The Water Crisis

Water Scarcity

Water is essential for our life and having access to it is a Human Right. However,  a great percentage of the world’s population still lack access to clean water and sanitation. This because of scarcity; either of availability of water or lack of the infrastructure to take water from rivers and aquifers. These scarcity problems are only getting worse due to population growth.

Although the water crisis affects everyone suffering it, women and children are the ones who experience the worst. Women are mostly the ones who have to collect water. This does not only mean to carrying loads of water through longs distances. It also involves missing hours that could have been dedicated to work or education, driving them to the vicious cycle of poverty. Moreover, they have to risk their life by going alone into desolated areas in order to find water. Something similar happen to children. As they sometimes have to look for water to support their families, they miss time of school. What’s more, they are more vulnerable to water-related diseases such as diarrhea.  

If people is educated and aware of the crisis the World is going through, it has the possibility to be improved. We could start by doing the change ourselves.

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Hurricane Rita

In Environmental Management we studied tropical cyclones. Afterwards, we were asked to look for information about one case in particular and analyse it.

Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico and one of the most intense hurricanes of 2005. It was formed from the interaction between a tropical wave and the remains of a cold front in Puerto Rico. By September 18 it was declared a tropical depression in the islands of Turks and Caicos and later that day it turned into a tropical storm.

On September 20 it intensified into a Category 5 hurricane because of its passing through the Loop Current. Its winds were of 258 km/h.
By September 24, when Rita made landfall on the Sabine Pass (Texas-Louisiana border), it had already weakened into a Category 3
This hurricane happened less than a month after Hurricane Katrina, therefore, the damages caused by Katrina were made worst by Rita. The rise of the sea level affected coastal communities, which some were completely destroyed.
Although 120 deaths were registered, only 7 were caused directly by the storms. Most of them were the result of accidents during the evacuation of 3 million people from Louisiana and Texas, the biggest evacuation in the US history. Moreover, there were shortages of food, fuel and water and lots of people left without job.
The reparation cost were of more that 10 billions of dollars, making Rita the 9th most costliest hurricane in the US.

Farming Systems

As we are studying farming, we had to make an infographic showing the process of one product. In this case, we chose flour.

Rocks

In EM we studied rocks and their characteristics. The presentation below shows the characteristics of Diamonds, Rock Salt, Emeralds and Marble. Mapa Mental creado con GoConqr por caropardo.02

The Daily Hazard

During EM class we decided to look for information of any natural hazard that occured in any part of the world any time. My partner and I decided to look information of the San Adreas Fault and the 1989 earthquake in Loma Prieta. Then, we created a magazine showing the information we found interesting.


A mag created with Madmagz.

San Andreas Fault

Studying plate tectonics and natural hazards, I choosed to present the San Andreas Fault and the earthqueakes that happened there.

Conservative Movement

In EM we've been studying the plate tectonics. In my case, I had to make a presentation about the Conservative Movement.