Social responsibility project

ECOLOGITOS 2012

PROBLEM

The problem that we see in the school and surrounding Moralba OS is the lack of environmental awareness. Since there is good management of waste and many of them end up affecting the ecosystem in which we live, green areas and polluting streams, generating environmental imbalance.

The project ecologitos 2012 aims to foster environmental attitudes in children aged 5-6 years through playful workshops, where they were taught to care for and preserve existing resources in our surroundings. Looking like a better participation and environmental responsibility in the future.

General objective

1. build a culture of environmental awareness from the education community and surroundings, revealing the beneficial having the proper handling of waste and how are you can improve our quality of life

Specific objectives

1. infuse educational community attitudes ecological conservation of existing resources and use thereof.

2. promote participation and environmental responsibility within the educational community to become actively involved in the implementation of a healthy

3. design activities that allow for proper management of waste and beautification within and outside the institution, seeking the protection of existing resources.

Justification

PresentsThe problem in the sector is the lack of environmental awareness, this development remains inadequate management of waste which brings pollution greenery and streams, creating an ecological imbalance.

The project purpose is ECOLOGITOS, is to raise awareness and promote environmental attitudes in children.

To achieve this it is necessary to project a chat and fun workshop with school children Moralba SO JT preschool level, where they were taught to care for and preserve the environment. Finally developed a workshop, this is a search promotion environmental responsibility of correctly and efficiently.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK

The existing environmental management standards are key factors in environmental preservation, as it establishes the principles, objectives, criteria, and procedures for the protection, use and conservation of natural resources, and defines the guidelines of the management plans. Therefore, they constitute a tool for land use planning and Renewable Natural Resources of the nation to ensure their use and sustainable development, in order to achieve the identification and programming process of reconciling conflicts between model development and autonomous dynamics of the region. A key factor is environmental preservation regulations or existing environmental legislation, which is abundant and often compleja.Es why the company is based legal chococandy the following laws:

Law 99 of 1993

(December 22)

"Regulated by National Decree 1713 of 2002, regulated by Decree 4688 of 2005 National, partially regulated by National Decree 3600 of 2007, regulated by Decree 2372 of 2010 National

which is created by the Ministry of Environment, rearranges the public sector responsible for the management and conservation of the environment and renewable natural resources, organizes the National Environmental System, SINA, and for other purposes.

The Congress of Colombia

Article 1. -

Environmental General Principles.

Colombian environmental policy will follow the following general principles:

1. The process of economic and social development will be guided by the universal principles of sustainable development and in the Declaration of Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 on Environment and Development.

2. The biodiversity of the country, as a national heritage and interest of humanity, must be protected priority and exploited sustainably.

3. Population policies take into account the right of human beings to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.

4. Moorland areas, subpáramos, water sources and groundwater recharge areas will be given special protection.

5. In the use of water resources, human consumption has priority over any other use.

7. The State shall encourage the incorporation of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments for the prevention, correction and restoration of environmental degradation and conservation of renewable natural resources.

8. The common heritage landscape should be protected.

9. Disaster prevention will be the subject of collective interest and the measures taken to prevent or mitigate the effects of its occurrence shall be mandatory. "(Constitution of Colombia, 1993, page 31.)

Historical Setting

This story starts from the last century in which humanity began to enjoy the benefits of the great advances like electricity, internal combustion engines and petroleum.

It happens that the amount of carbon dioxide released by combustion engines built by man, has increased alarmingly in recent decades, and especially after the industrial revolution.

"For example, in the last three decades have increased levels of 315 housewives 350 (the average current C02) parts per million (ppm), which is measured as the amount of CO2 in the air.

Before the industrial revolution were levels of 280 ppm in the year 1900 and were 300 ppm.

The Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius earned his doctorate in physics at the University of Uppsala in 1884, then his thesis won him the lowest score possible, 19 years later, that same thesis won him the Nobel Prize. When he studied the early decades of the Industrial Revolution saw that the man burned coal unprecedented "evaporate in air coal mine."

