December 8

pioneering spirit

Today's sustainable Xmas gifts:

3 yearly suscriptions for magazine Education y Sostainability
Education and Sustainability is a magazine targeted at teachers of all levels, and is published in English, Spanish and Catalan. We offer think pieces and concrete ideas on how to integrate key socio-environmental issues into learning activities, (both in and outside the classroom), interviews with experts in the field, news pieces on educational initiatives from around the world and a selection of teaching resources for the central theme of each issue.
>> RCE Barcelona

The favourite red wines from Delinat (6 bottles)
>> www.delinat.com

Our quiz questions

1:	Old age provision in Switzerland is based on the so called 3 columns system: To which of the 3 columns belongs a pension fund or a joint foundation?
	to the first, the "old age insurance", where the entire population is insured (compulsory).
	to the second, the professional provision where the working population is insured.
	to the third, the private provision where everybody, voluntarily, may take additional insurance.

2:	Which are the goals of money or capital investment?
	high security, i.e. the probability of loss of value should be minimised.
	high profit, i.e. the investment should bring about maximum yield in a given time.
	high liquidity, i.e. the investment should be sold quickly if required.

3:	Which of the following www.worldmapper.org maps shows the export of financial services? A) B) C) D) Click to enlarge. ©Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
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