Enric Sala, born and brought up in the Mediterranean coast is a world champion in the struggle to create, protect and maintain marine ecosystems. In 2011 he became the first Spanish to be honored with a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. His more than 100 scientific publications are used as initiators in conservation efforts worldwide. In collaboration […]
Among the ocean champions we admire for her long life commitment, never-ending passion and ocean advocacy is Sylvia Earle. Her work has been at the frontier of deep ocean exploration for four decades in which she has led more than 50 expeditions worldwide and can count more than 6,000 hours underwater. In 1979 she made […]
Little more than a year ago we stumbled across a viral TED talk, a young man shared his idea on how to clean the oceans from one of its biggest enemies – plastic pollution. At the age of 18 Boyan Slat presented during a 10-minute talk his radical ideas of a passive cleanup solution for […]
Our earth, as Carl Sagan so eloquently described it, is a pale blue dot in the vast universe that surrounds us. This small blue planet is where all life we know and have ever known struggles for its survival. Our blue planet is covered by more than 70% water and it is thanks to this abundant […]
For the last few years we have been noticing that more and more organic food options are available to us in our local markets, supermarkets and restaurants. The bio-trend is clear and in some places it is even perceived as more fashionable to choose organic labeled products over conventional products. This trend states a clear […]
Hydroponics is a method that uses only water mixed with mineral nutrient solutions, instead of growing the plants root system in soil as we are used to. One of the biggest advantages of the hydroponic system is that it uses 90% less water and 80% less pesticide than conventional agriculture as well as being a […]
How we use water, or rather misuse water is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when facing the future on our densely populated planet. As we mentioned in the previous blog, water is a major part of all human activity and this year the World Economic Forum has estimated that the water crisis is […]
As mentioned in the previous blog, World Economic Forum ranked water for the first time as number one in their Global Risk 2015 Report, water crisis appears first in terms of impact and is highlighted as a societal risk. The rapidly growing world population in combination with the increasing demand for basic services and growing desire for […]
Sunday the 22nd of March was World Water Day; this annual event is celebrated with the purpose of generating awareness and dialog regarding the world’s water resources. World Water Day was originally created in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. The first World Water Day was […]