CAREER RELATED WEBSITE

 Hi there! 

Today the topic is a website related to career and I consider one of the best the website "Ladera Sur", a online newspaper which provide to all people information about nature, conservation, enviroment, sciences, outdoor life, travels, among others.  

The site is a complete information place about the nature lovers and people who wants to find out about our enviroment especifically in the zone of south america but extrapolable to everyone, it has useful and entertainig content that you find in articles, photos, catalogues for your travel, news and talks as well as products and services the they offer.

The reason I very like this website is because the content that they brings is cross-cutting and easy to understand for all people. Also, the topics are very interesting and very innovators from carbon sequestation by forests to ecology of bunnies in Patagonia. I visit this site frequently in fact I activated the notifications to be permanently informed about they news, because they upload content many times a day.

Regards.

CA 4: WEB QUEST: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

 

 

Part 1- Calculate your carbon footprint!

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

·        Don’t forget to select English before starting the activity.

Questions:

Ø What’s your carbon footprint?   (Optional)

Ø What’s the average carbon footprint of a person?

It's different for continents, for example, in Europe the average is 6.4 Ton. In Chile, is 4.7 Ton. And the world average per person is 4.8 Ton. In my case, my carbon foot print is 1.03 Ton.

Part 2 - Take these Recycling Quizzes

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/quiz-going-green/

http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Science-Quizzes/r/Recycling-Quiz.asp

1.	What do you mean by "Recycling"?
a.		An Exercise which is done on Cycle.
b.		Process of continuous cycling.
c.		Reprocessing of old materials into new products.
d.		A Massage technique
2.	Recycling causes lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.
a.		True
b.		False
3.	What is the use of "Recycling"?
a.		Prevents Waste
b.		Reduces consumption of fresh raw material
c.		Reduces energy usage
d.		All of the above
4.	The composing of biodegradable waste耀uch as food or garden waste擁s also considered recycling.
a.		True
b.		False
5.	From where the recyclable goods can be originated?
a.		Home
b.		Business
c.		Industry
d.		All of the above
6.	Resource shortages caused by the world wars, and other such world-changing occurrences greatly discouraged recycling.
a.		True
b.		False
7.	Recyclables are either brought to a collection centre or picked-up from the curbside and sorted , cleaned and reprocessed into new products bound for manufacturing.
a.		True
b.		False
8.	Which of the following material comes under the category of "Recyclables"?
a.		Glass
b.		Paper
c.		Plastic
d.		All of these
9.	Recycling has been a common practice for most of human history, with recorded advocates as far back as Platon in 400 BC.
a.		True
b.		False
10.	Which of the following statement is correct?
a.		Recycling aluminum uses only 5% of the energy required by virgin production
b.		Recycling aluminum uses only 15% of the energy required by virgin production
c.		Recycling aluminum uses only 50% of the energy required by virgin production
d.		Recycling aluminum uses only 150% of the energy required by virgin production
11.	Which of the following item saves more Air Pollution when recycled as compared to when developed by virgin production?
a.		Paper
b.		Glass
c.		Aluminium
d.		Plastic
12.	Which of the following item saves more energy when recycled as compared to when developed by virgin production?
a.		Paper
b.		Glass
c.		Aluminium
d.		Plastic

Questions:

Ø Hand washing dishes can use up to __50____ % more of water than using an efficient dishwasher.

Ø Only about ___10______ % of global energy comes from renewables.

Ø True or false? Appliances that are turned off don’t use any electricity.

- False, because many appliances continue to use energy yet when they're turn off.

Ø Can you make paper out of hemp?

Yes absolutely, the hemp the cleanest option between many ecofriendly options.

 

Part 3- Video >> Top ten tips for recycling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbSEIOUp4w

Watch the video and choose the best 3 tips in your opinion.

1. Try to minimize the waste you create by unpackage produce all goods with a minimal packaging

2. Try to use real nappies, they're better for the enviroment and can save you money 

3. Reuse those carries about each time you shop or still get a bag for life 

My future contribution to the world

 

Hi there!

Today I´m going to talk about a little of me, about my contribution to the world with the carreer that I´m in, called "Forest Engineering" which I hope graduate in two years. My best definition of my carreer is: "The forest engineer is a person who manage the ecosystem for obtain goods and services and then provide to the people and society them. Actually, that definition should consider concepts like sustainable development, circular economy and other actions that the globalization brings. The global heating is the cause of creation of all concepts told before, because the world try find ways to cool down the temperature of our green house.

