Archivo mensual: noviembre 2011

Argentina discards 120,000 tons of technological waste a year but recycle only 5 percent.

In the city of Buenos Aires the number around 7 kilos per capita (twice that the rest of the country), mainly due to the large number of companies that have offices there.

This includes almost 10 million phones that ceased to use last year, plus a million computers… Continue reading

Lionfish (Pterois antennata) is a fish of the family Scorpaenidae. Its natural habitat is the Lagoon and reef tropical Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Takes refuge during the day and hunts shrimp and crab at night. Grows up to 20 cm.

Their bite is poisonous: the dorsal fin rays, two of the ventral fin rays, and two anal fin are equipped with poison… Continue reading

The coralline reefs of the Caribbean Sea, are being severely affected by rising temperatures and ocean acidification, factors associated with climate change, experts and scientists from the region confirm

On the other hand, hurricanes, whose intensity and frequency increased in the last decade, with a significant impact in some areas of the Caribbean islands, also caused damage to these ecosystems, according to a… Continue reading

With the completion of the Third Training Workshop for Teachers and Environmental Committees it completes the first phase of ECOSCHOOL 2011-2012 in Venezuela.

On the first day, held in the Auditorium of the Central Bank of Venezuela – Maracaibo Regional Headquarters, met executives of the Foundation Blue Environmentalists and a specialized technical team, with more than 400 teachers from educational institutions who discussed… Continue reading

Cruelty and deception

Bullfights are a disgraceful spectacle in three acts about twenty minutes in length, which portrays the false superiority and fascination with the “bloody fight” those who believe they have a divine right to dispose as they please of the lives of others sensitive beings, even to justify and trivialize the death of the bull as art and entertainment.

A… Continue reading