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...Mercedes Coloma, president of the Madrid-based Confederation of Parents of Students, the problem lies less with the content than with who is distributing it. "This is a clear usurpation of parents' rights," she says. "In their publicity, [the government] talks about creating a space for exchange and dialogue about sex. But that space already exists: it's the family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spanish Outraged by Teen Masturbation Workshops | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Modern it certainly is. Santa Coloma is the first city in Spain to convert its municipal burial place into what is essentially a power plant. The installation consists of 462 solar panels spread over roughly 10,700 sq. ft. (1000 sq. m.), and has a capacity of 100 kilowatts, enough to meet the energy needs of 60 families. (See pictures from Spain's madcap tomato festival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, a Solar-Powered Cemetery | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...idea came from Esteve Serret, director of Conste, a company that manages Santa Coloma's cemetery. Serret had long been interested in renewable energy, and one day, as he worked with his father in the graveyard, he realized they were standing in a potent site for it. "To produce solar energy you need a wide open space," Serret says. "and in Santa Coloma, the biggest open space is the cemetery." Indeed, the city's 124,000 inhabitants are squeezed into a bare 1.54 sq. miles (4 sq. km.) of space - and much of that land is mountainous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, a Solar-Powered Cemetery | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...delicate sensibilities, the city made sure to disturb the cemetery as little as possible. Although the panels would produce more energy if they pointed directly south, that orientation would have required adding a structure to the graveyard, and so the city decided against it. Perhaps as a result, Santa Coloma's citizens posed little resistance to the project. Says Serret: "Even the priest of the city's biggest church is collaborating with us." Santiago Pérez likewise says he hasn't heard any complaints from his neighbors. "Why would anyone care if you're producing a little light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, a Solar-Powered Cemetery | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...people of Santa Coloma may even be setting a trend. With 8,000 cities in Spain, each with its own cemetery, the potential energy generated could reach 800,000 kilowatts and according to councilwoman Bellete, the city is already getting inquiries from other municipalities, including neighboring Barcelona. "People always say that the global begins with the local, and this has helped us see ourselves as setting a precedent for doing that," says Bellete. "In a city like this one, which is working-class, has a high immigrant population, and plenty of problems, it's nice to be a reference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, a Solar-Powered Cemetery | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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