2011 Natural Disasters

               Recently many natural disasters have been occurred, the first one there I am going to talk about is the Earthquake that destroyed part of Japan in March of this year, with 9.0 magnitude in the Richter scale, that tremor caused an enormous damage in the coastal cities near to the epicenter that were flooding by tsunami waves, like we can see in the pictures below:

                            

           In addition to the devastation caused by the tsunami waves, in the northeast of the country, the Japanese government declared its first-ever state of emergency at a nuclear power plant and ordered 3,000 residents to leave the area after the quake caused a problem in the plant's cooling system. Radiation in a reactor at the plant rose to 1,000 times normal, Japan's nuclear safety agency said, and some radiation was reported to have seeped out of t he reactor.

          After the explosion of the nuclear plants, the radiation were spread out through the near area (about 50 kilometers), prompting the health authorities to inspect the radiation level in the population.

           Another consequence of the disaster was thousands of homeless people, that were moved to shelters.


               

         

The expressionism of Frida Kahlo - When the pain became art

                 In this post I am going to talk about one of my favorites artists in the 20th century and one of the surrealism icons: Frida Kahlo - a woman who turned a painful life in art!  

          Frida Kahlo de Rivera was born on July 6th of 1907 been called by the name Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón. The Mexican surrealist or expressionist painter   

Animal Farm Essay

            From the hope of the anthem "Beasts of England" to an wrong ending

          In this current essay I am going to talk about the novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell in 1945, that tells the story of an animal revolution on a farm located somewhere in England. My main objective is to analyze a little fragment of the most important anthem in the story, called Beasts of England: "Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland / Beasts of every land and clime, hearten to my joyful tiding of golden future time", and explain the reasons that led the animals, so full of hope, ending in wrong way.

           Giving a brief explanation of what the story is about, I can say the Animal Farm portrays on a group of oppressed animals that lived in a normal farm, controlled by humans, that decided to make a revolution. 
            With the implementation of the revolution the animals formed and implemented a system of government, called Animalism, on they new farm, Animal Farm. Now in the commandments of Animal Farm, the animals tried to form a government where everyone was dependent upon everyone else, and if they continued working that way, would be possible to implement the dreamed equality to rule their farm.

               In conclusion, I could identify some of the reasons that led to the collapse of the Animalism in the farm. Wickedness, indifference, ignorance, greed and short shortsightedness notoriously destroyed any possibility of functionality of the utopic system that Napoleon (the pig that auto-declared himself the president of the farm) wanted to impose, disguised as a "perfect and fair political regime", showing that no matter what laws and equality bind the citizens, corruption and power will seek to destroy that delicate balance. 

A Comparison between the military service in Brazil and in the US

             To start my comparison between the military service in Brazil and in the US I am going to talk about the conscription, and if is mandatory or not in both countries.

      

      In Brazil the conscription to the military service is mandatory for men, when they complete 18 years old. For women, is a matter of choice, you'll not be required.

       About the conscription in the US, is not mandatory.

My Own Music Festival --> THE OUT LOUD FESTIVAL!

                     The Recycling Cause ROCKS in the OUT LOUD FESTIVAL --> 15-16 November 2011

      The Out Loud Festival will bring music and environmental awareness to young people.

           To celebrate the end of the fall the OUT LOUD FESTIVAL will shake the structures of the Tarrytown Arena, located in Tarrytown (NY), 55 minutes away from NYC.

              Two days of premium parties (November 15 to 17) will take place at which the best rock bands of the moment will play, raising funds for the Brazilian recycling cooperatives in the Amazon region that need our help.
            Take a look in some bands that will perform during the two days of the OLF:
        METAL DAY (November 15): Mettalica, Slipknot, System of a Down, Guns N'Roses, Megadeath, Sepultura and Foo Fighters.
            INDIE/FUNNY DAY (November 16): Paramore, Sleigh Bells, CSS, The Strokes, Phoenix, The Killers and Kings of Leon. 
              
            
               

The letter for the little girl --> world citizen 7.000.000.000

          Hi little girl,

      Welcome to our World. You probably don't know, but now, we are 7 billion people, and yes, we have lots of problems.

      I don't want to scare you, I know you're too young, but I think you should know the truth:

      You live in a world with a lot of problems such as lack of food and water in some places, lots of kids not being educated, wars, nuclear problems, gender disparities, pollution, desertification, and many more difficult issues.

      After all those bad news about were you born you 're probably are thinking, what should I do to help about it?

      Well, will be not easy at all, you will need to be patient and work very hard to help the planet, kid. Study hard, learn as much as you can, because the knowledge will help you to find the answers to our problems! 

       We need you little girl, don't lose your faith, help us to conserve our beautiful planet to many many more generations.

                                                    Have a good life, kid!

                                                              

                                                             Kisses.

                                                             

                                                             Carol, from Brazil.

7 Billion Stories - 7 Billion People - 7 Billion Actions

         Today, the post will be about a website called 7billionactions.org that count the population number of people in the world in a clock (that will reach 7 billion at the end of October this year), and also have stories about what people are doing to change the World that we live.

       The main objective of the website is to connect and inspire actions that involve sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, youth empowerment to support the idea of renew global commitment for a healthy and sustainable world.

       Thus, I'll try to make my part, and also inspire more people to join the website.
       How?!
       Simple: writing some positive words to inspire more and more people.
       Everybody should try --> Because try will won't hurts, just support!