Scientists already knew that carbon dioxide, a byproduct obtained when burning fossil fuels (mainly coal and oil), retained infrared radiation and therefore, heat.

Studying these effects Arrhenius concluded that "The average global temperature will rise 5 degrees if the amount of CO2 in the air is twice the level it was before the industrial age."

He concluded with the first assumption: "The heat wave in the central latitudes would be 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, the sea level would rise several feet, and crops would dry in the fields." At that time scientists did not give any importance and said that the sea would absorb excess CO2.

Then in 1957, two scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California, Roger Revelle and Hans Seus, published a paper in the journal Tellus explaining his disappointing findings:

"Something that probably started telling us that we were reaching the limit" found that the above conclusions were wrong, that the surface layer of the ocean, where the sea air and perform their gaseous exchange, absorbing very little excess of C02 produced by man, as they observed that very large changes in atmospheric C02 produced only a very small change in the C02 dissolved in water, and on this basis also showed that most of the C02 that inject air into the millions of chimneys , furnaces and cars remain in the air where it was assumed, gradually heat up the planet.

According to estimates, the world will use more energy, a 3% increase each year, the trouble with all this is that "this energy still comes from coal and oil." So the increase of 1.5ppm per year could be the year after a year of 1.6ppm and 1.8ppm after, 2.0ppm or 4 ppm per year.

You have created computer models that provide for these changes, it is disappointing and worrying that observed with statistics that these computer models always fall short by factors known to influence warming, that is, or C02 levels rise more than expected in a year, or that could double the level of C02 long before the target year.

Deforestation also added between 1000 and 1300 billion tons of carbon annually.

It is estimated that ranchers, loggers, paper and construction companies

The current environmental crisis explained from different ideological perspectives, is perceived as a result of pressure from population growth and the limited resources of the planet. Second, it is interpreted as an effect of the accumulation of capital and maximization of luxury and consumption, leading to technological patterns of use and exploitation of nature, depleting natural resources and degrades the regeneration conditions of ecosystems.

These processes are closely related to the relationship between society and nature, are associated with new values ​​and conceptual strategies to guide the construction of productive rationality on the basis of ecological sustainability and social equity. Also, the environmental crisis problematizes the established paradigms and demand, thus new ways of targeting and technological production processes, so as to allow optimum performance of the economy, streamlining resources and using cleaner technologies or ecological as it is also called, in line with the claims that are being made today about it.

The impact of environmental degradation is reflected in society and in the economy of the people in different ways and at different times, hence it is considered: if the environmental quality deteriorates, it affects the quality of life. If you want to maintain proper health, quality of life and sustainable development need to worry about the maintenance and improvement of environmental integrity and not add costs can be quite substantial to development projects. (Ayes, 2003).

The implementation of a new business or otherwise, the modification of an existing or implementation of a given project, environmental cause environmental impact, as well as the determination of the magnitude of the action on the environment is important for the maintenance and preservation of the same.

Environmental impact is variable over time, erosion can grow, remain, as in the case of buildings, or decrease, as in reforestation or restoration of the landscape. The environmental impact indicates three facets are:

1. Modification of the characteristics of the environment.

2. Changing environmental values.

3. Changing the field of health and human welfare. "(Colon H, 2008, p.81)

FRAMEWORK

The name of the institution Moralba HEADQUARTERS A, was taken from the climb where it was located and was characterized by the presence of blackberry bushes.

The institution in 1963 worked initially for rent on 42nd Street south to race this, had three primary school classrooms later (approximately 1868) joins the city of Bogotá.

They worked as teachers recall pleasant JORGE ROMAN, EDGAR CORRIDOR, HERADIO MOLANO, Guillermo Montenegro, LUZ MARINA MURCIA and others. By the year 1976 under the leadership of the community and the director ALEJANDRO VELASQUEZ, Special District of Bogota built four classrooms where today is the former headquarters. There are seven classrooms subsequently developed with community support.

