Elections in Catalonia

25-N in Catalonia

CiU won the elections in Catalonia the last 25 of november but the political party got worse results than 2 years ago. 

CiU(Convergence and Union): right-wing centrism, catalan independentism.

ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia): left-wing nationalism, catalan nacionalism.

PSC (Socialist's Party of Catalonia): social democratic, federalism.

PP (People's Party of Catalonia): centre-right.

ICV (Initiative For Catalonia Greens): Left wing, communism.

C's (The Citizens): centre-left, non nacionalist.

CUP (Popular Unity Candidacy):  radical left-wing Catalan independentist.

SI (Catalan Solidarity for Independence): catalan independentism.

          Main winner                                Main loser



Empty flights

Airlines offer the traveler a last minute airfare when seats are empty. But every year there are 235 million empty seats on planes.

What country do you prefer?

  
Annual number of births 2010

     2012 estimate POPULATION: 

     Canada:       5.009.000

     Brazil:         193.946.886    

               

       China:            1, 347.350.000 (2011 estimate)

       Colombia:   46.366.364           

           Bazil       Canada       China       Colombia

    

Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100.000 population

Source: undata. A world of Information



In which country would you prefer to live?

Microchip prices

How much do you think a microchip for pets cost in Catalonia?

Do you have pet? And it has microchip?

Aproximated number of abondonated animals in Catalonia

If microchip prices went down, more pets would have microchips so we can identify them. It's because of  this that...



is fighting so the vets lower their prices and sterilize the animals to avoid reproduction which is one of the main causes of this abandonment.

Links between meat consumption and climate change

Land and Ocean temperature anomalies 2012 with respect 1981-2010 base period.

Source: NOAA's National Climate Data Center

The global temperature of the world has increased 0,9 degrees during the last 50 years.


Meat consumption has a consumption worldwide and a corresponding jump in its environmental impact.

Farm animals emit methane (CH4). It's a greenhouse gas. Therefore, it's one of the gases contribuiting to global warming.

Annual emissions of methane per animal

How much has increased the meat consumption?

                                                                                     Ranking countries in meat consumption:

Source: World Resources Institute



Between 1961 and 2002 has increased 18,9kg per person of meat consumption worldwide.













Meat consumption in the world per capita

                                                                                                                    Units Kilogram per Person

Source: World Resources Institute