth is that fires and burn injuries increase on this date. As a paramedic, I've observed how horrific it is to see families left homeless, people losing their hands or suffering severe burns all over […]
ECUADOR'S LONGEST WAVE IS IN DANGER The San Mateo wave—the longest in Ecuador, stretching a kilometer or more on a good day and a favorite with many local and international surfers—is in serious danger of disappearing with the planned construction of a pier […]
In a document signed by more than 40 Latin American organizations dedicated to whale conservation and the environment, they called on the region's governments to take effective diplomatic action to reject Japan's whale slaughter, allegedly for scientific purposes. SELVA-VIDA SIN FRONTERAS and Equilibrio Azul signed on behalf of Ecuador.
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