In 2001 the director Mario Castro, achieving favorable concept for sixth grade opening, which starts high school. They are remembered as directors, Miguel Santos, Jorge Ocampo and MARINA FONCECA DIVA. As teachers PAULINA Albeldaño, GLORIA GARNICA, GLADIS CIENDUA, JENNY CASTILLI, MABEL SANTOS, TERESA RODRIGUEZ among others. Community leaders as ALBA MELIDA RINCON, ANTONIO RINCON, ALFONSO RA, IREZ AND RAUL BERMUDEZ who contributed to get the new building construction. (Manual retreats, 2012, p.10)

                                                           

Theoretical Framework

The intensification of agriculture, urbanization and industrialization that accompany growth and development of the human population impact on the environment and can cause adverse effects such as pollution, health affects and disrupts the ecosystem.

Usually the term is associated with the environmental impact caused undesirable effects of human activities on the natural environment, for example, deforestation resulting from the exploitation of forests. However, the environmental impact also refers to the favorable consequences arising from human action, for example, a forest reforestation.

So can be defined as any alteration environmental impact, positive or negative, of the physical, chemical or biological environment caused by human activity that directly or indirectly affect the air, water, soil, climate, the landscape and living beings including humans, their living conditions and cultural properties. Therefore, it is essential to mention the pollution following theoretical concepts offered by Carrizosa, 2004:

"Types of pollution

· Water pollution: Water is the incorporation of foreign matter such as microorganisms, chemicals, industrial waste and other types or sewage. These materials deteriorate water quality and make it useless for their intended uses.

· Contamination of soil: the soil incorporation of foreign material, such as garbage, toxic waste, chemicals, and industrial waste. Soil pollution causes an imbalance physical, chemical and biological negatively affecting plants, animals and humans.

· Air pollution: is adding to the atmosphere of harmful toxic gases, CO, or other factors affecting the normal development of plants, animals and adversely affecting human health.

ENVIRONMENT

The concept of environment is defined as a living and home of all living beings on the global ecosystem, known as the biosphere. The environment consists of abiotic elements (the media and their influences) and biotic (living organisms). In the first category is the atmosphere, the gas layer protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation emitted by the sun. Circulates around the planet's temperature keeping it stable.

Water is also abiotic environmental component. Occupies seven of ten parts of the Earth, 97% is in the oceans, 2% is frozen and 1% is fresh water from rivers, lakes, groundwater and moisture.

Environmental conservation

Environmental conservation or conservation of the species, for example, refers to the protection of animals, plants and the planet in general. This conservation aims to ensure the survival of human beings, fauna and flora, preventing pollution and depletion of resources.

The creation of protected areas (as nature reserves or national parks) is one of the most common policies for environmental conservation. In these areas, human activity is restricted. In addition to governments, there are many organizations working for nature conservation, as Greenpeace or WWF.

Recycling

is a physical-chemical or mechanical process that involves subjecting a material or a product already used to a cycle of total or partial treatment to obtain a raw material or a new product. It also could be defined as obtaining raw materials from waste, introducing them back into the cycle of life and occurs at the prospect of depletion of natural resources and economic macro effectively remove human waste not need.

Recycling chain

The recycling chain has several steps as follows:

§ Origin: it can be domestic or industrial.

§ Recovery: it can be done by public or private companies. Consists only of the collection and transportation of waste to the next link in the chain.

§ transfer plants: it is a link or volunteer who is not always used. Here are mixed waste for transport over a lower cost (using larger containers or compactors more powerful).

§ Plants classification (or separation) which classifies the waste and separate the recoverable.

§ Recycling final (or plant valuation): where finally recycled waste (paper, plastiqueros, etc.), Stored (landfills) or used for energy production (cement, biogas.

Features recycling

1. Conservation and saving natural resources and energy.

2. Decreased volume of waste to be disposed.

3. Environment.

4. Improvement of the national economy as it is not needed or consumption of raw materials and the energy that are more expensive than the process of recovery industries.

