Category: Environment

We’re celebrating the International Day Against Climate Change, reinforcing our commitment to the environment: Fundación Hazloposible leads the Erasmus+ programme Action4Climate, a work by the environment and the fight against climate change, with particular emphasis on the promotion of participation of young people from social innovation. Learn about the importance of this day and the only thing you need to know about the project.

As he warns the Organization of the United Nations (UN): we are responsible for global warming. Scientists have shown that humans are responsible for global warming over the past 200 years. Human activities, like burning fossil fuels or the clearing of land and forests, produce greenhouse gases, warming the planet, to the fastest pace in the last 2000 years.

Other consequences that we are experiencing today is, among other things, the intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, sea level rise, flooding, melting of the poles, devastating storms, and the loss of biodiversity.

This is a summary of the effects of climate change are manifold, irrevocable and undeniable and the responsibility to respond to them is also a burden for us.

Action4Climate: A commitment by the global alliance for climate

Thus is born the commitment of the Fundación Hazloposible to unite the citizens, volunteers, NGOS, businesses, and all the social actors who seek to join forces for the care of the environment in the same space: the Action for the Climate.

Accionporelclima.org also, has the seeds of a new project at the international level in the framework of the Erasmus+programme , and the, which we are proud to announce that it will be driven by Hazloposible: Action4Climate.

For Action4Climate

Action4Climate is an international project, scaling the initiative of the Fundación Hazloposible, Climate Action (2019). Hazloposible is the coordinator of the Consortium, during 18 months, is committed to supporting direct the education and development of initiatives in the field of sustainability, climate action, in particular the younger generations of the beneficiary communities.

The Consortium is oriented in the subregion of the Mediterranean, since it shows significant signs of vulnerability to climate change today. Therefore, the participating entities operated by the realities of Spain (Hazloposible), Cyprus (Institute of Employment/Youth Training, IEEN), and Macedonia in the North (smartup time, the Social Innovation Lab), with the participation of the agencies of the Ecosystem in the countries of south-eastern europe, as well as other realities that are affected.

For our part, Hazloposible brings the experience and resources to coordinate, and to transfer the knowledge and the results of the Action4Climate of the Ecosystem of the Social Economy and local communities.

As always, we will keep you updated on this exciting new project, the materials and the events will be published and everything you need to know to be part of this initiative with the environmental future of more sustainable for our planet.

We continue the fight against climate change with the participation of citizens who wish to join this purpose, to share your ideas, and be part of a community are concerned about the environment.

The progress of new technologies, and the development of these, and has continued to expand the range of possibilities of citizen collaboration to carry out solidarity actions. In recent years, we have seen, such as the care of the environment has become a huge concern, particularly for the younger generations.

According to the ‘Report Youth España 2020’, developed by INJUVE young adults, between the ages of 14 and 29 years, 76% of the respondents is shown to be more concerned and sensitive to the policies and attitudes to the environment.

As a result of this situation, there have been numerous applications and web portals that have been developed in order to carry out collective actions in seeking to improve the planet on which we live. Here you have four applications that you will be able to find ideas to take care of the environment, and to share it with vuestr friends and conocid@s.

Forest

In the beginning, this application sought help you get and keep healthy levels of concentration and disconnect virtual. So, while the app was active, I was going to grow a virtual forest with different trees and plants. If the user were making use your device to access the other apps, the trees died and the forest disappeared. In relation to the amount of time that is effective to maintain the concentration, each user could be collecting virtual coins. This initiative, which is a priori not had a real impact on the environment, has been becoming an action that has crossed the screen and has managed to plant more than 400,000 real trees, but how?

Users of this application have collaborated with the organization Trees for the Future, which is dedicated to planting trees in areas that have been grass of the massive deforestation. Thus, of the 145 million trees planted by the organization, almost half a million have emerged from this app, in which users have enabled the option of desvirtualizar your action and get to reforest large plots of land.

Wibeee

By using this application we can get an electronic device that, when connected to a power outlet and through the use of Wifi connection, being reports of information about the power consumption of each home. So, in our Smartphone we will be able to get reports of our energy consumption and alerts in the event that we have exceeded the limits of consumption that we’ve previously configured. So we make sure to consume more efficiently and sustainably, and to control the invoice of light.

Metas sostenibles

This application seeks to ensure that users can access to a large number of actions focused on sustainability following the principle of the 4RS: “Reuse what you can, recycle what cannot, reduce what you have, and reject what you don’t need to”.

