Tag: Argentina - Page 12
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Savings in Summer, Big Challenges to Come in Winter for Argentine (and Latin American) Energy
So it seems that, as we advanced in our 2008 predictions, energy is going to be the issue for Latin America this year. At least that's what the reactions to every announcement related to the subject show.
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High-Speed Passenger Rail Comes to the Americas
The contracts have been signed, and the first high-speed railway in the Americas will be built very soon - but not where you're thinking. Argentina's new President Christina Kirchner, wife of former President Nestor Kirchner, signed the papers last
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First Wind-Powered Building Inaugurated in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Buenos Aires' most famous summer destination recently got its first wind-powered building. Its name is Cefira (in reference to Cefiro, god of the wind), and has a generator called IV 4500 which can produce 4,5 kilowatts: more than enough for the
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Mestiza: Repurposed Fabrics' Bags from Argentina
Mestiza is a small brand founded by textile artist Rosa Arena, graphic designer Irene Guntsche and entrepreneur Maria Sarobe, whose main product is a line of bags from repurposed lycra remaining from a tights factory.
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Pictures from the End of the World, by Amado Becquer Casaballe
Uruguayan photographer Amado Becquer Casaballe spent a month on the Almirante Irizar Argentine icebreaker, traveling through the most southern seas of the planet (past the Polar Antarctic Circle) until the Belgrano 2: the country's permanent
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Argentina Supports Development of Organic Products
The Argentine Agriculture State Department has approved a development project to support organic production, informed La Nacion newspaper. The plan will have financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) for 900,000 US dollars.
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Soda Stereo Asks Fans to Donate One Day of their Lives
First of all, Happy New Year Everybody! If you're in Argentina and one of your resolutions for 2008 is to help somebody, take note of this one.
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Petrol Stain Arrives to Patagonia for New Year, Nobody Responsible Yet
What a way to end up the year: a petrol stain four kilometers long arrived last Thursday to the coast of Caleta Cordova City at Chubut province, about 1860 kilometers south from Buenos Aires and is now moving open seas.
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Charities to Keep in Mind This Christmas: Help Argentina
First of all, Merry Christmas everybody from Buenos Aires! For this special day, some of us have decided to choose a charity in case you want to give an extra gift and spread some love these holidays.
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Argentina Announces Energy Saving Plan, Takes Back DST After 14 Years
Good news for TreeHuggers in Argentina came just in time for Christmas this year: ten days after assuming as president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced a National Energy Saving Plan. Among its main measures, it includes readopting Daylight
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Argentina: Organizations Demand New Government Environmental Action
A demonstration involving hundreds of environmental organizations and an estimate of "thousands" of people, took place in Buenos Aires last week. Its main purpose was to join the people from Gualeguaychu (a city 230 kilometers north from Buenos
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First Design Exhibition at Malba Focuses on Responsible Creators in Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art (aka Malba, the most modern in the city) is holding its first industrial design exhibition from December 7th until next January 28th; and for our delight, the three chosen designers for it are creators who
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Argentina Might Limit Tourism to Antarctica
(Picture: Explorer cruise in Antarctica, via El Nuevo Dia newspaper) About a week ago, the cruise ship MS Explorer with Liberian flag sank in Antarctica leaving a diesel stain five kilometers of diameter. The cruise ship transported 100 travelers and
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Good News for Tree-Huggers in Argentina: Senate Approves Woods Law
After more than a year of back and forth in the National Argentine Congress, last Wednesday the Woods Law was approved. This paper basically prevents the state governments in this country to grant authorizations for land clearing until each state does
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Tatu Diffusion: Design with Pure Materials and Native Work
"Tatu Diffusion is what the whole fashion industry will have to offer someday: Preservation and identity". With those words, Teo Gincoff presents his fashion label, Tatu Diffusion. Under this brand, he presents clothes produced mostly with natural
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Vacavaliente's New Leather Gadgets: Play, It's Allowed [+ News]
Yesterday we told you how many cool green we found at Design Connection 2007, an annual exhibition taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until next Friday, October 26th.
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Clever Green at Design Connection 2007 in Buenos Aires
The products pictured above are just three of the neat green designs we spotted at Design Connection 2007, an annual design exhibition that is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until Friday, October 26th.
