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Frida, here I go

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Por favor, prepara los tacos e la tequilla! Hasta luego

Build a place where we all... can belong

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  Every Age Every age has its turn Every branch of the tree has to learn Learn to grow, find its way, Make the best of this short-lived stay Take this seed, take this spade Take this dream of a better day Take your time, build a home Build a place where we all can belong Some things change, some remain Some will pass us unnoticed by What to focus on, to improve upon In the face of our ancient tribes Feels so clear, feels so obvious To each one on their own But we are here, together Reaping what time and what we have sown We don't choose where we're born We don't choose in what pocket or form But we can learn to know Ourselves on this globe in the void Take this mind, take this pen Take this dream of a better land Take your time, build a home Build a place where we all... can belong

Does seafood knowledge relate to more sustainable consumption?

Maybe not! Portuguese know a lot about seafood comparing to other countries but that does not make them more conscious about the environmental consequences of their choices. Is it good or bad? In my opinion, we can only say it is different. Each country has a tradition on how to prepare seafood and that influences the way people eat and purchase seafood. The important thing is to find the differences and work based on them to change habits. In North European countries people are more willing to buy certified seafood. That is very good but in Portugal does not work in that way. Nevertheless Portuguese have habits that can be considered very sustainable, as for example the joy of eating small pelagic fish (e.g. sardines). If more people in the world would eat small fish (e.g. anchovy), we could use more fish as food instead of using to feed other animals (e.g. salmon) and more animal protein would be available directly to people. Whatever one can find through numbers and statis