Author: Jesus Iglesias Saugar

May the dices have brought me here,may the heavens have led you here.Had we all needed guidance,come has our guide.Had we all looked for light,come has our sun.Thank you, our butterfly.Thank you, Leda.   

A week ago, while doing the traditional sunday-afternoon newspaper reading, I came across an article that, somehow, gave meaning to all the pieces I have been gathering for a while now. It was called “Eloge de la métamorphose” by Edgar Morin, a prestigious french philosopher. In it, Mr. Morin sees the world’s current state through…

Barack Obama, President of the United States Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission And every other Head of State of the so-called developed nations, Dear Sirs, We expected the climate summit in Copenhagen to agree a fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty to protect the climate. You…

Once upon a time, I had a dream. Today, I can almost touch it. Let me share it you guys, let me open my mind and heart to you. This is our world-changing idea, our lifetime project. Click on this link and you will contribute to a better tomorrow for our kids. Click on this…

A few weeks ago, a big friend of mine brought me back some memories from the good old times. It was Katie, my favorite Brit girl as I used to call her. Katie, a fantastic person (and better football player 😉 I was lucky enough to share some time with a few years ago at…

If you had to sum up Life on Earth in 160 characters, what would you say? If you had to express your own life in 160 characters, what would you say? If you had 160 characters to communicate with somebody from another planet, what would you say? If you had 160 characters to tell ET…

Last July, the “Fundación Universidad Rey Juan Carlos” (URJC) held a one-week summer course at Aranjuez (a middle-sized city about an hour-drive south of Madrid). It was not, however, what you would expect from a session of this nature (summer in Spain!!), say, a half-filled classed of not-so-motivated students just hoping to get some credit…

As promised, here comes the second part of the story “Explore. Dream. Discover” from August 10th. Once again, it makes reference to a Space.com post by Mr. Wayne Hale dating from July 19, 2009. This time around, Mr. Hale uses a magnificent metaphor, comparing Space Exploration with the carrying of the Olympic torch relay. Mankind…

The other day, while surfing the net for some Space news, I fell into a really cool article that immediately appealed to my imagination. Not only was it trying to convey a beautiful point -the need to carry on exploring outside Earth’s borders even through difficult times (see economic recession)-, but also it was written…

Le 16 juin dernier, Dominique Gilbert, secrétaire général adjoint de la Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (LDH) [1], est venu à Toulouse invité par l’Observatoire des Mydi-Pyrénées (OMP), pour partager son point de vue humaniste sur le développement durable. Sur ce, une des contributions majeures au modèle du durable visée par la LDH est certainement…