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?

My carbon footprint is about 2,31 tons per year, according the website of the quiz, this is a low footprint in comparison with the Chilean average.

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

The average carbon footprint of the industrialized countries it’s about 11 tons, the world average its about 4, and the average for our country it’s about 4,6.

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

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 some devices continue wasting energy in clocks, alarms, leds lights etc.

Ø Can you make paper out of hemp?

Yes, and it’s the cleanest option.

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. Tip number 10, reuse the bags when you are shopping, or use a permanent bag for shoping.

2. Use Carrier bags or old storage boxes for any extra reciclying you may have, for example metal cans

3. Before reciclyng plastic bottles squash them up for saving space

Abortion

The last months in our country, the public opinion have been talking a lot about the abortion topic because a group of laws about this theme have been processed in our legislative chambers.
In this process we can see the way of thinking of a lot of people in Chile,a very conservative way of thinking. I think it's worrying that a lot of our political representants have this kinds of ideas, because they decide about laws creation, modification or derogation in the name of all the people of Chile.
Specifically, about the abortion, i think that women should have the right to abort if they want it. The pregnancy it's a phenomenon that happens absolutely in her bodies and for this they should decide in every situation and not only in three causals as specified the law that seeks to be aproved.
The abortion it's a very delicated topic, because it is very dangerous if it is realized without the minimun of  security for the patient, specially because it can be realized with different methods, inclusively in the privacy of the home.. For this i think that the State should guarantee the basical medical attention for the medical intervention in general, including the post intervention cares, and if the patient requires a psychological it should be guaranteed too.