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Tatiana Armijos Moya   Through my short but amazed experience within the sustainable world I came up with many questions about sustainability and all the concepts involved with it, specially regarding the ecological footprint concept. I realized how difficult was to explain this concept within people who have never heard about it a month ago during a workshop in Hanoi-Vietnam, so I dedicated this…

  According the biologist Janine M. Benyus, biomimicry can be defined as imitating or taking inspiration from nature’s forms and processes to solve problems for humans. Indeed, she claims that it is necessary to imi­tate nature to ensure a more sustainable future. Regarding all these factors it is possible to say that biomimicry intro­duces an era based not on what people can extract from the…

Creating fresh water Seawater Greenhouse Creating a cool and humid growing Environ­ment: Water harvesting Tatiana Armijos Moya     Biomimicry is a powerful tool that is generating a new way of thinking around the world; thus, cre­ating sustainable solutions and harmonizing with nature. Therefore, it is important to amalgamate biomimicry principles, architectural and structural require­ments and…

FACTS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY   “It has been said something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.” Chaos Theory The Index for a Sustainable Society (ISS) is an index that integrates the most important aspects of quality of life and sustainability of a society. In fact, it indicates how sustainable a society behaves. For instance, on…

GMOs: Advantages vs. Disadvantages   According to the World Heath Organization (WHO), Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are defined as organisms, which DNA has been altered in a non-natural way. For instance, Genetically Modified plants (GMplants) are usually altered to be resistant to insects, virus and tolerant to herbicides. With these changes come some potentially problematic…

Nowadays is possible to plant a garden within your kitchen. Light is indispensable for plants growth. In fact, natural sunlight is the cheapest source available; however, it is not always available in sufficient quantities because of location and seasons. For instance,in areas between 40 and 80 degrees latitude the amount of daylight requiredfor appropriate plant growing is limited during the…

After many weeks of hard work and research about Texel, finally the time of visiting island arrived. I had many expectations about Texel and the Texelaars. I was wondering: Is it going to be too windy? Is it going to be too cold? Is it that quite? How are the Texelaars? So, the day arrived and after a long trip from Delft, finally we arrived. It was windy and cold and we picked up our bikes.  The…