Mother Earth is our life and guarantees our freedom. It provides us with livelihood resources that form interrelated systems that contribute to the development of society. The cover reflects the conjunction of Mother Earth, its resources including minerals and hydrocarbons; humans; The life and rebirth of a Central University of Ecuador and a FIGEMPA committed to the sustainable use of resources that retake their leadership in the Ecuadorian university as generators of thought, art, science and technology with Social responsibility.