Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution / verdades sobre la contaminación del plástico

I insist a lot into the plastic pollution and it effects. I am happy to share with you this Ted Talk of Diana Cohen talking about plastic pollution, what to do to avoid using of plastics and consequences of it.

Suelo insistir en la contaminación de los plásticos y sus efectos. Me alegra compartir este Ted Talk de Diana Cohen hablando de la contaminación plástica, como evitar el uso de plástico y de sus consecuencias.
Para ver con subtítulos en español pulsar aquí

Polluted paradise / Paraíso contaminado

Happy Monday!! If we can say that being Monday and seeing what I saw today. I have been diving in a beautiful place for the last 2 days. Incredible place for divers. But once more, I saw how a paradise is polluted with plastic on it waters and it beaches and it lakes... I have to say, that it is not the worst place I have ever seen. But it is sad anyways. When I arrive this kind of places I always dream finding a clean and unique place, but as soon as I get those places dream turns in a nightmare.
To remind about the importance of use of plastics, I am posting today a new video where Dianna Cohen talks about plastic in oceans and in our lives.

Feliz lunes! Si podemos decir esto siendo lunes y viendo lo que he visto hoy. Los últimos dos días he estado buceando en un precioso lugar. Es un lugar increíble para buceadores, pero una vez más, he visto como un paraíso está contaminado con plásticos en sus aguas, playas y lagos... Tengo que decir que no es el peor lugar que he visto, pero sigue siendo triste de todos modos. Cuando llego a este tipo de sitios, sueño con que sea un lugar limpio y único, pero tan pronto como llego allí el sueño se convierte en una pesadilla. Para recordaros la importancia del uso de los plásticos, el post de hoy es un video de Dianna Cohen dónde habla sobre los plásticos en los océanos y en nuestras vidas. Español con subtítulos aquí

Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic / La injusticia económica del plástico

First of all I would like to thank all the people visiting the blog yesterday. More than 100 people were visiting the post of my first lecture! It gives me the power to go ahead on this mission.
Today I am sharing with you a very interesting video talking about the serious effects that plastic does not only in animals and plants but in humans too. Mr. Jones gives a full explanation about it

En primer lugar me gustaría dar gracias a toda la gente que visitó ayer el blog. Más de 100 personas visitaron el post de mi primera conferencia y es lo que da fuerzas para seguir adelante con esta misión!
Para hoy voy a compartir un vídeo muy interesante que habla de los efectos que tiene el plástico, no sólo en los animales y plantas, sino en los humanos también. El Sr. Jones nos da una completa explicación sobre ello.

Para ver el vídeo con subtítulos en español pinchar aquí, ir a subtítulos y seleccionar spanish.

Plants made of plastic bottles / Plantas hechas de botellas de plástico

In one of my trips around The Philippines I went to Moalboal. Moalboal is a small village 2 hours from Cebu that have a lot of famous diving spots. I went to have some beers one of the days and I found plastic plants made from plastic bottles. It is not the most fancy plant, but definetly is a good way to reuse a plastic bottle in an environmental friendly establishment.

En uno de mis viajes alrededor de Filipinas fui a Moalboal. Moalboal es un pequeño pueblo a unas dos horas de Cebu, y es conocido mundialmente por el submarinismo. Uno de los días fui a tomarme una cerveza a uno de los bares del pueblo y encontré las siguientes plantas hechas con botellas de plástico. No es la manera más a la moda, pero sin duda es una manera inteligente de decorar un eco-establecimiento.

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.

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