Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Welcome to Almeria, a port city in Andalusia, Spain, where much of the industry revolves around the fish and seafood found in its waters.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
When two Spanish women's employment situations change due to unexpected circumstances, they join together to open a new business which, in order to cut costs, they are furnishing and equipping with second-hand goods.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
This episode talks about the increasing client base for second-hand stores in Spain and the fact that, while their former clientele was overwhelmingly foreign, Spanish people are increasingly open to the concept.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Is it possible to find signature clothing, by designers, second-hand? Are there bargains for rich people in Marbella? Of course there are!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Residents of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain continue to explain the nuances of exchanging goods and services through a network of "zoquitos," a kind of local currency. While it has not yet happened fully, some of them envision a day in which their community might live without money in the traditional sense.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Constantino Cuenca, a mushroom harvester from La Manchuela, Spain take us through the stages of mushroom growing from a mushroom-growing facility, to the field to the table.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Learn about the history, products and practices of a famous Spanish chocolatier.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Constantino Cuenca, a mushroom harvester from La Manchuela, Spain explains to us about his family business and the intricacies of harvesting mushrooms.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain Madrid
A Spanish woman who inherited the bakery that her parents began in Madrid's Gran Vía area talks about the pride and responsibility she feels to continue their legacy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
75 minutos takes a look inside the home of an expatriate couple living in Spain where a large percentage of their belongings were acquired second-hand.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
De consumidor a persona means “From consumer to person,” and that’s a transformation of psyche the world may need to undertake if it’s going to survive peak ecological crises. Un Solo Mundo Produciones is a production company in Granada, Spain that produces engaging films revolving around social and environmental themes important to the planet as a whole.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Is organic farming still ecological when excessive resources are spent to ship goods halfway around the world? Why are ecologically-oriented producers more subject to government oversight than those using environmental contaminants?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Reducir, reutilizar, y reciclar: most of us have heard it in English, and here we hear it in Spanish. These women explain to us the “three R's” to combat the excessive amount of waste that we generate.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Transgenic, or genetically modified, crops are a marginal issue for most people in the United States. This is not the case in Europe, where the issue of transgénicos is very much in the forefront of the public's mind.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Comercio Justo, or “Fair Trade” products are often seen in “socially conscious” retailers like health and “whole” food shops. It presents a novel approach to doing business that takes into account social and environmental factors in its pricing to consumers and directly compensates commodity food producers, like coffee and cocoa farmers. Here proponents explain the philosophy from several different vantage points.
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