Belo Monte – The Price of Progress
Today the major problems of building a hydroelectric system are: the displacement of thousands of people and their rural economic activities;...
Modification on Brazilian Forest Code – Real consensus?
Some politicians have been suggesting that a consensus has been reached among different stakeholders supporting the modification on the Brazilian...
Greenhouses
The development of human civilization is intimately associated with our capacity to adapt to the environment, among other ways, through our use...
How to avoid wasting paper?
Paper: we use it all the time without thinking about it. From toilet paper to printed documents. The excessive use of paper is so common, and...
Global Warming: Working Together to Solve a Global Problem
To be able to control global warming requires world cooperation. Some countries will play more important roles than others. That is to say, major...
Fukushima and nuclear power against global warming
In 2004, the brilliant scientist James Lovelock, who introduced the world to the Gaia Theory, sparked controversy among environmentalists by...
How big is your ecological footprint?
The news we get every week or even every day, even though we do not expect it, take us by surprise: a tsunami in Japan, North America...