Through a system of tasks, such as do not use elevators, use of means of public transport, or consume products of second hand, the user can mark those milestones you go getting. Also, we propose a series of tips and tips to live a day-to-day more sustainable.

Arbolapp

In this app, promoted by the Government of Spain, the Spanish national research council and the Royal Botanic Garden, images appear didactic and useful information about thousands of species of herbaceous and arboreal of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

Users can learn to recognize native species, learn about the care of trees, or the protection of natural spaces. With a language that is going to fluctuate between scientific rigor and simple explanations, the user is able to learn all the details about the thousands of species that appear in the app. It is very useful to learn about nature and the different ways in which we protect it.

Sources: Government of Spain, CSIC, Infobae, and INJUVE.

The oceans cover more than two-thirds of the entire surface of The Earth, so that their state and conservation are essential to the sustainability of our planet. Despite the enormous importance of the oceans, these are under many threats that endanger the survival of thousands of species of marine life. Some of these threats will materialize in the form with overfishing, the progressive loss of biodiversity, or the contamination of ocean.

Pollution of the oceans

According to WWF, more than 70% of the pollution of the seas and oceans comes from land-based activities, from microplásticos, pesticides, or discharges of various types of waste contaminants. Around 200 tonnes of plastic end up annually in oceans around the world, the majority of them are not visible on the surface, but that end up forming part of what we call microplásticos. The microplásticos are small pieces of plastic of about 5 mm in diameter which are dispersed and are found in large amounts in the seas and oceans, in addition to the land surfaces.

The oil spills are a major threat, in terms of pollution of the oceans. This fuel ends up many times in the sea, as a result of spills or leaks, involuntary vessels that transport crude oil from one place to another, but these discharges also reach the sea by the drains of the cities, which represents a flow of pollution very abundant.

Another of the threats facing the oceans are the discharges of fertilizers from farms or farms. These discharges produce a phenomenon known as eutrophication, which occurs when the sea presents additional nutrients (those that come from fertilizers) and cause the flowering mass of algae, which leads to deoxygenation of the oceans. With the decrease of the oxygen, the marine fauna is threatened, and eventually disappear, as has happened recently in the Mar Menor.

Overfishing and exploitation of the oceans

The scientific community has been unanimous in warning about the serious consequences of overfishing poses to our oceans and coasts. When we speak of overfishing, we refer to the extraction of fauna and flora of the sea at a rate that is too high for these species can be repopulated in a natural way.

From half of the TWENTIETH century, many countries of the world began to invest large amounts of money to grow its fishing capacity, with the purpose of improving the availability and obtain lower fish products to ensure their accessibility to the consumers. However, these large fleets ended up practicing a fishing which can be considered as aggressive, making use of sophisticated methods, to the couple that overwhelming, to extract each time more fish in lower time frames.

The practice of indiscriminate fishing has affected large populations of marine wildlife, but also flora ocean. For example, coral reefs are highly vulnerable to overfishing. According to National Geographic, the fish that feed on plants are the ones that manage to keep the balance of the ecosystem, eating algae and maintaining the healthy corals and clean. The massive fishing of these fish herbivores decrease the population, so that results in the gradual destruction of the reefs, which makes them more susceptible to processes such as pollution or climate change.

Also some types of fishing, such as trawling, can destroy the corals when they are severely weakened. This type of fishing is characterised by launching major networks of the sea to capture the catch of the day, however, these networks lay waste to everything in its path, so that in addition to substantially decrease the population of the fish lens, also affecting the rest of the fauna of the oceans. For example, it is common that these networks also drag sea turtles, dolphins, sea birds and even sharks.

Can we stop this?

The Sustainable Development Goal 14: life underwater, it particularly focuses on the care and preservation of the oceans. As they point to the United Nations: “to Protect our oceans must remain a priority. The marine biodiversity is vital to the health of people and our planet. Marine protected areas must be managed effectively, as their resources, and should be put in place regulations that reduce over-fishing or marine pollution”.

Fight against the pollution of the waters of the oceans and overfishing passes through the awareness of governments and institutions of all countries of the world. End these harmful practices requires a serious proposal international regulations regulatory prohibit and criminalize, pollution, indiscriminate of the waters and overfishing of marine species.

Today, it is undeniable that the majority of people spend a large part of your time in front of screens and, in the case of young people, the use of social networks consumes an amount of time to grow.

