fábulas sustentáveis

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

  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

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 st...

F from Finish! Fim - End - Ände...but also Fish and hopefully it is going to be just Fine. The PhD viva is this Friday, 5th of December 2014!* I have 15 minutes to present the result of 4 years of work, 145 pages, 4 manuscripts, help from many people, life in two countries, 3 institutions, everything in one PhD thesis.** Thank you - Obrigada - Tack so mycket - everybody that directly or indirectly helped in this project. The abstract: Seafood production from the sea is on its limit because of overfishing and environmental impacts, but consumer demand is increasing worldwide. Portugal is one of the countries with the highest seafood consumption per capita in the World. The aim of this thesis was to study the seafood consumption in Portugal to find its potential to sustainability. Four studies were developed independently, based on different methodologies including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and an internet-based survey. The Portuguese seafood consumption was analysed throu...

Each time there is an end, this end is on my mind. I wonder how many deaths will happen in my life. It will always be more and more until my own death. Time does not stop and in some way, death is important to make life more precious and rich. Every life that I shared is now part of my life.

And one day a Fabula becomes reality: Giving the users a lead role in making decisions and developing plans for managing marine resources builds self-esteem and buy-in, making it far more likely that they will comply with the rules and abide by the sanctions imposed for non-compliance.

A handmade book from José Alfaro on Vimeo . It is so beautiful just to see how a book can be made by hands. As food and clothes, when we buy something made by someone instead of a machine, makes it an unique thing. We can try to have less but with more meaning. More here .