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Aerolineas Argentinas plane makes its first flight with sustainable fuel

Aerolíneas Argentinas made its first flight with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) covering the Madrid-Buenos Aires route, with an aircraft that arrived early this morning at Ezeiza International Airport. Flight AR1135 is the company’s initial test with this type of fuel,…

Sharp declares Allende an “illustrious citizen of Valparaíso”.

We publish here the words of the Mayor of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, at the ceremony held on 11 September to posthumously declare President Allende an illustrious citizen of the city: “This September 11, 2023, 50 years after the coup d’état,…

Global Warming Did The Unthinkable

Jungfraujoch’s foreboding temperatures this September at the top of the world in Switzerland at 2.25 miles altitude alarmed glaciologists. If anybody has lingering doubts about global warming’s strength of power to directly impact Earth’s ecosystems, think again. Antarctica, at the…

Death and rebirth of democracy

The King is dead! Long live the King! is the well-known phrase used in France at the death of a monarch to announce the enthronement of his successor. The motto, used since 1422 on the occasion of the death of…

Reinventing ourselves to save the planet

We can’t keep being the human beings who live to destroy. By Frida Berrigan Too hot. Too dry. Too many weapons. This world needs changing. But that’s too vague. After all, this world is already changing, just not in ways…

How People Are Fighting the World’s Reliance on the War Economy

Many people are already investing themselves in the local peace economy as they divest from the economy of war. By April M. Short War is not innate to humanity; it is learned culturally, and intentional systems of peace can prevent…

What they say and what they don’t say about war and violence: the humanist position

Before beginning the exposition of our proposals on the present problematic war situation, we consider it appropriate to make explicit some of our principles and beliefs, which come into play when considering the current situation, especially with regard to war…

How to Fix Our Food System

No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system. By Reynard Loki The facts are clear and they are shocking: Factory farming is unhealthy for consumers, dangerous for workers, and devastating…

Al Gore vs. Oil-Rich Dubai, Host of COP28

Al Gore, former US VP, recently held a TED talk in anticipation of COP28, the upcoming Conference of the Parties, aka UNFCCC or 2023 United Nations Climate Conference, November 30th – December 12th, 2023, to be held at Expo City, Dubai.…

Dealing with the climate

The “full agreement” between Giorgia Meloni and Joe Biden is not surprising: unconditional support for the war in Ukraine leaves no room for differences of any kind. In addition, Giorgia has also signed up for the war – for now…