It is important that, within social networks, the people who come to a large audience and talk about topics that are current and relevant both for society and for the planet, not only of their lives, travel, and products that send them the marks.

Each time there are more young people to get on their platforms content denouncing the critical situation that is hurting our planet. There are influential people from all over the world and from all walks of life, with more or less followers, but the point in common is their concern about the changes that must be made before it is too late to save the environment. In Spain and one of the influencers most relevant to talk about veganism, meat companies, air pollution, and the consequences that this will cause to the planet is Carlota Bruna which , thanks to its involvement has come to form part of the European Pact for the Weather. This barcelona-based, student of Nutrition and Dietetics, uses his Instagram as a point of information about their style of life, ways to reduce plastic and options that help to slow climate change.

Increasingly, leaders from all sectors are positioned in favor of the planet, rising to their networks, news, and tips to improve the world we live in, bringing that message to reach a number of people who otherwise would not be possible. An example of this is the actor and model Martiño Rivas, as well as the also actress Carolina Yuste or Georgina Amorós. It may seem that to upload a photo by inviting your followers to collect the plastics that you find on the beaches or mountains, which they visit, or to learn about climate change and what they can do to prevent it, are acts without relevance. However, the fact that one of the followers of these people will read and transmit it to your environment is a big deal, even more so taking into account the public relevance of many of these influencers.

At the international level, there are several models very important make an effort, and in their day-to-day take time to talk to his followers of the possible improvements that are in your hands. Blanca Padilla and Inka Williams are two examples of women who struggle to preserve the planet and put their networks as a showcase of what happens.

The majority of people mentioned in this article have highlighted sections on their profiles to inform you about the plastic problem, the industry of fast fashion, the pollution, how to adopt sustainable lifestyles and conscious living. To change our habits and to follow people defending the care of the planet and to make efforts to try to curb the climate crisis can seem an action of little relevance, but if we change the content that we consume daily, we can change habits and routines.

Do you want to join the large and small initiatives that mark a big change? Would you like to get your ideas and environmental projects in the pipeline but you are looking for support? On this International Day against Climate Change, we propose to move to action from our platform for Climate Action, a public space that gives you the tools to cope, we issue@s to this ecological crisis and climate.

Before anything.. What do we do from Climate Action?

Climate action is a platform created to put technology at the disposal of the fight against the climate crisis and ecological. This free space, free and participatory seeks to consolidate itself as a useful tool for activism and mobilization of environmental.

The main objective of this project is to encourage citizen participation in real-life through the interaction on digital media: creating, sharing and adding to actions that are taking place all over the world.

The situation in which we find ourselves is still a test of fire for the achievement of sustainability. In the year 2020 was the first overall decline since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in 2015, a trend has been maintained since then. The health crisis and economic causes of the pandemic caused by the expansion of COVID-19, in addition to the geopolitical risk, have caused the agenda 2030 for sustainability is affected severely.

Faced with this situation arises for Climate Action, an initiative that aims to serve as a common place for connecting people, organizations and initiatives in all those places where they are taking measures and are taking action to confront the climate crisis, we issue@s. This platform was created with the intention of serving all those people who choose to be part of this movement, tool-free and free to organize, learn and work networks that help to promote a real change.

How does it work and how can I join?

To be able to post and share your actions in Climate Action, justregister as a new@ user@. From here, you can publish all those activities and events (actions, meetings, trainings, demonstrations, interventions…) you know you are going to take place in the coming days, weeks, or months, as well as inform you of all the actions that are sharing the rest of user@s.

De esta forma, el mapa de acciones que ponemos a vuestra disposición, servirá tanto de punto referencia para conocer todo lo que se está haciendo a nivel activismo y movilización por el cambio climático, al mismo tiempo que de repositorio para numerosas iniciativas que puedan valer de inspiración y motivación para ser recreadas en otras partes del mundo.

Además, este espacio cuenta con los apartados “Clima Info” y una sección de stories (en el home de la página) donde iremos compartiendo toda aquella información y contenidos que puedan ser de interés o relevancia.

¿Qué hay de nuevo?

We’ve assembled a team that transform the platform and to keep you inform of all the latest news, initiatives, activities, projects and ideas that you can participate in, or create, as well as to give voice to your own projects, amplifying together the activism by the weather.

Follow us on @AccionxClima_ both in Instagram as on Twitter, where they come new news and changes that we are developing, always in collaboration and active listening of the ciudadan@s that you can do these projects.

