Short survey

Hi every one!

There is a short survey on our plataforma and we need you to answer some questions.

It shouldn't take more tan five or six minutes.

 http://www.lapetus.uchile.cl/japeto/interior.php?id=105

Thanks for helping us.

Regards.

Lucas.

How green are you?

- Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
- Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe
- Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
- Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
- What else have you done /would you like to do?

- What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

People in Chile are not really familiar with recycling or taking care of the environment. Schools do not have programs related to environmental issues and subjects do not deal with those problems in deep.

There are specific programs in higher education that are completely related to these matters but regular syllabus at school or university do not include environmentally friendly practices. It is up to the teacher/professor if they want to include activities that can show students how to be friendly to our planet.

In my personal case, I try to recycle by organizing the waste I produce every day by dividing it into paper, plastic and organic waste. The problem is that the garbage truck puts everything in the same bucket. That’s a shame.

Another thing I do is to use my bike regularly. Apart from helping the environment, it helps my health and my mood. I feel happy every time I ride my bike. It makes me feel like the wind. 


Anyhow, I feel that my contribution is too little for this world full of problems but it’s something, at least.

The perfect song

Hi students:

Today I'm going to refer to what I consider a perfect song. The song is actually called "Perfect day". It was written by New Yorker Lou Reed and it is very well know because it was used in the movie Trainspotting in the 90’s but it was originally written and published in 1973.

I like this song because its lyrics are simple and talk about things anybody could do in a given day, like feeding animals in the zoo, drinking sangria in a park or simply watching a movie and then go home.

Anyhow, such ideas are simple and effective because the lyrics refer to a perfect day shared by two people who get along well and the main character of the story is glad (happy) that he could spend such perfect day with the other person.

However, the line that I like most in the song goes like this: “you made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good”. I find this idea overwhelming because sometimes I feel like that when I’m surrounded by the right people.

Some years ago I had a perfect day with a girl I used to love a lot. We didn’t have a relationship. We were not girlfriend and boyfriend, but we loved each other and we had only ONE day to spend time together for the last time.

We were living in Sydney, Australia, and she had to go back to her country (Switzerland) and we spend a entire day in the city, walking around, eating chips and drinking iced tea and latte. We took a ferry (boat) and walked along a beautiful beach, then we saw the sunset on the ferry back to the city. After that, we ate at a restaurant where we had to share the table with a group of retired couples and we finally went to a bar where we drank our last beer and said goodbye.

I felt like someone good. Perfect feeling with the right person. Simply, a perfect day.