Eco-friendly car made in Uganda / Coche eco-amigo fabricado en Uganda

Keeping my research of alternative solutions for the fossil fuels, I found a video about an African Engenier in Uganda that designed an electric car in 2009.
As you can see, it is inevitable and fossil fuels are not an option anymore. Human is looking for cleaner and cheaper solutions everywhere.

Mientras continuaba mi búsqueda de soluciones alternativas al petróleo encontré un video sobre un ingeniero ugandés que diseñó un coche eléctrico en 2009.
Como podéis ver, es inevitable y los combustibles fósiles dejan de ser una opción. Los seres humanos estamos buscando soluciones más limpias y baratas en todo el mundo.

Solar light with a plastic bottle / Luz solar con una botella de plástico

I got up this morning and I connected to facebook. One of my good friends, Gisela, posted an awesome video on her wall. In the video, a Filipino explains how he brought light to a poor neighborhood in Manila. Only using a plastic bottle, water and a bit of bleach. Definitely he changed the life of more than 600 hundreds people, and he is still doing it. If you have a dark place and you want to make it clear, you should consider these invent to do it in a sustainable way. Sun is full of energy for us!

Me he levantado esta mañana y me he contectado a facebook. Una de mis buenas amigas, Gisela, ha posteado un hermoso video en su muro. En el vídeo un filipino explica como ha llevado luz a un barrio pobre de Manila. Solamente usando una botella de plástico, agua y un poco de cloro. Definitivamente ha cambiado la vida de más de 600 personas y aún continúa haciéndolo. Si tenéis un lugar oscuro que queréis iluminar, deberíais considerar este invento y hacerlo de una manera sostenible. El sol está lleno de energía para nosotros!

Lecture at Santa Fe National High School / Conferencia en el Instituto de Santa Fe

Today I had my second lecture in the Santa Fe National High school in Bantayan Island. This time kids were more shy but they were so impressed about the things I was explaining them. After the playing of the documentary Home, they were so touched and they were starting to be more eco-friendly. One example is that teacher was asking two of them to go to buy some snacks and she told them they could use her motorbike. Their reply was... No mom we want to go walking to be more eco-friendly. That is awesome. Results within 5 minutes! I will keep trying to do more lectures... Tomorrow another one!

Hoy he tenido mi segunda conferencia en el Instituto de Santa Fe en la isla de Bantayan. Esta vez los niños eran un poco más vergonzosos, pero se han quedado impresionados con los que les he estado explicando. Después de la proyección del documental Home, estaban completamente afectados y han empezado a ser más eco-amigos. Un ejemplo es que la profesora ha mandado a dos de ellos y les ha ofrecido su motocicleta para ir a por ellos. Su respuesta fue, no señora, queremos ir andando para ser más eco-amigos. Esto es maravilloso, resultados en 5 minutos! Intentaré seguir dando estas conferencias... Mañana a por otra!

Christmas tree made of plastic bottles / Árbol de Navidad hecho de botellas de plástico

Dear friends. Today I have prepared and edited a video that show us how kids between 12 and 16 years old can make an eco-friendly Chirstmas tree. Enjoy it!

Queridos amigos. Hoy he preparado y editado un video que nos muestra como niños de entre 12 y 16 años hacen un árbol de Navidad ecológico. Disfrutadlo!

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Sustainaility / Sostenibilidad

Many times people do not understand what sustainability means. Here you have a very good video that explains in a very simple way the concept of sustainability.

En muchas ocasiones, la gente no entiende muy bien que quiere decir sostenibilidad. Aquí tenéis un vídeo que explica de una manera muy sencilla dicho concepto. Está en inglés y lamentablemente sin subtítulos.

Souvenirs made of chips bags / Souvenirs hechos de bolsas de patatas

Here you have a video where our little friend Winona is giving us an example of how to make small souvenirs using and recycling chips plastic bags. Later Winona sells these souvenirs to tourists and locals and she can helps her mother.

Aquí tenéis un vídeo en el cuál Winona nos da un ejemplo de como hacer pequeños souvenirs usando y reciclando bolsas de patatas. Una vez fabricados, Winona los vende a los turistas y locales pudiendo así ayudar a su madre.

Recycle for tricycles / Reciclo para triciclos

When I was in Puerto Princesa at Palawan. I was surprised when I saw following picture in one of the tricycles. Tricycles are a way of transport for short distances in filipino towns and cities. It is a motorbike that have a kind of sidecar attached where two or three people can travel.

Cuando estuve en Puerto Princesa en Palawan me sorprendió ver la pegatina de la foto en uno de los triciclos. Los triciclos son un medio de transporte para distancias cortas en las pequeñas ciudades en Filipinas. Básicamente es una moto que tiene un sidecar donde pueden viajar dos o tres personas.

No doubts that The Philippines are working hard in environmental issues.

No hay dudas de que Filipinas está trabajando duro en cuestiones medio ambientales.

