Photo!!

Hello you!

My post for today it’s about a photograph that I like very much!

Here is the photo: 

This is a photograph taken by my uncle Marco, who works as a ski instructor in the winter. It was taken in the winter of 2009, at the Center of Ski Lagunillas. I like this photo very much, because it shows a very beautiful landscape of a sunset. The color of the sky at that time of the day it’s amazing and the contrast with the white of the snow makes this photo magical. Since I was 7 years old, every winter, I like to go to ski in Lagunillas. As you must be imagine, my favourite season of the year is the winter, jajajaja. I don’t know, but every time I look this photo, it makes me feel happy or quite.

Environmental Issues

Hello again guys!

Today, I will write about a very interesting topic nowadays. The Alto Maipo project, by the AES Gener enterprise.

This project is carry out in Cajon del Maipo, near to Santiago. It consists in the build of two hidroelectrics, Alfalfal II and Las Lajas, at the riverside of the river Maipo. These two hidroelectrics will contribute to the Central Interconnected System a maximum power of 531 MW.

In my opinion, all the benefits of this project are only for Santiago, there is no contributions for the people who live in Cajon del Maipo, like reduce taxes of light and water. There is only one thing, they do to say they help, they give a scholarship to the students that enter to College. Another factor of concern about this project, is the watercourse decrease of the estuaries El Volcán, Yeso and Colorado, causing the watercourse decrease of the river Maipo. Therefore, this will cause the desertification of more than a hundred thousand hectares of vegetation. The tourism will be affected too, because many sports are carry out in the river Maipo, like rafting or kayak, will disappear, because the watercurse will not be enough to perform these activities.

Well this is one side of the project, but it also has advantages. It will give to the community many jobs.

I think this project could be executing respecting the environment, getting benefits of nature too and helping to the comunity, but without cause any damage to the only thing that keep us alive.