To recycle any materials in the waste, must be able to be processed into a viable feedstock and clean. This raw material is fabricated after a product. This product should be marketed and distributed, must find customers and convince them to buy and keep buying that product manufactured with waste materials.

Recycling Methods

Recycling of plastics

The source reduction relates directly to the design and production phase of products, mainly containers, before being consumed. It is a way of conceiving new products with environmental criteria, generate less waste. And this applies to all raw materials: glass, paper, cardboard, aluminum and plastics.

In the case of the latter waste, source reduction is the responsibility of the petrochemical industry (manufacturer of different types of plastics), processing industry (taking those plastics to manufacture different end products), and who designs container (packer).

Although consumer arguably also be a good part of the responsibility: on supermarket shelves is he who has the power to choose between a product that is designed to approach source reduction and other raw materials that wastes and unnecessarily increases the volume of waste.

Glass Recycling

Glass is a material that by its nature is readily recoverable, especially glass container since this is 100% recyclable, that is, from a container used, a new one can be produced which can have the same characteristics as the first

Many cities around the world already have glass containers in which you can deposit all kinds of bottles and glass containers, to melt, to revert to vidrio.1

In the glass recycling process must first glass fragment into small parts and it is important

 Recycling of metals

Today, concepts such as ecology, environmental protection, resource utilization, selective recycling of materials, etc. are part of our lives cease to be a fad to become something of vital importance for the future care and the environment around us. Recycling is a perfectly normal activity, resolved technically and economically.

Most of metals can melt and there will process again creating new metals. Metals such as aluminum, lead, iron, steel, copper, silver and gold are easily recycled when they are mixed with other substances, it can be melted down and change shape or take it earlier. Of these materials, iron is the one with greater commercial demands.

Recycling of aluminum:

In 1990, over 50% of the aluminum cans manufactured in the USA were the product of recycling. At present aluminum recycles all as clipping occurs during the manufacture of products and a major part of the rest.

Experts say that is room enough energy by recycling one aluminum can to run a TV for 3 hours, and reduces pollution by 95%.

Recycling aluminum is becoming fashionable because although we all want to recycle some cares more economic gain that pollution caused by these wastes.

Benefits

Recycling has three main ecological consequences:

  Reducing the volume of waste, and therefore would cause pollution (some materials take decades and even centuries to degrade).

  Preservation of natural resources, as the recycled material is reused.

Reduced costs associated with the production of new goods, since many times the use of recycled material is lower cost than virgin material (such as corrugated HDPEreciclado or recycled).

Treaties, conventions and protocols

The Kyoto Protocol

This is an agreement reached between governments in the United Nations Conference held in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries by 5.2 percent from the levels recorded in 1990 during the period between 2008 and 2012. A total of 141 nations have ratified the pact.

The Kyoto Protocol legally binding on countries that have ratified it as of February 16, 2005 after two conditions are met: the backing of at least 55 countries and that these countries representing at least 55 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in developed countries.

The Group of Eight (G-8)

The Group of Eight was created on March 25, 1973 and is composed of Germany, Italy, France, UK, Canada, USA, Japan and Russia, while the five guest countries are Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Mexico .

During this meeting seeks to design strategies to combat the problem through policies to promote clean technologies for power generation and to create favorable conditions for future negotiations within the framework of the United Nations Organization (UNO).

· Amazon Cooperation Treaty.

Signed in 1978 from 8 countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela) to cooperate in the harmonious development of the Amazon.

· Agreement between Peru and Colombia

for the conservation of the flora and fauna of the Amazon. Signed in 1979. Sets a compromise between the two countries to cooperate in the conservation of wildlife.

· Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. 

Established by UNESCO in 1972 and ratified. Sets a global commitment to protect the cultural and natural heritage of the world and countries.

· Convention on Biological Diversity. 