Recycling cans at Green Belt, Manila / Cubos de reciclaje en Green Belt Manila

When I was in Manila, I went to a famous shopping center at Makati. This place has a lot of western restaurants and shops where Filipinos and foreigners can buy and go for dinning. I was so glad when I found reclying cans around the whole center. Of course I took a picture to show you that The Philippines are really worried about environmental issues.

Cuando estuve en Manila, visité un famoso centro comercial en Makati. Es un lugar donde tanto filipinos como extranjeros pueden encontrar todo tipo de restaurantes y tiendas occidentales. Me alegré mucho cuando encontré los cubos de reciclaje por todo el centro y obviamente saqué una fotografía para compartirla con vosotros. Valga de muestra de que los filipinos están realmente preocupados por el medio ambiente.

How to be eco-friendly with a plastic bag

Here you have a video I took yesterday. My friend Elmn from South Africa is showing us how to be eco-friendly with a plastic bag. The important thing is not the plastic bag itself but the way to use it.

Definitely it is an easy way to be more efficient and eco-friendly. Thanks Elmn

Raining day in Shanghai

Yesterday I could not post because blogger was not working well. Maybe because of the censure in China... Today I should post yesterday post, but it can wait till tomorrow. Today is raining in Shanghai and it is more important to condemn a stupid habit that Chinese have when it rains. I will explain you as best as I can.

Shanghai, has many offices buildings. It is the city with more skyscrapers in the world. All of these buildings were built with fancy materials and designed to be the most fancy ever. But nobody thought that it could be a problem when it rains... and in Shanghai, it rains a lot. Every floor is made of slippery materials when water is on them. So coming inside to the buildings when it rains is a dangerous task and an added risk for going to work

This is even funny when you see people slipping... but what I will tell you now will probably make you cry. To avoid slipping people, brilliant Chinese minded person thought: why do not we release a plastic bag for umbrellas when they get into the building? Bingo! they found a cheap solution for this little problem and they can keep their fancy buildings. Here you have the machine... (pic on the right side)
Instead of using carpets, that are reusable and you can keep them for a pretty long time, they deliver plastic bags. Do you know how many people is living in Shanghai? 20 million. Maybe 5 to 7 million of them are going everyday to these kind of buildings and they are receiving a plastic "condom" bag for their umbrellas when it rains.

Each rainy day in Shanghai, uncountable plastic bags are being delivered within any control and making our planet more dirty.
(Here you have a happy Chinese with his plastic bag)

And here on the right side you have the result of an umbrella with it "condom"
I do not know if you can see the damage that it represents to our planet. And I am pretty sure that it is not something that it is only being done in Shanghai. Other cities in China are doing as well. And I am pretty sure that many other countries in the world have the same stupid habit. Tomorrow post will make you think deeper about it. It is a video about our daily actions...

By the way, I was inspired to post it today because I refused to use the plastic bag for my umbrella and someone in the door tried to force me to use it. I did not know that water is worse than a plastic bag...

PS. Of course I did  not use it and I use my hand to drain the water from my umbrella.

Vinegar as a cleaner!

All of us have heard that vinegar has many properties for health and as home made remedy. But not many people think vinegar can be used as a disinfectant and cleaner for our daily use.

"White vinegar is often used as a household cleaning agent. Because it is acidic, it can dissolve mineral deposits from glass, coffee makers, and other smooth surfaces. For most uses, dilution with water is recommended for safety and to avoid damaging the surfaces being cleaned.

Vinegar is an excellent solvent for cleaning epoxy resin and hardener, even after the epoxy has begun to harden. Malt vinegar sprinkled onto crumpled newspaper is a traditional, and still-popular, method of cleaning grease-smeared windows and mirrors in the UK. Vinegar can be used for polishing brass or bronze. Vinegar is widely known as an effective cleaner of stainless steel and glass.

Vinegar, historically, has been reputed to have strong antibacterial properties. One test by Good Housekeeping's microbiologist found that 5% vinegar is 90% effective against mold and 99.9% effective against bacteria, while another study linked with Clorox and Lysol showed vinegar to be too weak or inconsistent for it to be used effectively as a disinfectant.

Vinegar has been marketed as an environmentally-friendly solution for many household cleaning problems. For example, vinegar has been cited recently as an eco-friendly urine cleaner for pets and as a weed killer."

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No doubts about vinegar is an ecofriendly product that we must use in our home cleaning process, in agriculture and as a medicine. If you want to check more information, click here and here

Plastic recycling video

Dear readers,

I have found a video that might inspire us to go in the correct direction for plastic recycling. Mike Biddle is talking about several things that not so many people talks about when we talk about plastics.
Maybe because petrol companies have hidden interests on that industry that moves billions of usd.
What would you think if I tell you that we can get same plastic from used plastic than the same we get from oil and other chemicals?

The answer in following link: We can recycle plastic