How green are you?

Let’s talk about ecology!

I have never joined any eco-organisation, because I don’t trust in them, but maybe if a found one that convinces me I would join it.

Despite that, I’ve always worried about our environment. Of course I’m not “the most ecologist girl in the world” or somebody who lives for that, but I think that everybody is able to do something.

Of course it’s not easy, because sometimes it requires time or the custom to do it, but it’s not impossible either.

What I’m doing now is collecting my plastic waste to put it in a plastic bottle. That’s called “eco-brick”.  Some organisations collect them to build even houses.

Another habit I’m trying to incorporate is not using plastic bags on the supermarket. I try to carry my own fabric bag, but I sometimes forget it and I have to use plastic ones (when I have to carry many things).

I would like to go to university by bike, but in this moment I have neither a bike nor money to buy one. Once I get enough money I will probably buy my own bike.

I believe that all we have a responsibility with our environment, but there is something unfair.

Although all we (individually) would take care about this world, we wouldn’t solve the problem. Why? … Because we are part of the problem, but not the problem.

 Big mines and industries pollute every day more than we can imagine, and even if they say they do something to help, It isn’t anything compared with the damage they do…

Of course I agree with changing our habits, we need to do it… but we need also have influence in those who are bigger than us.

Scariest Monsters

Have you ever seen the cartoons? There were always at least a chapter in which the characters where frightened because of a  mounster, or what they think were a monster.

Well, I’ve never been afraid of monsters, because I’ve never belived in them. I remember that some of my friends couldn’t go into  dark rooms or they could’t sleep with the lights turned off. But monsters were not so popular…

In spite of that, we had lots of horror stories or weird characters that where frightening for children. One of them was the story of “the old man with the sack”.

He is a kind of poor man who wears rags. I his back he’s always carrying a sack with bad children. The story says that if kids don’t behave, the old man comes home to kidnap them.

If you are that poor kid, once he has already kidnapped you, your life has two possibilities: If the old man want, you can work for him until your dead or worst, you can be eaten by him.

This story is very popular here, in Chile. Parents usually told it when I was a child, and I think that they still doing it. Of course, their purpose was to make the children behave, and I am sure they use to get it...

My Future Job

When I think about my future life I've always imagined myself working in something that helps me doing at least a little change in this society. The problem is that I don’t know what will be my way to do it or… maybe I know, but I’m not sure if I will be able to do all what I want.

Starting with the career I’m studying, I’ve being always interested in the cultures and civilizations of the world, not only in the old ones, but also those cultures that we can see until now. Related to this, I would like to work in the conflict between the mindkinds of native cultures and all those countries that can’t understand a way to live different from the “modern one”.

In addition and also related to this, I love history and literature, and one of my biggests dreams is teaching them at school. It may be in the city or may be in a small town… hopefully in both (not at the same time, of course).  I will not surrender with this, because I think that with teaching you have the opportunity to stimulate the children to be conscious and consequent with their thinking and their dreams.

Well, those are just some of the jobs that I would like to do someday, but by studying this career ...I'm not even sure if I will find any job...jajaja. 

Movie Review: Inside Job

There are movies to cry and movies to laugh, but I would say that the one of what I’m talking about is a movie to think.

Honestly, I’ve never seen the movie that I want to do a review of, but just with watching its trailer you’re able to ask yourself about the world where we live.

I am talking about Inside Job, a documentary that shows us a critical point of view about the financial crisis of 2008 in the United States.

Of course if you ask anybody about this recent “crack”, I’m almost sure that everybody will have at least an idea of what you’re talking about, but depending on the country and the economic status, you will receive several answers about the way they lived it.

However, what few people know are the causes of the crisis and, related to this, the interests of businessmen behind those decisions that made our budgets fall. Through several interviews and statistical work, the film shows us how “important men” decided the crisis and how the life quality of the population turned every time lower.

In my opinion, this should be a really interesting film that can helps us waking up to see the way we’re manipulated by the economic power and the only thing they let the people do is suffering the consequences. Once I have the chance, I’m sure I will watch it.

The best holidays I've had

When I was 18 my family and I travelled to the south of Chile, because my father's relatives are from Valdivia and Puerto Montt. So I have lots of cousins there.

I've always enjoyed our trips to the south, because of the rain, the nature and the food. If I had to move to another city, I would choose probably somewhere near Valdivia.

Well, this time we went over several places, parks, natural ressources and lakes. We stayed in Valdivia 6 or 7 days in my aunt's house, where we simply ate a lot, because my aunt has ahm....a bakery.

Then we moved to Puerto Montt just for one night, because the day after we continued traveling southern, until we arrived to a town named Hornopirén.

To arrive to Hornopirén we had to take a ship to cross the “Seno del Reloncaví”, it was one of those ships where you can go in a car, or with the car.   

In Hornopirén we did trekking through the forest and we enjoyed it a lot.

After a few days there we came back to Valdivia, and we started traveling home.

That was, in general, my last trip to the south and I would love to go early, because landscapes of the South are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen until now. And I also enjoy spending time with my family and relatives.

A country I would like to visit

One of the biggests dreams of my life is to travel to Brasil, but specifically to the Amazon. I think it's a wonderful place with awesome landscapes and whole world waiting to be discovered. I like to be in the Nature hearing its sounds, its music, walking the entire day without any destination.

Brasil is an interesting country that has many cultural views depending on the part you go. When I think about the people who live in the Amazon, I also think in how different their lifes are in comparison with ours. I would like to learn about them and also from them, like for example their lifestyle.

Well, I would like to visit touristic places too. I’ve heard about Camboriu, and it seems to be a nice place to take a rest and go to the beach. I don’t have to mention that Sao Paulo and Rio the Janeiro should be beautiful too, because they are famous cities that make advertising by themselves.

My Life as a Playlist

Well, I'm not sure I will be able to do a playlist of my life, but at least I will try to speak about songs and artists (singers, bands) that have been important to me in my 20 years of life.

When I remember childhood moments, the first artist that comes to me is Silvio Rodríguez. I grew up with his music because my parents and all my family have always enjoyed it. One of the most special songs for me is named “Como esperando abril”. Silvio remains one of my favorite singers.

Since I was a teenager I’ve always listened at least two ‘kinds’ of music. I admit that when I was 12/13 years old y listened to bands like My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds to mars. Well, nowadays I couldn’t really say I’m proud of that, but when I eventually listen to their songs, good moments come to my mind.

Around my 15 I started to listen to grunge and metal (good music, for me), with bands like Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pantera and In Flames.

As I said I’ve always had “two faces”. On the other one, I’ve always enjoyed the Latin-American music like trova, “Canto Nuevo”, latin rock, etc. Silvio Rodríguez, Quilapayún, Violeta Parra and Víctor Jara (just as an example) are and I think they will continue being an important part of me.