So, what is the role of forest engineer in that problem? Well, for some years now there has been talk that forests have been an important role in stopping the warming by consumption of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, therefore they are called "carbon sinks", also the forest is a bringer of services. And who have to regulate the forest for that important process is the forest engineer, finding ways to create basics services of nature for people but doing decreasing residuals and avoiding deforestation and allowing forestation and reforestaion. In this way, it can pssible maintain ecosystem services for longer and increase the area of forests for greater carbon sequestration for a better health of the world. Finally, I would consider a forest engineer as a doctor of forests, and along the same lines, of our biome.

Thanks for read! regards.

An empty street in Valdivia

Hello again! 

This photo was taken by me on my mini-holidays in Valdivia, Chile in the last september in early spring in a cloudy day, and shows a long street that ends in the horizon, in the Miraflores neighborhood with old cars and low-rise houses with chimneys. In the sky, the sun appears large and bright because the clouds reflect much of the light. 

The reasons I like this photography is becuse, first, I consider that is a simple photo but represent well he other part of the city far away of tourism. Second, all these nuans told before, make it seem Valdivia of look like a very old city, like the typical image of London of yesteryear full of fog, with smoke emanating from the chimneys. Also, because it brings back good memories of a very beautiful and welcoming city that I would like to visit again.

See you in  a new post, regards.

A WEEK IN LONDON

 

Day		Place		Entrance Fee	Tube Station
Monday	AM	Camden Market		free	There are two underground stations at which to get off, Camden Town and Chalk Farm Road
	PM	Camden Market		free
Tuesday	AM	London Eye		Online from £ 24.50 per adult	Easy walking from  Waterloo, Embankment, Charing Cross and Westminster stations
	PM	British Museum		Free	By tube: on Tottenham Court Road station and then 5-minute walk
Wednesday	AM	The Tower of London		£29.90 per adult	10-15 minutes from London Bridge station
	PM	Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum		Standard ticket:  £30.50 per adult	Two minute walk away from Baker Street tube station
Thursday	AM	The Natural History Museum		Free if I booking before	The nearest Tube station is South Kensington, about a five-minute walk
	PM	The Tate Modern Art Gallery		£18	Southwark station, about 800 meters walk
Friday	AM	Victoria and Albert Museum		Free	South Kensington (5-minute walk), Gloucester Road (10-minute walk).
	PM	The Shard		Adults: 32 £	next to London Bridge station
Saturday	AM	Sherlock Holmes Museum		Adults – £15	just one minute’s walk from Baker Street station
	PM	Westminster Abbey		Adults – £18	Next to: Westminster and St. Jame's Park stations
Sunday	AM	Kew Gardens		Adult on the day: with donation*: £21.45 without donation: £19.50	Kew Gardens station is 500m from Victoria Gate (Zone 3 of the garden)
	PM	Kew Gardens

Pets and Animals

 Hey, Hi there!

Today I am going to talk to you about pets, specificly, the pets that I have had and still have. 

My relations with animals ever had very good, I have had around of four pets in my life, altought, most of them lamentably have died for different reasons, my first pet, called "Kiara" was stolen when she had one year and I never could find her. After, my parents gives me a new pet which I called "Luna" like the colour of its coat, she was very happy and from one moment to the next, she relapsed due to illness that caused her a lot of harm because of which she had to be put down. 

Those moments have provoked me deep sadness in some points of my life, although it's not all sadness with my pets, because, 1 year ago, I picked up a dog that was lying in the street and I got attached to him so quickly, that I didn't hesitate to bring him home. I called "Mufasa" like the "Lion King" movie, due to its a very big dog at his short age. With him we go to climb the hill, strolling the streets to far away. he has been a very important companion in these times when no one has had a good time and for that I love him.

That's is my blog for today, i hope that i like you if it yes, let me a comment below. See you all later! 

My technological device

 Hi again!

I have ever liked technologicals devices but my favourite one, in this moment and because I need it, is my computer desk which I got it when the pandemic become a reality. The reason why its my favourite is because I find it usefully a lot for making differents things in a comfortable way, such as chat with your friends, know what things they do, search funny videos, many forms of entertaining, read books and documents. 

For the other side I need it because is my study platform in my carreer, its fundamental for work of a great way and gives me lot of time for make other things, this because is fast and effective. My lessons are from monday to friday and then I use my PC all these days includin weekends when I have works to do.

The principal things that I use my computer for work now is for an assignature called Geomatic Tools where I may use QGis, a program for georeference and remote sensing, where necessarily must have a computer, otherwise i cant work and complete my jobs. That´s why because is a indispensable device for me, and will be it 😅.