In December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 as the International Year of Glacier Conservation, which is why in this article we want to tell you some characteristics of glaciers and reflect together on the importance they have for our planet. What are glaciers? Glaciers are ... Read more
Wildlife Day On 3 March, Wildlife Day (WWF) is commemorated worldwide. This date was proclaimed by the United Nations to celebrate all the world's wild animals and plants, and the contribution they make to our lives and to the environment. Read more
Environmental Education Every 26 January is celebrated as World Environmental Education Day. This date has been commemorated since 1972, following the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June of that year. There, the need to ... Read more
World Day for the Non-Use of Pesticides "The health of the earth and the health of people go hand in hand" Anonymous Every December 3rd, the World Day for the Non-Use of Pesticides is commemorated worldwide, because on a day like today, in 1984, a serious incident occurred in India: there was a ... Read more
World Day Against the Indiscriminate Use of Agrochemicals The use of agrochemicals is very common in conventional farming systems: herbicides are applied to combat undesirable weeds, insecticides to reduce pests and fungicides to eliminate fungi and diseases; fertilisers are applied to supplement the nutritional requirements of crops to obtain better yields. But what impacts ... Read more
World Food Day World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to make people aware of the global food problem and to strengthen the fight against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. Hunger and undernourishment are problems that have been ... Read more
Vocational orientation workshop at the San Pedro Alejandrino Technical Educational Institution On the 3rd of October a vocational orientation workshop was held at the San Pedro Alejandrino Technical Educational Institution in Ibagué, Tolima with the eleventh grade, with the participation of 38 students, with a focus on self-discovery, self-evaluation and recognition of their potential and ... Read more
Rivers, cradle of life and culture for the world Since 2005, Rivers Day has been celebrated worldwide on the fourth Sunday of September. Although the date may differ in some countries, the objective is the same in all of them: to promote their conservation and respect, to reflect on human behaviour ... Read more
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