International Expo "Water and Sustainable Development"
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Agora
09/08/2008
An oasis: something more than just a palm tree in the desert
When we think of an oasis, the image that comes to mind is that of a palm tree next to a watering hole in the middle of a desert. There is never a consideration of the hidden riches: it is not just a balm, it also contains a very rich culture. The ...
05/08/2008
Philosophy and habanera provide a rhythm for water ethics
“Water ethics” was the title for the contents of a new session in the Agora. The writer Rosa Regás, acting as moderator, opened a debate about human behaviour in the light of the challenges of water management. The presentation ...
29/07/2008
Josefina Maestu: “Water is not the way to run social policy”
Josefina Maestu (Coordinator of the “Water Economics and Financing” Thematic Week), Ricardo Segura (from the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs), Inmaculada Mardones (a journalist at El País newspaper) and ...27/07/2008
The influence of climate on history
Ernesto Páramo, director of the Science Park in Granada, was the moderator in the debate and he introduced it by commenting that “the climate has evolved over the course of the planet’s history, thanks to which we are ...07/07/2008
Social protest by all citizens: key to change
Ricardo Petrella, sociologist and founder of the “Lisbon Group”, is a man ahead of his time as back in 1996 he wrote “The Water Manifesto” and now, 12 years later, he has come to Expo Zaragoza to present a “Water ...07/07/2008
Ricardo Petrella: “The idea that water is sacred because our lives depend on water has been wiped from our minds”
The water problem is the main social theme of the first half of the XXI century. This is the theory that Ricardo Petrella holds to. Water in itself generates no problems; it is society that, being incapable of organising the available resources and ...25/07/2008
Inés Restrepo: “Technology contains the DNA of the society that creates it”
“Water sustainability in rural communities: advances, experiences and lessons” is the title of the new book in the Words for Water. On this occasion, the researcher Inés Restrepo presented the document. During the nearly two ...23/07/2008