Signed at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and ratified in 1993, provides global and national commitments relating to the identification and monitoring of biodiversity in situ conservation (protected areas, introduction of foreign species, maintenance and protection of knowledge of local populations ) and ex situ (biological collections and gene banks), the sustainable use of components of biodiversity, research, training, education and public awareness, control and minimization of negative impacts, access to genetic resources and technology; information exchange and cooperation between developed and developing countries for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Adopted on June 4, 1992. Sets the international framework to guide joint action to prevent climate change globally.

Decisions of the Cartagena Agreement

Peru is a member of the Andean Community (Cartagena Agreement or Andean Pact), under which decisions are made that have the force of law and enforceable by the countries.

· Decision 345 was adopted in 1993 and refers to the common system of protection of the rights of plant breeders, and became effective on January 1, 1994. States: "The member countries grant breeders' certificates to persons who have created plant varieties, it is new, uniform, distinct and stable, and been given a denomination which will be its generic designation" (Art. 4).

· Decision 381 (1996) standard access to genetic resources.

Other commitments

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (June 14, 1992). Adopted by Resolution 1 for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Proclamation 27 principles relating to the environment and development.

Agenda 21. 

Approved by Resolution 1 in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (June 14, 1992). Set an ambitious action program on all aspects concerning the integration of environment with development.

3. Declaration on Forests. 

Adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1 June 4, 1992). Draws attention to the massive destruction of forests worldwide and proclaimed the need to take decisive action to protect them. "(Carrizosa, 2004, p, 90)

Methodology

The company aims chococandy transmit dad ecological issues caused by the lack of environmental awareness, therefore seeks to acquire knowledge about the need to protect the environment. Therefore the following activities will be developed in grade school preschool Moralba SO, as part of the social responsibility project "ECOLOGITOS" which will in the following order:

1. Animated guides are given two "recycle" and cares Fluvi water ", where they will learn the importance of environmental care and the benefits it generates for the planet and living beings.

2. animated video will observe "water Fluvi cares" where they were taught the importance of protecting the water.

3. recreational activities be undertaken as wheel wheel, the bridge is broken, to integrate children with the project

4. will be a talk show where the fun on pollution problems that currently afflicts us, because human irrationality before care of our planet.

Schedule

Signature	Activity	Firm
27  of september             2012	Company presentation chococandy playful chatter about environmental issues
1of  october  2012	Local Delivery "recycle".
2 of october 2012	Providing guidance "water Fluvi cares"
3 of october 2012	Animated video "water Fluvi cares" Closing activities with refreshments  Farewell

Proposal Development

The onset of social responsibility project "ecologitos" starts September 27, 2012 at school SO Moralba JT, this day was first opened to this project and group presentation topics to be discussed during these four days, which develops environmental problems in the world today are the lack of awareness of our society.

We try to bring a playful chatter that help integrate all preschool children who were very interested in the topic, because to them it is very important to take care of the planet.

On October 1 guides give coloring, in which showed the types of recycling and how important these are to reduce pollution by garbage, which would significantly reduce existing pollution levels in the world today.

On October 2 calls back to other guides "take care of water with Fluvi" where they were shown as we wasting our water resources. For all preschool children is a very important issue and many of them are committed to implement in their homes.

On October 3, we completed the project with an animated video called "take care of water with Fluvi" in this video was shown as simple actions can help the planet.

It was an activity that was accompanied by striking rounds and games that made the project even more striking.

With this term gives the proposed development "ecologitos" social project chococandy responsibility.

At the end close activities with a snack consisting of cookies and soda.

Conclution

1.The social responsibility project "ecologitos" using guidelines "recycle" and cares Fluvi water "had a positive impact on them as they showed great interest in the subject and thus improved the commitment to environmental atmosphere.

2. Video of "take care of water with Fluvi" we conclude that had great reception and high expectations, since many of preschoolers pledged to implement all they learned, to ensure that water is vital to sustain life in the planet.

3.The project had a positive impact on preschool students, as many of them despite his young age has a clear concept and efficient on problems and care must be taken with the planet, others showed interest and awareness on the protection of the natural resources.