International Expo "Water and Sustainable Development"
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05/09/2008
Rafael Ansón: “Cooking would be impossible without water”
Water as a unifying element in the survival of living beings and at the same time as an element with a rising value in gastronomy: these were the two core subjects around which a session in the Agora revolved, featuring Rafael Ansón Oliart ...
03/09/2008
“The technology gap forces us to work against the clock in energy”
Milagros Couchod (secretary general of the Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Centre) wants to recover lost time as well as work with one eye on energy for the next century. This is her vision of energy development. As regards energy ...
03/09/2008
Marine Agriculture: projects for energy and food
Marine agriculture has been what Fernando Canales, former Energy Secretary for Mexico, has championed since he found out about the Seawater Foundation project (www.seawaterfoundation.org): “When it was explained to me it was like love at ...03/09/2008
Mayor Zaragoza: “We must design a future in accordance with human dignity”
In the Agora, the former director general of UNESCO showed a firm belief that there will be a new democracy. Mayor Zaragoza believes it will be possible because there is already global awareness, because women are gaining power in society and ...02/09/2008
Water and energy in 2030
In its Report on Prospective World Energy in 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) created a scenario in which coal covered 45% of energy requirements and was responsible for 71% of CO2 emissions. The evolution of the current demand on energy ...01/09/2008
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the Water Tribune
The principal act for the visit of the United Nations Secretary General to Expo Zaragoza 2008 on United Nations day was held in the Water Tribune. In this forum, he gave a conference in which he acknowledged that they must concentrate all their ...31/08/2008
Jeremy Rifkin presented his global energy proposal in the Water Tribune
Conceived like a television interview, journalist Manuel Campo Vidal asked questions of the economist and writer in an almost full Agora session. “Humanity’s great revolutions have been propitiated by a change in use of energy ...03/09/2008
Water and energy: an economic binomial
Diego Azqueta (from the department of Economics and Economic History at Alcalá de Henares University) expressed some economic hypotheses about water and energy in the Water Tribune. According to Azqueta, water and energy are interrelated ...28/08/2008
Preparing the World Water Forum in the Water Tribune
The 5th World Water Forum will be held in Istanbul from 16 to 22 March 2009 (www.worldwaterforum5.org). The objective of this event will be to find a way to reconcile the divisions in water in three areas: political, regional and per sector. The ...27/08/2008
The Zaragoza Charter to be present in the World Water Forum
The Zaragoza Charter – the cultural legacy of the Expo on sustainable water use – will be present in the World Water Forum in Istanbul in March 2009. There, representatives from 150 countries will gather to discuss strategies and ...The Ebrobus now goes to the Site after adding an auxiliary motor which let it overcome the current
The river transport ‘Ebrobus’ made this Saturday its first route from the Vadorrey jetty of the capital of Aragon to the Expo Zaragoza 2008 site. The boat, which to this Saturday only made the route from that jetty to the Nautical Club ...10/03/2008
With three months to go before the opening, more than 40,000 people from around the world have registered as Volunteers
Coming from all corners of the globe, more than 9,500 people have signed their commitment to participation and 14,000 are being trained to take part in the three months of the International Exposition....The voice of the people: the Expo Zaragoza 2008 beacon
Red Cross, Caritas, Oxfam International, Manos Unidas, Action Aid International and the Ecology and Development Foundation are among the non-governmental organisations contributing to the Citizens' Initiative Pavilion A number of social groups and ...17/01/2008
The Bridge Pavilion - An engineering masterpiece for Expo 2008
The Iraqi architect and Pritzker prize winner, Zaha Hadid, designed this emblematic building....Expo Zaragoza 2008 will have 60 establishments offering food and drink
The Expo Zaragoza 2008 site will have 25,000 m² devoted to catering, 5,000 m² of which will be outdoor areas, capable of catering to the drink and food requirements of 96,000 visitors a day, a figure exceeds the average expected number of visitors each day. There will be approximately 60 establishments, including bars, fast food restaurants, self-service cafeterias, restaurants serving haute cuisine and food stands, among others at the International Exposition....
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