Catalina Lorca Astudillo

Hello! Before pandemic I couldn´t say what my hobby was, but now I can. Spending a lot of time at home forced me to find things I enjoy doing. Even though I didn´t have a hobby, I used to say that  my “hobbies” were to watch movies or series on Netflix or to hang out with friends. However, those are things that I used to like to do, but not so much to be considered a hobby.  Now my hobbies are cooking and doing something that I called “to exist”. On the one hand, I realized I really enjoy cooking sweet and healthy recipes such as desserts, cakes, truffles, mousses among others. In fact, I enjoy doing this so much that I cook every week for my family, even when I´m very busy with my major. On the other hand,” to exist” is a state of mind in which you don´t think or do anything, you are simply lying down and just breathing. "To exist" gives me great peace of mind. Because of that, I do it when I am very tired after work and classes or in the morning.  You must try to do it ...

Hi! Today I´m going to talk about climate change. First of all, I think it´s necessary define the concept to think about possible solutions. The climate change is an alteration in the planet´s climate attributed to HUMAN ACTIVITY. In short, human activity it´s the main reason for climate change.  Even so, I believe “human activity” is more related to INDUSTRIAL activity than to our daily activities. In fact, I think taking short showers, composting with organic waste aren´t useful to reverse the big crisis. What we can do is definitely negligible compared to all the damage caused by the industry. Because of that, I believe industry and politicians are the main actors who have to face the situation. On the one hand, industry has to reduce the pollution it causes. In the other hand, politicians should create mechanisms that regulate the levels of pollution and protect the environment. However, I think while the industry and politicians don´t face the situation, the only thing we can ...