Like every year, every April 22 we celebrate International Mother Earth Day. The theme for the year 2022 is “Invest in our planet”. We find ourselves with oceans and seas increasingly suffocated by plastic pollution. The followed rise in temperatures to extreme levels. Forest fires, floods, cyclones, tornadoes and other climatic events affect millions of [...]
Groundwater, making the invisible visible Every March 22 we celebrate World Water Day, and in 2022 the theme chosen by the United Nations is “Groundwater, making the invisible visible”. It seeks to focus attention on the importance that the main source of water for human consumption is groundwater, so it must be protected by giving [...]
Forests and sustainable production and consumption The theme of the International Day of Forests 2022 “Forests and sustainable production and consumption”, has been chosen to draw attention to this problem and to consciously promote the use of sustainable wood for people and the planet. Forests are one of the main means of absorbing CO2, fundamental [...]
On March 21 and 22, the “International Day of Forests” and the “World Water Day” are celebrated. Let the opportunity be propitious to remember that deforestation of forests, drought and water scarcity are closely related to each other, with serious environmental and social consequences. In almost the entire planet, water scarcity has become an increasingly [...]
Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity On December 5 of each year we celebrate World Soil Day. In 2014 the UN designated this date, which had been proposed by FAO a year earlier. Although its origin was in 2002, promoted as an event by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), within the framework of [...]
I don't think any poet is attracted to this word and even less to use it in any of his creations. Autotroph is soundless, hollow, not at all fancy and looks more like aggressive. For some it may even seem like the name of a criminal gang ... the gang "The Autotrophs". But none of [...]
The temperatures recorded these days in Lytton, Canada and Pakistan are an alert to the world In the year 2021 we have seen unprecedented phenomena related to excessive heat, which has surprised the north of the planet. The situation has turned dramatic in the small town of Lytton, on June 29, where the temperature touched [...]
Restoration. Land. Recovery The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) established "Restoration - Land - Recovery" as a theme for 2021, focusing on the transformation of degraded lands into healthy lands, and within the framework of the United Nations Decade on the Restoration of Ecosystems 2021-2030. On this occasion, the host country is Costa [...]
The ocean: Life and livelihoods Every June 8, World Oceans Day is celebrated. This date was established by the UN to recognize its vital importance for the life of all species. The ocean covers more than 70% of the planet's surface and represents the world's lung, providing at least 50% of the planet's oxygen. It [...]
Today, April 22, I am 4300 million years old and in such a long period I have never seen anything like this. But first let me introduce myself. My name is Earth or Mother Earth. I am a blue globe, which in practice is a gigantic condominium with hundreds of thousands of apartments inhabited by [...]
