Born in a village in Galicia, I studied Chemical Engineering and went to the South of Chile to design and implement a clean production programme. What I learnt from the experience, while working in a semi-artisanal leather tannery in the Araucania Region, is that basic differences in design and implementation of a programme are essential if your business is to be sustainable. That is where the Life Cycle Approach comes in. Since then, all my academic research and professional
Since then, all my academic research and professional fieldwork has been related to the study, application and promotion of life cycle conceptual processes and tools. Over these 14 years, I have acquired expertise and mastery of life cycle approaches, as well as of project management at an international level. Moreover, I have also gained extensive experience in teaching, developing training programs and organizing workshops and seminars. Along with my academic research, I have coordinated and supervised various different initiatives for entities such as the Spanish Environmental Scientists Association and the Spanish International Cooperation for Development Agency with the overall goal of making sustainability as a concept more accessible and understandable.
In my opinion, the great challenge nowadays is to adapt our everyday reality to the new environment. My intervention in participation in policy development in Europe has helped me to adopt a critical view of the methodological implications of the rules and regulations under debate, and to detect the roadmap that will chart progress in the coming years.
My interest in integrating design was determined by the belief in its capacity to promote greater awareness, participation and interaction. Since 2009, I have been involved with a multidisciplinary group (engineers, philosophers, architects, semiotic experts and others), who have been working together towards the implementation of cultural programmes of all shapes and sizes.
