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About Symbols for Change, a Transgenerational Conversation
In a constant stride for change and innovation, the movement for regeneration is often a tension between the perception that sustainable solutions are superficial and the accusation that formulas of the past are harmful. Polarising stands reduce common grounds for discussion which resolve in more polarisation, less understanding, more anger, less tolerance. In that transition…
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Choosing a destination for a specific time period
This spreadsheet is for those looking to travel for specific dates to compare different destinations of interest. The values listed in this example respond to my personal preferences when travelling. It is important to think first what you would like to experience, whether you value nature activities or you want to visit cities and museums,…
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Strategies to travel sustainably : CITIES
Most tourists visit the same few places in each city which causes high congestion in very specific areas of the centre at specific times of the day and months of the year. With such traction, it is natural that rents around those areas would increase, pushing out residents potentially working in those areas in favor…
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Travel with purpose
My parents traveled a lot in the 70s and 80s separately and together. They grew up in a dictatorship in Spain and they were one of the few amongst their group of friends who would backpack for at least a month at a time. They never lived abroad like many of us today but their…
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Why purposeful disorientation
I grew up in the middle of Barcelona, one of the most densely populated cities in Europe. Like most people we lived in a small flat but I was one of the privileged few with a big terrace on top of the building we lived in. No trees or other buildings nearby were taller so…
Purposeful Disorientation 