June 5 marks World Environment Day, which takes more than half a century to be held up to become one of the global platforms with greater scope in favor of environmental causes. In specified date, we seek to bring to fore the protection and care of the environment as the purpose and common destiny international initiatives in which you can participate.

As the United Nations to warn, to solve the climate crisis in which we find ourselves, it is necessary that governments, the private sector, the Third Sector and other stakeholders to amplify and implement effective measures and immediate.

9 thresholds

Recently, on the eve of this day, we received a new touch of care: seven of the nine thresholds that define the environmental deterioration have been exceeded. An international investigation has determined that we have crossed red lines that will impact the well-being and safety of our earth system.

The report, published in the journal Nature, discusses different environmental indicators, with the objective of diagnosing the situation on our planet. According to experts, to have exceeded these limits can have serious consequences both for us and for future generations.

The nine boundaries analyzed in the research were predefined in 2009 by a wide group of scientists. Its purpose was to establish a map that frame the parameters in which human beings can live safely in the Land. It is the following:

The destruction of the ozone layer
Climate change
The destruction of the biosphere
Chemical pollution
The acidification of the oceans
The cycles of phosphorus and nitrogen
The consumption of fresh water
The changes in land use
Loads of atmospheric aerosols

Currently, the only two that still have not been exceeded are:

Chemical pollution
The acidification of the oceans

Why and how to take action for the climate

These data, although troubling, are not seeking to discourage the struggle for the care of the environment, but to invite to take urgent action to address these problems, call us, stressing that the mission for a sustainable life in harmony with nature is as relevant as ever.

Every contribution, action, idea, initiative and activity, as small as it seems to us, is important. Aligned with this thinking, we create the platform for Climate Action, which seeks to be a space for citizens and NGOS to share information, discuss and act on the climate crisis. This digital tool you have as a flag to encourage the creation of actions that are respectful and committed to the care of the environment.

We invite you to add, share, and take action for the climate we don!

5 June is celebrated the World Environment Day. A specified date, which aims to bring to fore the protection and care of the environment as the purpose and common destiny international.

In this sense, the European Union has implemented what is known as the “taxonomy european green”, that is, a system of classification based on parameters that determine, in the face of investors and companies, which projects may or may not adversely affect the climate and the environment. The situation is serious and urgent climate, a fact which we must deal in a coordinated and joint. The emissions of greenhouse gases and the excessive consumption of energy have led to the promulgation of a regulation based on six environmental objectives, collected in the Regulation of Taxonomy, with which to align the activities of the business sector.

Climate change mitigation
Adaptation to climate change
Sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources
Transition towards a circular economy
Prevention and control of pollution
Protection and recovery of biodiversity and ecosystems

Also, it is important to emphasize that these goals are not understood as isolated issues, but they share space and generate synergies with the famous ODS.

The environment is defined as the “set of circumstances or conditions external to a living being that influence its development and in its activities”. And is that within that set of circumstances converge diversity of factors and actors involved.

As the objectives of the taxonomy are linked with the SDGS, these are the strategies of EGS companies. A pairing that makes clear the necessity of putting into practice, not only with the measures being taken by organizations in the field of sustainability of its activity, but also their involvement in social areas specific to generate benefits, as well as a positive impact.

The discharge of plastic pellets that has affected the coast of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque country has become a new environmental emergency. The call to citizen action has been immediate, and numerous organizations, groups of citizens, neighbors, and friends have taken to the beaches of the north to begin the activities of collection and cleaning.

In this post , we pick up the keys on the deployment of citizen activities carried out by NGOS, accounts information in social networksled by the citizenry with actions, tips for collecting and cleaning for you to disseminate, to collaborate and amplify the efforts to combat this emergency climate.

After the collapse of more than 26 tons of pellets in Portuguese waters, we have seen how came waves of plastic to the northern shores of Spain, causing an ecological disaster of severe consequences for marine ecosystems. To combat the massive pollution of the beaches affected and protect the environment from the coasts who are suffering after the spill, the population citizen, has been mobilised in their efforts to address this crisis before the indecision and delay of governments in responding effectively.

Different organizations, associations, groups of friends and neighbors, social media accounts, and more are organizing activities of cleaning, as well as to disseminate useful information about the situation in the worst affected areas in which you have to concentrate the efforts of collecting pellets and plastics that are bringing back the tides.

