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

The story of bottled water / La historia del agua embotellada

Today, an association I am following on facebook, posted this video about the story of bottled water. It is a really interesting video about the business of bottled water and the campaign agains tap water that big companies made in the past. They were scaring us telling that tap water was not safe. Just watch it and decide if you change for tap water. You have economical and environmental reasons to do it.

Hoy, una asociación que sigo en facebook ha posteado un video acerca del agua embotellada. Es muy interesante ver que las grandes compañías de refrescos y aguas nos han asustado diciéndonos que el agua del grifo no es segura. Mira el vídeo y decide por ti mismo si cambias al agua embotellada. Tienes razones económicas y medio ambientales para hacerlo.

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

Polar Thaw 1

Dear Friends,

Here you have an interesting new from Nasa talking about the thaw of our poles. We will follow closely by further posts.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/oct/HQ_11-347_IceBridge_Antarctica_2011.html