I just want to show you this very good speech that Shakira gave at Oxford
University about EDUCATION.
We, in Honduras have a big problem with the teachers who are on strike
because of the changes that the Government wants to do. In Honduras all of the
education is FREE by law, and the Government has to make sure that our people
receives the proper education. Unfortunately our politicians have play around
with this issue and have allowed the teachers to get out of hand. Now the
teachers have no respect for authority and they do not like to be supervised.
The President of Congress, Juan Orlando Hernandez is trying to introduce a
new law that will change the ways our Education has been handle in the pass, and
it will allow our country to get in a results pursuing mode. Its not just
the time the teachers spend in front of the kids, its all about the quality of
the education the kids are receiving, and the involvement of all of our society
to make sure we get to those goals.
All of the members of our society who are involved in Politics need to see
this video, and all of the teachers working for the Government should understand
that our country will not get out of poverty if we continue doing what we have
been doing. WE NEED TO CHANGE and IMPROVE!
Honduras is a great country, and our people needs a better chance in life.
We need to all work together to make a better country.
This time I just want to let you know of three great events that I
am involved with:
1) The first one is the Apparel Sourcing Show in Guatemala next
week. This is an event that everyone in Central America working on
the apparel industry should go to. Flower City will have a booth at
this show. Please look for us at Booth #26. Please stop by, I will
be working on this booth through out the entire show.
http://www.apparelexpo.com/apss/
2) We have been working on a great new innitiative with the
Government of Honduras to install 40,000 Bio Sand Filters in
Honduras. This is a project that as a rotarian I've gotten involved
but I have also gotten my company involved to provide the
warehousing and the sand for the operation. We think that the offer
from the government to pay for 1/2 the cost of the project, and the
Safe Water Team as the Corporate Social Responsability partner to
pay for another 1/4 of the project we can easily obtain the other
1/4 from supporting partners and do the project. If you wish to know
more about this, please go to our web page
www.hhop.net
3) The other event is the Honduras is Open for Business Conference
which will take place here in San Pedro Sula, Honduras in May 5 and
6, 2011. Please take a look at the webpage with all of the
information on the projects and the events. With the new law to do
joint venture projects with the public sector, plus the Charter
Cities, Honduras has a lot to offer for International Investors.
http://www.hondurasisopenforbusiness.com/en/index.php
Earth
economist: The food bubble is about to burst
10 February, 2011
By Alison George
We're fast draining the fresh water resources our farms rely on,
warns Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute
What is a food bubble?
That's when food production is inflated through the unsustainable
use of water and land. It's the water bubble we need to worry about now.
The World Bank says that 15 per cent of Indians (175 million people) are
fed by grain produced through overpumping - when water is pumped out of
aquifers faster than they can be replenished. In China, the figure could
be 130 million.
Has this bubble already burst anywhere?
Saudi Arabia made itself self-sufficient in wheat by using water
from a fossil aquifer, which doesn't refill. It has harvested close to 3
million tonnes a year, but in 2008 the Saudi authorities said the
aquifer was largely depleted. Next year could be the last harvest. This
is extreme, but about half the world's people live in countries with
falling water tables. India and China will lose grain production
capacity through aquifer depletion. We don't know when or how abruptly
the bubble will burst.
With population rising, a fall in grain production would spell
big trouble.
Yes. Tonight at the dinner table there will be 219,000 people who
weren't there last night. But that's not all: we also have maybe 3
billion people moving up the food chain, consuming more grain-intensive
livestock products. Then there is the conversion of grain into ethanol
for cars, mainly in the US, where last year 119 million tones went to
distilleries out of a harvest of just over 400 million tonnes.
What will happen if we carry on as we are now?
Civilization as we know it can't withstand the stresses of
continuing with business as usual. We've got to move, almost on a war
footing, to cut carbon emissions, eradicate poverty, stabilize
population. We must also restore the economy's natural support systems:
forests and aquifers and soils. No civilization ever survived that kind
of destruction; nor will ours. We haven't gone over the edge, but we're
much closer than most people think. If the heat wave that hit Moscow in
2010 had been centered on Chicago instead, we would be in deep trouble.
The Russians lost 40 per cent of their 100-million-tonne grain crop, but
we would have lost 40 per cent of our 400-million-tonne crop - a massive
global setback.
How can we avert a disaster like this?
In many countries, irrigation water is free or comes at a low
price, so it's treated as an abundant resource. In fact it's scarce and
should be priced accordingly. We must also redefine what we mean by
"security". The real threats are not some armed superpower but water or
food shortages, climate change and the rising number of failed states.
Can individuals make a difference?
The question I get asked most is "What can I do?" People expect
me to say change your light bulbs, recycle newspaper, but I say we must
restructure the world economy, especially in energy. It's about becoming
politically active. If there's a coal-fired power station near you,
organize to close it down.
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Events:
3.22.2011
Next Tuesday March 22 the Apparel Sourcing Show will
start in Guatemala City. The Grand Tikal Futura Convention Center.
http://www.apparelexpo.com/apss/
Do not miss this event. and look for us at BOOTH 26.
We will be with Flower City.
TTS new numbers:
(504)
2617-0591
(504)
2617-0592
(504)
2617-0593
updates:
New Celular numbers in Honduras.
Remember that now you need to add a number when calling to a celular number:
