• Campaigns

    Environmental Training to employees of an industrial plant at La Plata

    Last Friday, November 12 and 19, the first internal Training Program in Environmental Education was carried out for the employees of Lamcef-Veolia S.A. at its plant located in La Plata. Lamcef is a pathogenic waste treatment company, which belongs to Veolia, a company that is at the forefront of environmental

  • 2nd International Forum of Environmental Managers of LatAm

    This Wednesday, August 25, 2021, a new meeting of the Forum of Environmental Managers of Provinces, States and Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean will be held, entitled: 2nd International Forum - Resilience, Synergy and Entrepreneurship in the face of Climate Change It will have exhibitors from Argentina, Brazil,

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    Fundación Biosfera comments in the newspaper El Día on climate change

    Horacio de Beláustegui, president of our Foundation, commented in a note published in the newspaper El Día of La Plata city, about the risks of continuing to emit greenhouse gases, its consequences and the actions that we must take to avoid continuing to warm our planet. The note talks about

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    Students from the Siglo XXI University carry out internships at the Foundation

    The Biosfera Foundation received advanced law students from the Siglo XXI University who carried out solidarity practices with virtual and face-to-face modality. These students tell us about their internship experience. Thus, the student Fermín Vázquez expressed: “My experience at the Biosfera Foundation has shown me a reason for life, a

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    Conversations and talks with our President Horacio de Belaustegui – 1st Edition

    Climate change in our region. The most recent examples of the problem today and now in Greater La Plata The president of Fundación Biosfera Horacio de Belaustegui* introduces us to the topic: “Climate change is a global problem on our entire planet, but it is the consequence of the sum

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    Visit to the launch of the electric bus of the company 9 de Julio in Hernández (La Plata)

    Members of Biosfera were received by Engineer Walter Mastropietro (President of the transport company 9 de Julio) to learn about the new electricity bus developed by this company, in conjunction with the area of ​​the Faculty of Engineering of the UNLP. Fundación Biosfera is very interested in the development of

  • Communication

    UCR Representatives met in Biosfera due to the scarcity of water

    The radical leader Pablo Nicoletti met with the president of Biosfera, Horacio de Belaustegui, to talk about the problem of the lack of water in different neighborhoods of the city of La Plata. In addition, the meeting marked the beginning of the treatment of the environmental agenda for the Buenos

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    Fundación Biosfera is part of the tree planting and care program in the city

    An agreement was signed between the deputy Guillermo Escudero and the Fundacion Biosfera, represented by Horacio de Belaustegui, to carry out a program of planting and caring for trees in the neighborhoods of our city. The agreement signed between the parties promotes the planting of trees in La Plata district

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    The president of Biosfera expressed his concern about global warming in a note

    On February 9, Horacio de Belaustegui, president of the Biosfera foundation, expressed his concern about global warming in a note in the printed edition of the La Plata newspaper El Día. Starting with the 2020 fires, and reviewing “giant” icebergs, the famous carbon dioxide and human intervention in nature, Horacio

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    Deputy Guillermo Escudero visited Fundación Biosfera

    On February 5, 2021, the provincial deputy for "Frente de Todos", Guillermo Escudero, visited the Foundation in order to exchange opinions and ideas about the environmental situation of the country in general, and of La Plata in particular. Together with Horacio de Belaustegui, they touched on topics such as the

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    The Juventud Radical Popular was present at Biosfera

    On January 14, young people from the “Juventud Radical Popular (JRP) of La Plata reviewed the offices of the Foundation, with the main reason to celebrate 30 years of work of Biosfera in the environmental field, sustainability and solidarity, both locally and globally. On the other hand, they exchanged ideas

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    Fundación Biosfera wishes you Happy Holidays

    Happy Holidays, Fundación Biosfera wishes you. Ending a 2020 crossed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which complicated us in all aspects of our daily lives and question the values ​​established in society and in the world, we want to highlight the resilience of all of us to face such global problem

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    Follow it ALIVE!!! 7th Meeting of Environmental Managers – Virtual Conference

    7th Meeting of Environmental Managers of Provinces, States and Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean Virtual Conference – Health Risk within the framework of Resilience to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean. It will take place on September 30, 2020. FOLLOW IT LIVE !!! YouTube link: http://bit.ly/foro-yt

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    7th Meeting of Environmental Managers – Virtual Conference

    7th Meeting of Environmental Managers of Provinces, States and Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean Virtual Conference – Health Risk within the framework of Resilience to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean It will take place on September 30, 2020. Organized by: Forum of Environmental Managers. It

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    Offer of Postgraduate Course in Environmental Technology in Brazil

    The Fluminense Federal University and the School of Metallurgical Industrial Engineering of Volta Redonda launched the enrollment for the Graduate Course in Environmental Technology 2021, with an Academic Master’s degree. The registration period for the selection and admission tests to the course is from August 17 to September 15, 2020.

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    Biosfera, along with other environmental entities, shared their concern for the Ecological Park

    In a note published on August 2 on the main page of the “The Region” section, in the printed version of the newspaper “El Día”, Horacio de Belaustegui, president of the Foundation, expressed his concern regarding the risk that finds suffering the Ecological Park of the city of La Plata.

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    469th Anniversary of the National University of San Marcos

    We salute our prestigious and outstanding Dean Institution of its kind in America, with whom we integrate the Forum of Environmental Managers and share very pleasant and unforgettable activities, for the common good of our continent.

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    Prioritize Water to get through the current crisis

    With the advance of COVID-19, complaints and neighborhood concerns are increasing due to problems with water distribution, as a result of breakdowns at the Bosque plant. Citizens from La Plata state that they cannot clean themselves properly, since they have had no water in their homes for several days. “To

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    Climate change: half of the world’s beaches could disappear by the year 2100

    A recent Nature Climate Change article from the Joint Research Center of the European Community (JRC) warns of half of the beaches disappearing by 2100, due to rising sea levels due to climate change. Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States, China and Russia would be the main affected in the

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    World Wildlife Day

    On World Wildlife Day we celebrate the beauty and variety of wild flora and fauna, as well as seek to raise awareness about the many benefits that their conservation has for humanity. The decrease in species caused by human activity has far-reaching negative consequences in the economic, environmental and social

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    Wetlands Day

    On the day of the Wetlands we remember how important they are for the survival of human beings and endangered species. They are factories of life and “natural sponges”. Mr. Horacio de Belústegui said: “If we add the destruction of wetlands to the million endangered species, we will be in

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    The environmental awareness of La Plata put to test

    A group of volunteer researchers from the Biosfera Foundation evaluated cleanliness in La Plata as a parameter of the population’s environmental awareness. The work was concentrated in the area of ​​7th and 8th streets, between 60th and 44th avenues, including the observation of Rocha, Italia and San Martín squares. The