Claudia Flores Saviaga's Posts - Urgent Evoke2024-03-29T04:43:13ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviagahttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2209245469?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2rh5vd2psxbck&xn_auth=noUshahidi to report anomalies on political electionstag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-21:4871302:BlogPost:996492010-04-21T22:30:39.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
I would like to use Ushahidi to report anomalies on political elections in my Estate.<br></br>Here in Veracruz we have 212 municipalities and the main problems during electoral campaigns and on the election day are:<br></br><br></br>ballot box disturbance<br></br>violation on the norm of secret vote <br></br>Results falsification<br></br>Violence<br></br>Fake Ids to vote<br></br>Vote buying<br></br><br></br>among others<br></br><br></br>I'm sure that using this tool to inform about the irregularities will help authorities to be aware and do…
I would like to use Ushahidi to report anomalies on political elections in my Estate.<br/>Here in Veracruz we have 212 municipalities and the main problems during electoral campaigns and on the election day are:<br/><br/>ballot box disturbance<br/>violation on the norm of secret vote <br/>Results falsification<br/>Violence<br/>Fake Ids to vote<br/>Vote buying<br/><br/>among others<br/><br/>I'm sure that using this tool to inform about the irregularities will help authorities to be aware and do something about itFood Security Projecttag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-21:4871302:BlogPost:994192010-04-21T18:51:07.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
For this mission i decided to document my Food Security Project: Plant your own vegetables<br></br><br></br>And i would like to encourage everyone to do something like it<br></br><br></br>At home we plant different fruits and vegetables , right now we have a squash tree and an orange tree, we also plant, but sometimes we plant tomatoes etc.<br></br><br></br>We also have a compost which we use to fertilize our plants…<br></br><br></br><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2234196973?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" style="width: 319px; height: 238px;"></img></p>
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For this mission i decided to document my Food Security Project: Plant your own vegetables<br/><br/>And i would like to encourage everyone to do something like it<br/><br/>At home we plant different fruits and vegetables , right now we have a squash tree and an orange tree, we also plant, but sometimes we plant tomatoes etc.<br/><br/>We also have a compost which we use to fertilize our plants<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 319px; height: 238px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2234196973?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<p>During my research period I found a technology from Worrell Water Technologies called Living Machine® wich uses living plants and beneficial microorganisms to turn wastewater into clean water. They claim that their systems produces cleaner water than others and that whey a zoo in the Netherlands implemented it, they reduced their water bills by 84%</p>
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<p>During my research period I found a technology from Worrell Water Technologies called Living Machine® wich uses living plants and beneficial microorganisms to turn wastewater into clean water. They claim that their systems produces cleaner water than others and that whey a zoo in the Netherlands implemented it, they reduced their water bills by 84%</p>
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<p>This sistem is suitable for:</p>
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<li>municipalities</li>
<li>residential and office developments</li>
<li>schools</li>
<li>hotels and resorts</li>
<li>government facilities</li>
<li>business and industry</li>
<li>the military</li>
<li>zoos and animal shelters</li>
<li>farms and food processing facilities</li>
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<p>Even though it is to complex to be used in homes it is innovative, because it uses nature plants to clean water, certainly resembling how nature cleans water every day.</p>
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<p>You can find more info here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.livingmachines.com/about/how_it_works">http://www.livingmachines.com/about/how_it_works</a></p>
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<p>Here is a picture of how it works:</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><img width="721" alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2234198735?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></p>My Green Celebraton in 2020tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-13:4871302:BlogPost:912882010-04-13T13:33:47.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="3">In 2020 I'll have an amazing celebration, because i'll inaugurate my green house:</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="3">In 2020 I'll have an amazing celebration, because i'll inaugurate my green house:</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="3">All the house will be iluminated by electrycity produced from solar panels installed outside of it.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="3">It will have a garden where i'll be producing my own vegetables fertilized with my own produced compost.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="3">Well be serving home made food all the dishes that we'll use during the celebration will be recyclabe.</font><br/></p>
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<font size="3">David and Haydi Sowerwine have designed a pedal generator wich provides power to rural regions in Nepal.<br></br><br></br>This power can be used for
lighting, education, water sterilization and communication. Each pedal can produce enough electricity to provide minimum light for 200 homes, or light a schoolroom and run a television and DVD for students.<br></br><br></br></font>
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<font size="3">David and Haydi Sowerwine have designed a pedal generator wich provides power to rural regions in Nepal.<br/><br/>This power can be used for
lighting, education, water sterilization and communication. Each pedal can produce enough electricity to provide minimum light for 200 homes, or light a schoolroom and run a television and DVD for students.<br/><br/></font>
