Earthquakes now receiving more attention

This year we have been target of several strong earthquakes that have make huge impact on the news and for that reason many people around the world has been more alert when they hear the word “earthquake”. First, it was Haiti, a terrible series of events after that earth shaking bring this country to an almost total collapse. Many people included us, Tec students, helped this country to move on and recover as more as possible. Then it came Concepcion’s case, a really big earthquake that caused natural disorder in other countries.


This weekend, Baja California was victim of a 7.2 earthquake; it caused damage in several parts but most in the highways. And two days ago in Indonesia a hard 7.8 earthquake hit that country. These natural phenomena’s have occurred since long time ago in these places, it’s hard to know if it is just coincidence or it has something to do with climate change. But what is true is that several years ago, this kind of tragic events did not sound a lot in the media, at least here in Mexico. Now, thank you to internet and faster information processed, we know more in things in less time, unfortunately in the last months, there have been tragic events. So my question is: is our planet on a worst situation than other years or are we simply putting more attention to the news around the globe?

Lets sing all Together!

“United until Dead”

Have you ever heard a song named: “We are the World”; well I will like to talk about his because I love to sing and the purpose right here is to see how all this beautiful voices join only to sing this wonderful melody. We can say that it is only a song, but I want to make a little emphasis right here were the song is dedicated to the children and adults that are suffering and living that tremendous tragedy. Haiti is the name of the city that is living all this consequences (in the last piece of the song we can hear that a singer says: Haiti, Haiti, Haiti…. I love it).

We can see that a few years later we had Michael Jackson’s version were he sang also with lots of famous singers completely incomparable with the actual ones (they had voices that can’t be consider as the ones in the actual artistic world).

Now, what I really wanted to tell you is the impact that this song create in society. As my point of view the most important thing was that people and society can appreciate all this voices and the union that they are presenting because we had rappers, romantics, rockers, etc.. So, that way we can see that even though we are different in character, characteristics and culture; we are always united until dead(like the phrase I wrote in the beginning of the text); we are always united in this type of tragedies and cases that impact our economy, society and also it is something that touches our heart. We are making things to save does people and try to help them in the basic needs they have (food, water, etc…).

The New Group "Greenology"

“We are making the Change”

Greenology is a New Society in Tec de Monterrey. It is a society born in 2010 in Hermosillo, Sonora with the objective to make an ecological school and then world. To start I’ll like to tell you what type of roles does this society has. For instance, for president we have Lillián Coronado and like 6 other people in the major table. All this people as well as the president is in charge of start creating new alternatives and also new techniques for the ecological aspect in school.

I talked to them last week because I’m part of the major table; and we have many different proposals but we can’t make them from one day to another. As first alternative we were going to make new trashcans, one of plastics, then for inorganic and organic. But even though we made them people doesn’t have that type of culture yet. For instance we don’t even know if the recycling paper is really being recollected by recyclers and also exchange that trash to create a positive result.

Start thinking about bigger problems at the beginning of all this process is that we have to create new publicity and new expectatives of the group. This is the only ecological society in Tec, so we have to consider the next aspects that we gave to complement in this society.

For instance:

1) A) We need a plan to create a new perspective of ecology and try to change people’s mind so they can start working with all the wastes that they delivered.

2) B) Greenology has to invite new people to practice in this movement and in this campaign that constantly we are having.

3) c) At the beginning Greenology had planned to make the “The Papeleton” and the creation of new trashcans so people can start reading and making a culture. ( So when we grow up, we can see that the world is different and that we need the help of all the society).

WE ARE THE WORLD

Seeing all of the pain that happened just a couple weeks ago in Haiti is heartbreaking. Imagine yourself in that situation, being trapped for weeks not knowing if people will ever find you, or if you will ever see your family again, not knowing if they are alive or not. We need to preactice the value of citizenship and careing for others, and not only that but seriously understanding and feeling what they are passing though to be able to help. There are various ways in we could help, but to be honest, the most important one right now are resources. We need to provide these people with water and food, some of them had passed 12 days without having a glass of water. Imagine how they feel, imaine their anxiety and desperation. We need to know that we are not the only ones in this world, and if people are having a hard time, what an incredible way to practice our moral values and help those people and have them to smile and say thankyou. I'm sure that when we help, somehow it leaves us a great feeling, just by giving without expecting something back. Haiti needs us, lets stand up for those who had suffered. Let go of all the selfishness and share the love.

An ageing world?

The world is in the midst of a unique and irreversible process of demographic transition that will result in older populations everywhere. As fertility rates decline, the proportion of persons aged 60 and over is expected to double between 2007 and 2050, and their actual number will more than triple, reaching 2 billion by 2050. In most countries, the number of those over 80 is likely to quadruple to nearly 400 million by then.

I believe this is not where the world should be going. I think that controlling the growth of the world's population is key in keeping a steady progress in human life but the actual decline of population growth is not good either. The fact that most people are becoming old must mean that less people are being productive. The reality is that old people aren't as productive as young people and that is why I believe this is wrong. A healthy number of young and old people is necessary to keep the world in steady production growth and actually keeping nations running. Old people are necessary too for the world's progress but there has to be a balance, no excess is good.

Our second Social Life

Almost all people that have access to Internet, have a facebook account and that’s why I started thinking about this; It’s kind of interesting to know how does a network became the most popular site in the internet. I found out that it is becoming like our second lives, we upload our photos, we post our thoughts, we use it as a messenger (to communicate), we play games, and use it for many other things. That is the reason why we spend so much time in facebook.

I’ve noticed that it has changed our lives, sometimes in a better way but others in a negative way. The positive things for example are that we can have communication with our friends from other countries, see what’s happening in the social aspect (with the photos), and also use the free-time, but in the other hand it can be very dangerous if the person doesn’t know how to use it correctly because there are some people that besides doing what they’ve to do, they over-use facebook.

I think that facebook is like our second social live and that is has changed our style of life because today we are more connected within our groups of friends and now it’s easier to make friends because there’s no need to be face to face. Society has accepted that, and through the pass of time the world will be even more & more linked. I would like to learn more about this phenomena.

Football

These days football is almost all you can hear of, forget about Haití the Super Bowl is coming!! I´m not very interested in american football, if you ask me of teams maybe I know 1 maximum and don´t ask me about players unless they are with a famous actress. But the interesting thing about american football, footbal or soccer and almost any other sport is that they are their own little world.

It doesn´t matter your skin color, unless is basketball in which they will automaticaly consider you better, or where you come from the only thing that matters is that you better play good and make your team win. These players, if you are good and in a good team, are paid huge amounts of money, some people think they are paid too much, and they also have money from advertaising.

They even have clubs of fans with millions of items of them, they are considered idols just like in a religion. In politics, well... some say that some games are paid, like they pay the other team to lose in purpose. I like normal football and when they say that I just can´t believe it and I can´t even think of my favorite team doing that (RM) but if you think it over, why not? In the end, football is about business, they want to earn money so it could be that one or two games are bought. What I think is often bougth its the arbrit.

But what I really want to say is that is awesome how many countries forget of racism and come together. This types of events promote turism and good relationships among countries, they are also a stress reliver, well not always because sometimes they get very exicted and if their team loses they get sad. But in the end the thing I like the most about sports in general is how they unite people.