With 7 billion people living on the planet and 230 thousands born everyday, it is estimated that by 2050 the global population will reach at least 9 billion. However, the more concerning fact is that the food consumption will most likely double by 2050, taking into account the constant increase [...]
In Ecuador Indian women represent 3.6% of the total population (INEC, 2010). Their ethnic and gender situation has induced a strong social, economic and political discrimination. It is probably the result of the historical process of colonization in which women were relegated to the sole role of reproduction. This situation generated a condition of vulnerability for Indian women in their communities and in mestizo society [...]
HANOI, the capital of Vietnam has undergone a significant process of growth in the past three decades. Even though, the development process of certain areas in the city is now advancing at a slower pace than it used to, it’s relevant to revise the drivers that pushed the [...]
When someone mentions Starbucks or Iraq, if we give it a thought, we will most probably connect with United States. And the brands and values America promotes and signifies. We will think of its nation brand. Million of people have their daily coffee in Starbucks all around the world. In [...]
The Metropolitan Institute of Patrimony in Ecuador recuperated a small part of the territory where the indigenous group of Yumbos[1]settled because of its extraordinary architectural value. Seen from above, this mosaic landscape resembles the foundation of houses. However, research done in the site showed that these empty spaces were [...]
Podgarić, Croatia These monuments were chosen and captured by the Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers, who toured around the EX YU region in the period 2006-2009 in a search for good photos. He published the photographs in the book “Spomenik”, he issued in 2010. for Roma Publications. Taking pictures of these [...]
Human kind has always been keen to see, perceive and learn about wars, disasters, earthquakes, and natural catastrophes. The feeling of a recent death and its constant threat to the living, has since early times been a strong attraction to the people. Adrenalin, sorrow and “finding out the truth” are [...]
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is the organic matter of vegetable or animal origin and is used in combustion processes or converted in systems for the production of heat or electricity related energy. In other words, according to the definition of the EU, Directive 2003/30/EC, biomass is biodegradable fraction [...]
Graz was named the first Austrian City of Design on 14 March 2011 by UNESCO’s Director-General Ms Irina Bokova. The city joins an international network of 28 creative cities. The application follows a joint initiative by the Styrian government’s holder of the Economy and Innovation portfolio, Dr Christian Buchmann, and Graz mayor [...]
Degrowth is a political, economic, social movement based on environmentalist, anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist ideas. The idea is that further growth will only jeopardize and further divide people and vulnerable groups. Degrowth thinkers and activists advocate for the down-scaling of production and consumption—the contraction of economies—as overconsumption lies at the root of long term environmental issues [...]
