SubjectEcology and environment
An uncertain futureAnimals in the city, do I want them there?
Cities cannot just belong to “us”. We need animals. Their presence forces us to sharpen our...
“I think that the fear of death is what brings me to make films”
Carla Simón
In Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993), Carla Simón fictionalised her experience of being adopted by her aunt and uncle when she was six years old, following the death...
An uncertain future'Ok, doomer'. Climate anxiety and imaginaries of collapse
The collective expression of fear turns individual anxiety into collective paralysis, and, as far as the climate crisis is concerned, this is the fastest and surest...
An uncertain futureLess when it was most needed: the energy crisis
In the midst of a changing world made more complicated by climate change, we must abandon the suicidal idea of perpetual growth on a finite planet and start talking...
An uncertain futureWho cares about the world? On the power of responsibility
Singer and Harari discuss how individual responsibility towards others and the planet should be exercised. To accomplish collective goals such as the fight against...
An uncertain futureThe future is not set in stone
Crises are occurring one after the other and the turmoil they cause is hitting us harder and harder. People are beginning to realise that the wellbeing we enjoy may...
“There are no neurobiological reasons for discrimination”
Mara Dierssen
Mara Dierssen is a neurobiologist and one of the country’s major communicators of popular science. She studies the human brain, and, more specifically,...
Tropical nights, torrid nights, a new climate risk
One of the indicators of climate change is the rise in temperature, which increases the risk of mortality in the elderly or those suffering from chronic...
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