Past editions

Cuban cooking for eco-loco scientists

paulcoyote@gmail.com (Administrator) — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:43:09 +0000

When a group of colleagues from Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, asked Liván from Cuba about the ingredients of congrí rice, and he spoke to us of the binders to unite the rice and beans, we became aware how much science had penetrated our minds. Thus, we would like to share with the technicians an experiment based upon this tasty dish that yielded most satisfactory sensorial results.

Am I lucky?

paulcoyote@gmail.com (Administrator) — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:48:19 +0000

Am I lucky? That is the question many asked when they learned that I was going to Cuba to participate in an EcoMaterials Conference. Of course at that moment we referred to the opportunity to travel and know other cultures and countries.

A O Watt Society

paulcoyote@gmail.com (Administrator) — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:08:01 +0000

Roland Stulz´s presentation on the concept of the 2000 Watt society has inspired us all. It made us take distance from our daily activities and combats and realize that saving energy actually is the aim for all eco-builders.

Bright young people will guarantee the future

paulcoyote@gmail.com (Administrator) — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:12:43 +0000

In the corridors and salons of the Bolivar Convention Center experience of many years of working with EcoMaterials came together with the thirst of a younger generations of students and researchers.

Gernot Minke shows interest in the posters of young researchers

paulcoyote@gmail.com (Administrator) — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:17:03 +0000

Profesor Gernot Minke of the University of Kassel, who has wide experience with “green roofs”, showed much interest in an investigation of a young engineer on this topic when he visited the poster exhibition on Tuesday. This poster presented by Tamara Santana of the CUJAE, who has been investigating green roofs since 1998, showed their application in Cuba.Minke asked about different aspects of the design and application, but it was colleagues of Tamara who responded, as she just had a child in October.

We all felt Cuban for awhile

paulcoyote@gmail.com (Administrator) — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:21:33 +0000

The communication talents of the speakers overcame an unexpected lack of the means necessary to make their presentation.

No one was prepared to make a presentation without using a computer. However, the City of Santa Clara suffered an electrical cut during the time that three work commissions simultaneously were underway at the Convention Center Bolivar on the second day of the EcoMaterials Conference. For a few moments we all felt Cuban.

After waiting a while for the electricity to return, the group decided to continue and improvise. Thus, we squeezed closer together to look at the screens of the portable computers that had only 40 minutes of battery.

The solidarity of the participants and the ingenuity of those making presentations, along with the skills of the translators, saved the situation and left all with the good feeling of a job well done, even with the absence of the appropriate means.

Samira Chahin, Brazil and Fernando Martin-Consuegra, Spain