Juanele Villanueva 07/10/25 En Santa Ana de Pusa, un pequeño pueblo toledano de apenas 350 habitantes, ha estallado una polémica que mezcla aventura, turismo rural y conservación ambiental. La instalación de una vía ferrata y varias tirolinas sobre el barranco del río Pusa, justo en una zona incluida dentro de la Red Natura 2000, uno …
Rebelión o Exticción, o el Extinction Rebelion (XR) porque nacieron en inglaterra, ha salido a la acalle este domingo 2 de Junio para pedir que se dejen de dar subsidios a las grandes empresas que trabajan los combustibles fósiles. Han cortado Gran Vía en Mádrid y luego han bajado por Preciados hasta la plaza Puerta …
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Ramón, a black vulture, flew on his own from Spain to Senegal. He covered more than 3,000 km in flight, though not in a straight line, as he had to search for food and shelter. It’s believed that he joined another group of Griffon vultures with which he shares some similarities. He was tagged as …
With the campaign’s uproar fading away like lowering the volume of a poorly tuned radio, I want to talk about something that seems to have been overshadowed during these crazy 3 months: the Agenda 2030. This is the umbrella offered by the UN to cover the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It’s the push for a …
2nd February 2023 For many, Spain is a veggie patch. In the 60s, with the opening of Franco’s dictatorship to the European market, engineers planned a gigantic project to transfer water from the Tagus River to the Segura river, 260 km southeast, in a more suitable land for farming. Nowadays, it is almost dry, so …
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Juan Villanueva 27th October 2022 Less than 10 days left for the COP27 in Sham El Sheikh, Egypt, and the UN´s Ocean Patron, Lewis Pugh, has swum there, claiming ocean protection to world leaders. “Since that day, every swim I have done has been to highlight a crisis in our oceans, from plastic pollution to …
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Juan Villanueva 7th October 2022 The Green Bee From the Alboran Sea in Málaga, the tastiest thing is the Sardines skewer, without taking the credit off from other dishes within the concept of “pescaito frito”. At the IUCN-Med anniversary, the benefits of artisanal food and traditional techniques were taught. For many, climate change started when …
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Juan Villanueva 6th October 2022 There are around 8 miles from Europe to Africa at its narrowest point; Gibraltar. Through the Mediterranean’s gate, 155 huge ships sail every day, and accidents occur, even under the ocean´s guard´s watch. It’s like you divert M1 traffic to a tiny alley. So the countries in charge of a …
Juan Villanueva 12th August 2022 Although wild salmon is one of our favourite fish and most nutritious, it is tagged as vulnerable, at least in the wild. This paradox is possible thanks to aquaculture techniques. Like inland livestock farms, there are different models, some more intense than others. However, because those farms are far from …
Juan Villanueva 14 Julio 2022 The biggest -and probably the most damaged- salty lagoon in Europe is in South East Spain, in critical conditions. During the last years, it has suffered the appearance of invasive microorganisms and several events of mass fish deaths. After a long campaign promoted by citizens, the Spanish Parliament voted to …