<p class="texts"><font size="3">This pedal generator is a reliable source of power rain or shine, wind or stillness, day or night. Where there are people and needs, power can be available. <img src="http://www.ecosystemsnepal.com/pics/ecopower2.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" width="225" height="167" hspace="10"/>Wherever people live beyond a grid, they can bring power home in a rechargeable battery, held by a woman in the picture below.</font> <br/></p>
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<p class="texts"><font size="3">A “Mero Bakas”, or “my box” in Nepalese, is the rechargeable battery which she will take home and use to light her house every night for fifty days with the LED lamps shown below. This is a much safer, healthier and more sustainable method of lighting than the traditional open fires of wood or even the kerosene lamps which create indoor-air pollution and respiratory <br/> ailments.</font></p>
<font size="3"><br/>more info on: <a href="http://www.ecosystemsnepal.com/index.php">http://www.ecosystemsnepal.com/index.php</a></font><br/>Food Security Policies in Mexico and Veracruztag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-12:4871302:BlogPost:902492010-04-12T17:00:00.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
According to the national commision of evaluation on social policy 14 million mexicans live in extreme poverty (those wich income does not satisfy their food needs) and other 30 millions live non-extreme poverty summing <br></br>a total of more than 44 million of mexicans living in poverty.<br></br><br></br><br></br>A poll about food security in a national level affirms that only 48% of adults have food security and 52% does not.<br></br><br></br>The raise on food costs has aggravated the food security that the…
According to the national commision of evaluation on social policy 14 million mexicans live in extreme poverty (those wich income does not satisfy their food needs) and other 30 millions live non-extreme poverty summing <br/>a total of more than 44 million of mexicans living in poverty.<br/><br/><br/>A poll about food security in a national level affirms that only 48% of adults have food security and 52% does not.<br/><br/>The raise on food costs has aggravated the food security that the population has in our country, no matter if they live in the city or in rural areas. This lack of food security is the result of failure to develop<br/>and implement a strong economic policy instead of having a welfarist social policy, or in ordinary words "teach people how to fish instead of giving them a fish once in a while"<br/><br/>If the government fails in creating a federal policy that allows the development of a sustainable and competitive agriculture, the consecuences will be the increase in poverty and unequality for more mexicans.<br/><br/>In Veracruz and in the hole contry in general, the problem is not less serious, even though the governments gives resources to the farmer liders, there is a lot of corruption among them, illicit enrichment among them is<br/>not unusual .<br/><br/>The government does not have a strong structure to verify that does resources are being used in what they're supposed to.<br/><br/>Sadly the food security issue should be a national priority and now in my country it is not.My diner in 2020tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-12:4871302:BlogPost:901952010-04-12T16:02:37.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
<p style="text-align: left;">In 2020 i'll be having dinner with my family eating home grown vegetables that i cultivated in my garden...<br></br></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I'll be teaching my kids how to grown our own food<br></br></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">In 2020 i'll be having dinner with my family eating home grown vegetables that i cultivated in my garden...<br/></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I'll be teaching my kids how to grown our own food<br/></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Finally we'll be sharing this activities with our neighbors..</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><br/></p>I imagine that in 2020...tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-12:4871302:BlogPost:893382010-04-12T00:02:43.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
Hopefully everyone have realized that our planet earth is our home, and that we need to take care of it; that we all (human, plants an animals) depend on each other and we have to respect each other. <br></br><br></br>Hopefully we'll be living a more spiritual life and we'll be helping each other in every way we can. We'll live in sustainable houses and working and creating social responsibles industries and enterprises.<br></br><br></br>Every kid will have education, everyone will be treated with respect.…
Hopefully everyone have realized that our planet earth is our home, and that we need to take care of it; that we all (human, plants an animals) depend on each other and we have to respect each other. <br/><br/>Hopefully we'll be living a more spiritual life and we'll be helping each other in every way we can. We'll live in sustainable houses and working and creating social responsibles industries and enterprises.<br/><br/>Every kid will have education, everyone will be treated with respect. We'll live in peace. We'll accept and embrace our differences.<br/><br/>And i'll be working on ICT for Development projects. And I'll be happy to tell Alchemy that life is great!<br/>Gender Parity in Politics to Strength Democracy in my Countrytag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-09:4871302:BlogPost:860862010-04-09T13:04:40.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
<div><font size="3">I chose to investigate on the gender parity subject because the news that "</font><font color="#003399" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">75% of Latin American Opinion Leaders Believe Gender Parity in Politics Strengthens Democracy</font><font color="#003399" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"</font> <font size="3">caught my attention.<br></br></font><font size="3"><br></br>On an international level, gender parity has been stated on different conventions,…</font></div>
