Apr 04
El otro día que estaba sentada en mi clase de Economía Política, mi profesor dio una respuesta muy sencilla de por qué surgen diferencias de desarrollo económico entre países: LAS INSTITUCIONES. Por supuesto, esta respuesta no es una epifanía, sino que más bien es una realización de lo que algunos países realmente carecen. Quizás no …
Apr 03
One of the issues that I’ve become increasingly interested in has been the inaccessibility to water and the privatization of water. The last couple of weeks, I have been following the World Water Council and the World Water Forum, which were established in order to address some of these issues. Overall, I have found that …
Mar 30
April 2010: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. During three months, oil flows unabated. This is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of oil extraction. The explosion kills 11 men. The spill caused extensive environmental damage to marine and wildlife habitats, as well as economic damage to the fishing and tourism industries. March 2011: …
Mar 27
It’s been about a year and a half since I bought a new pair of running shoes, three times the “recommended” usage time frame. Now there is only slight wear and tear, but what makes me, as a consumer, feel that I am doing something wrong by not buying the latest style or most updated …
Mar 26
Since 2002 the Human Rights Campaign has been creating and releasing a public Corporate Equality Index each year. This is a list of businesses and corporations that indicates their level of LGBT support and equality in terms of employment. Businesses are chosen from the Fortune Magazine’s 1000 largest publicly traded businesses and the American Lawyer …
Mar 20
In the past, I’ve discussed factors that influence obesity rates, marketing of poorly nutritious food, the need for an injection of fresh produce in certain communities, and much more. However, I have yet to specifically address the impact of physical activity on maintaining a healthy weight. I started to think about simple ways to stay …
Mar 19
What type of higher education is best for you? I have written countless articles that revolve around the topic of college, and the significance of a college education. As a college student myself, I am a firm believer that education is an important tool that will benefit young people in the future. However, the worldwide …
Mar 16
A few weeks back, I wrote an article about the importance of remembering to turn off the lights in your house when you’re not using them. This is a fantastic and easy way to do your part in helping to conserve energy. My article got me thinking, and as I walked around my university’s campus …
Mar 16
Two years ago I traveled to Peru for some volunteer work through the ProWorld organization at NYU. The work that all of the students did there were mostly built clay stoves with chimneys leading outside the house for better breathing conditions. But during this trip, what struck me the most besides the poor breathing conditions …
Mar 15
I had every intention of writing a follow-up piece to my much-discussed post on sustainable tourism in the Sinai Peninsula today, but while I was looking for news sources I came across something that I found very interesting: Holy Land tourism. So responsible tourism in Egypt will just have to wait for a another day, I …
