Are dams actually helping communities?

Dams are barriers that stop the flowing of water in rivers and streams created by humans, to use as a reservoir. However we are not really sure that the people are being benified by them, that's why I created an infography which states the advantages and disadvantages of it.

One example is of a dam is the Salto Grande Dam shared between Uruguay and Argentina, located in the Uruguay River between Salto (Uruguay) and Concordia (Argentina). Its construction began the 1^st of April 1974 and it opened in 1979 as a reservoir which produce hydroelectric power. According with the official Salto Grande's page, this reservoir "produces energy in a clean, safe and economic way, through the use of a renewable resource, contributing to the economic and social development of the countries, and conserving our environment for future generations, within a framework of occupational health and safety that complies with the current legislation in both countries", it not only generates electicity for both  communities, but also "strengthen the communication between the Salto Grande localities and create development conditions for the communities, the environment and the workers of the organization", besides it "Collaborates in education, culture, health, sports and tourism projects. Carries out direct actions to protect the environment and responsible consumption of energy". As what regards to the people "the public's good initiatives, carried out by municipalities or civil society, receive, in many cases, the advice of professionals from Salto Grande."

Despite the fact that the dam has great goals, the lack of coordination among the countries, and the lack of a shared water resources management policy is costing some reservoirs  to dry, like happened in 2006 in Iguassu. Now the Salto Grande Dam is running out of water because of he "lack of rain", meanwhile some dams locate in Brazil are stocking water.

La diversidad sexual

   Con  mis compañeros vimos dos videos, uno donde se hablaba del respeto por la diversidad, en donde un adolescente homosexual contaba su experiencia debido a que es tratado diferente a los que tienen una orientación sexual diferente a la de el. Hernán dice que "los gay siempre van a ser discriminados y que tienen que aprender a vivir con eso", cuando en realidad los que tienen que adaptarse son los demás, a quienes no les tiene que afectar sus decisiones.  El otro video aclaraba que la sexualidad y la genitalidad son cosas diferentes y que una no afecta a la otra, ya que la genitalidad es una cuestión biológica en donde uno no tiene la oportunidad de elegir, en cambio la sexualidad uno la va formando durante toda su vida y no tiene relación con la genitalidad.

   Para informarle de esto a nuestros compañeros de clase decidimos hacer una presentación:

En la presentación se puede ver una encuesta que realizamos entre los alumnos del secundario del colegio Newlands, por lo tanto las respuestas van a ser dentro del mismo ambito. En la primer encuesta la mayoría tuvo una respuesta similar y correctas. En cambio, en la otra encuesta acerca del segundo video la mayoria dijo saber la diferencia entre sexualidad y genitalidad, pero en las preguntassiguientes se puede ver que su idea era equivocada.