In addition to sharing updated information on the crisis on the coast, these entities and accounts share advice for proper clean-up and management: from utensils to the collection and recommended equipment to protect themselves from the toxic substances, where to deposit the collected plastic from the beaches for their disposal.

Find out how to help, knows first-hand the situation, the needs and risks that entails, what it means for the future sustainability of the ecosystem affected, and how it is mobilising the citizenry. Follow, share, and learn!

Association for the Defense Ecolóxica de Galiza (ASDEGA)

Focused in to promote and encourage the study and defense of the ecological balance of Galicia, ADEGA, working to ensure the right conditions for the comprehensive development of the population and the environment.

They are currently organizing a series of fundamental actions to give a coordinated response to this crisis: from cleanings training volunteer for the removal of pellets in the beaches, to recommendations for the voluntary people, or specific guidelines on what to do (and what not to do) before, during and after the cleaning. You can also keep close track of all these actions from your Instagram.

My village clean

A voluntary group of Cantabria that spend part of their free time to fight against the garbage that litters the natural surroundings of the village of Castro Urdiales and its surroundings.

You can join his actions of environmental care, to know the awareness-raising materials on volunteering environmental through its website or follow them on Instagram where they post valuable information about the pollution of plastics and collection activities in a group. Join!

Noia Cleaner

Perhaps you have found on social networks, videos, news content and news publications from the account of @noialimpa, an organization that, through various initiatives, such as the outputs of cleaning, contribute to a cleaner environment and healthier. Its mission is to reduce the environmental pollution and regenerate degraded spaces for the trash.

On their website you will find a space dedicated exclusively to collect updated information on the discharge of pellets on the galician coast. Here are collected daily data on the different beaches affected, calls for days of cleaning, and quantities of pellets earned.

Don’t miss out their Instagram, where they post daily essential information on the activities of collection, as guides to point you to search for pellets, the effects of this crisis to the local ecosystems, where to deposit the plastic and pellets correctly, informative videos about the situation, and much, much more content of value. ¡Follow @noialimpa here!

Galicia Environmental

The Association of environmental professionals offers a meeting point and a defence of the interests of professionals in the environmental sector. Its main objective is the knowledge, disclosure, and the value of good environmental practices of companies, institutions or people. In its website you’ll find news, environmental, projects undertaken, volunteering, and related resources. You will find them in networks here.

The citizenship acts on the beaches and in the networks

In addition to the actions coordinated by the NGOS, which have been joined by citizens from different parts of the north of Spain that have been affected, are lxs own groups of friends, neighbors and young people who have been released both to the beaches as well as the networks to tell what is happening and to make their contribution for the environment. Accounts such as @remove garbage.atelier, @noialimpa on Instagram not only echoed the discharge of pellets but viralizaron this crisis on the shores of the north – as influencers as Xurxo Carreño (@xurxocarreno) or @Blondiemuser on TikTok, which bind to the past – to raise awareness about the problem and to mobilize young people and adults.

From the networks, accounts such as these show tips ranging from how to make a screen box for pick up pellets or how to look at the waves and tides to know how to identify plastic pellets, reminder to clean beaches affected, or raise awareness of the environmental risks that we face.

Spread your message, organize your own efforts and passes the Climate Action from our platform

Every contribution, action, idea, initiative and activity aimed at preserving the environment in such a crisis that we find ourselves in with the discharge of pellets or in the day-to-day, as small as it seems to us, is essential.

Aligned with this thinking, we create the platform ofClimate Action, which seeks to be a space for citizens and NGOS to share information, discuss and act on the climate crisis. This digital tool you have as a flag to encourage the creation of actions that are respectful and committed to the care of the environment.

From Hacesfalta.org and for Climate Action, will give voice to your initiatives, from our different channels. You just have to register as a new@ user@. From here, you can publish all those activities and events (actions, meetings, trainings, demonstrations, interventions…) you know you are going to take place in the coming days, weeks, or months, as well as inform you of all the actions that are sharing the rest of user@s.

In this way, the map of actions that we put at your disposal, will serve as both a point of reference to know everything that is being done at the level activism and mobilization for the climate change, while at the same time a repository for numerous initiatives that could be worth of inspiration and motivation to be recreated in other parts of the world.

We invite you to add, share, and take action for the climate!

Photography: Jorge Beak. EP.