<div><font size="3">I chose to investigate on the gender parity subject because the news that "</font><font color="#003399" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">75% of Latin American Opinion Leaders Believe Gender Parity in Politics Strengthens Democracy</font><font color="#003399" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"</font> <font size="3">caught my attention.<br/></font><font size="3"><br/>On an international level, gender parity has been stated on different conventions, protocols and laws; the most important are:<br/><br/></font><ul>
<li><font size="3">The Convention on the Political Rights of Women (UN)</font></li>
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<font size="3"><br/></font><font size="3">Here in Mexico, the Federal Code of Institutions and Electoral Procedures (COFIPE) was created in 1990, but it was until 2002 that it was reformed to obligate the political parties to have at least 30% of women in the electoral campaigns compiting. And it was until 2008 that the percentage was raise up to 40%.[1]<br/>
</font> <br/><font size="3">But a recent study made by the Study Center for the Advancement of Women and
Gender Equity (CEAMEG), in the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress, revealed that the political participation of women is limited, not even 30% of the seats are occupied by women.<br/><br/>Now, every state has its own electoral
laws, an the obligatory percentage per states ranges from 30% to 50% (but only 7 of 31 states has the 50% quota) [1]<br/><br/>The gender parity in my country
recently became news on the media. I remember watching the recent election of deputies that will represent us at the Chamber of Deputies. In the legislative campaign most of the women took the "alternate candidacies deputies" to fulfill gender quotas. Other women registered as candidates and when they won the election they promptly gave notice of their resignation in the first session held at the Chamber of Deputies. They did it so that the alternate deputies who ran with them, all male, could assume their positions[2]<br/><br/></font><font size="3">This tell us that political parties are allowing
discriminatory practices and women party members are accepting them. <br/><br/>
</font> <font size="3">Women should not agree to this and the law should be modified to stop things like this from happening .</font> <font size="3">Political parties who try to bypass the legislation regarding gender parity should be sanctioned.<br/><br/>A good site to read more about gender quotas in politics around the world: <a href="http://www.quotaproject.org/">http://www.quotaproject.org/</a><br/><br/><br/>References:<br/><br/>[1]
La participación política de las mujeres.De las cuotas de género a la <br/>
paridad.Centro de Estudios para el Adelanto de las Mujeres y la Equidad de <br/>
Género CEAMEG, ADRIANA MEDINA ESPINO,2010.<br/><a href="http://www3.diputados.gob.mx/camara/content/download/185215/442651/file/Libro_Part_Pol.pdf">http://www3.diputados.gob.mx/camara/content/download/185215/442651/file/Libro_Part_Pol.pdf</a><br/><br/></font><font size="3">[2] Periodico el universal: <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/624122.html">http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/624122.html</a></font><br/><br/><br/></div>My favorite secret for social innovation: STAY POSITIVEtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-09:4871302:BlogPost:840162010-04-09T02:39:13.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
<font size="3">Sometimes when we are trying to help we get a lot of opinions from other people, good and bad, and it's Ok. Everybody has the right to express themselves, but if we get discouraged by the bad opinions our self-steem begins to go down. <br></br><br></br>We should understand that opinions no matter what kind will always be there, but i'ts up to us how we handle them. We should see the bright side on everything, if people tells us that what we are doing is bad, we should ask them and…</font>
<font size="3">Sometimes when we are trying to help we get a lot of opinions from other people, good and bad, and it's Ok. Everybody has the right to express themselves, but if we get discouraged by the bad opinions our self-steem begins to go down. <br/><br/>We should understand that opinions no matter what kind will always be there, but i'ts up to us how we handle them. We should see the bright side on everything, if people tells us that what we are doing is bad, we should ask them and ourselves how can we can make it better. Always trying to find solutions instead of seeing problems and do nothing about them.<br/><br/>A positive actitude is a superpower to me, because it's contagious. If you act positive when you are around other people, they feel great too. They begin to trust you and are willing to make changes.<br/><br/>Staying positive it's sometimes a challenge and we can get discourage very easily, but it's not impossible. I call the journey a "mental diet". I try to stay away from negative environments but sometimes it's difficult. I handle that with positive music, positive affirmations every morning, i cheer up myself when i feel blue. I love inspiring movies, when i watch them i feel that everything is possible, no matter our situation our nationality or our age. We can be superheros if we stay POSITIVE.</font> <br/>Hero to Shadow: Local group Greenpeacetag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-07:4871302:BlogPost:841362010-04-07T17:00:00.000ZClaudia Flores Saviagahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ClaudiaFloresSaviaga
I decided to shadow the local group of Greenpeace in my city. Even though Greenpeace is a large organization, they have local groups all around the world, full of people with enthusiam for helping the world. I decided to become a volunteer for Greenpeace and work with the local group in my city because i believe that no matter were we are, we can always do something to help the humanity.<br></br><br></br>Right now where are promoting a campaign for the climate change called "Pintale la raya al cambio…
I decided to shadow the local group of Greenpeace in my city. Even though Greenpeace is a large organization, they have local groups all around the world, full of people with enthusiam for helping the world. I decided to become a volunteer for Greenpeace and work with the local group in my city because i believe that no matter were we are, we can always do something to help the humanity.<br/><br/>Right now where are promoting a campaign for the climate change called "Pintale la raya al cambio climático" and working with other volunteers to document the efects of climate change in our city<br/><br/><br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2234193101?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
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