Environmental Smart

Public Consultation of Projects in Colombia, with a Canadian note. A question How would you feel if the day of grocery shopping, a family member takes your wallet, pull out all $ 50 bills with the figure of J.A. Macdonald, runs and puts them under the mattress and sits on to not let you spend those bills? And now; What would you do if he also says that you cannot use these banknotes because J.A. Macdonald was politically incorrect ? Well, although the analogy is far from reality,   it is a little bit closer to the way two of the three actors in investment projects feel: Government and entrepreneurs when the access to a critical resource is refused. Both consider that natural resources transformation are essential to generate wealth. The state requires income via taxes and royalties, and investors need projects with reasonable return rates.  Between the extremes of freezing resources that are needed, or derailing them, the solution is to accommodate all par...

La Consulta Pública de Proyectos en Colombia.                                                                                                                                        Un pregunta ¿Como se sentiría usted si el día de hacer el mercado, alguno de tu casa le quita la billetera, saca unos billetes con la figura de Jorge Isaacs, corre y los pone bajo el colchón y se sienta encima para no dejarlos gastar? Y ahora; ¿qué haría usted si además dice que no puede permitir que se gasten estos billetes que representan el amor, lo más sublime de la vida? Pues bien, aunque la analogía dista mucho de la realidad, un tanto así es como s...