The Day arrives Global Climate, a crucial reminder that each year becomes more relevant to the urgency of climate that we live in. Droughts, extreme temperatures, pollution, hazardous waste… environmental challenges that are pressuring the creation of sustainable solutions. As citizens, we can make this situation a planet a little bit better, we tell you how to take action for the climate.

The environmental crisis is not a recent news story, in fact it is a phenomenon scientifically proven compounded with the years that has been entrenched for decades. However, as the years pass, only becomes more urgent and requires your total attention. That’s why, the Day the Global Climate, which was established in 1992 in the Framework Convention of the United Nations on Climate Change, is an essential call-to-action – and – up call- to governments, agencies, businesses and citizens.

A phenomenon that affects all the people who inhabit the planet, but not equally, as that impacts especially to those in developing countries or in poverty, and that therefore demand a collective response.

Intervene, manage, and cope with the climate change we are experiencing is a priority to get to a model of sustainable living. And, although the need to implement major changes and regulate the consumption and exploitation of current resources rests with world leaders, as citizens, we can also take actions to generate a positive impact on the environment.

Catastrophism climate can cause a first step is made impossible or overwhelming and will make you wonder: where do I begin? The answer is that the decision of individual measures and in the community for the care of the planet is essential, affordable, and effective. We tell you how.

Climate action: a platform to organize your own environmental initiatives in collaboration with the citizenry

Every contribution, action, idea, initiative and activity aimed at preserving the environment in the day-to-day, as small as it seems to us, is essential.

What actions are published in Climate Action? Who can join?

All the world can see and participate in the activities published. Some are face-to-face, others invite you to the online participation, and all are aimed at the action in community.

It up to you/or you can implement your ideas and initiatives, environmental! You just have to register as a new@ user@. From here, you can publish all those activities and events (actions, meetings, trainings, demonstrations, interventions…) you know you are going to take place in the coming days, weeks, or months, as well as inform you of all the actions that are sharing the rest of user@s.

From Hacesfalta.org and for Climate Action, will give voice to your initiatives, from our different channels. Here you can see all the actions published through our platform.

In this way, the map of actions that we put at your disposal, will serve as both a point of reference to know everything that is being done at the level activism and mobilization for the climate change, while at the same time a repository for numerous initiatives that could be worth of inspiration and motivation to be recreated in other parts of the world.

The possibilities are numerous, varied, and will give you that push you need to pass to the action on the climate of the hands of people with compatible interests, working for a common purpose and shared values. Volunteering and action in the community is enriching and necessary for a planet more sustainable, don’t miss the opportunity and discover how to be part of the solution.

We encourage you to add, share, and take action for the climate of the hand of a community in search of a sustainable future for everyone.

Join Climate Action!

An hour is easy to say and it seems little, but what happens if we add one hour dedicated millions of people around the world? This is the proposal of WWF, the global initiative “earth hour”, has mobilized millions of people in over 200 countries of the world.

This initiative, born in 2007, seeks to raise awareness worldwide about climate change, inviting individuals, governments, and businesses to turn off the light for one hour.

Last Saturday, march 26, all of Spain was in darkness, thanks to the solidarity of local councils, private companies and individuals who, for one more year, have added to The time on the Planet.

The organization, through the website of the initiative, https://horadelplaneta.wwf.es/ has been reported that this year, pointed 514 municipalities in Spain, as well as about 130 companies, and 126 of organizations around the country, which exceeds greatly the participation of other years.

Among the most emblematic monuments that turned off their lights at 20:30 hours of Saturday in the Spanish capital, are the poster Schweppes of Gran Via, the Tío Pepe in Sol, Puerta de Alcala and plaza de Cibeles. In other cities of Spain, also the cathedrals were to turn off their lights, such as, the Burgos Cathedral and the Cathedral of Valencia. Not to be left behind tourist emblems, such as the Hanging Houses of Cuenca, and the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Companies such as Inditex, Tetra Pak, Leroy Merlin, Sanitas, Mahou-San Miguel, Coca–Cola, among others, are also added to the dynamic, showing their commitment and concern for the wellbeing of the planet.

As an additional measure before the big blackout, the WWF implemented on its website a “Bank of Hours”, through which invited people to spend 60 minutes to a sustainable activity and positive, offering ideas for activities that contribute to the care of the planet, through which they came to register to 2.865 hours devoted to the nature.

60 minutes seem insignificant, however, are sufficient to prove our commitment and concern for the wellbeing of the planet and, little by little, you become part of the change for the environment.