ECOLOGICAL CRISIS

An ecological crisis occurs when the environment of a species or a population changes in a way that destabilizes its continued survival.

There are many possible causes of such crisis:

>  It may be that the environment quality degrades compared to the species' needs, after a change of abiotic ecological factor (for example, an increase of temperature, less significant rainfalls).

>  It may be that the environment becomes unfavourable for the survival of a species (or a population) due to an increased pressure of predation.

>  It may be that the situation becomes unfavourable to the quality of life of the species (or the population) due to raise in the number of individuals (overpopulation). 

Ecological crisis may be more or less brutal (occurring within a few months or taking as long as a few million years). They can also be of natural or anthropic origin. They may relate to one unique species or to many species (see the article on Extintion event).

Lastly, an ecological crisis may be local (as an oil spill) or global (a rise in the sea level due to global warming).

According to its degree of endemism, a local crisis will have more or less significant consequences, from the death of many individuals to the total extinction of a species. Whatever its origin, disappearance of one or several species often will involve a rupture in the food chain, further impacting the survival of other species.

HOW LIVING BEINGS SUFFER THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS?

Living beings are organisms that can do the three vital functions: nutrition, interaction and reproduction. 

As we can see, there are many risks to living beings because of several factors. Then, we are going to study the bad consequences for living beings due to the ecological crisis.

First, we have to know what ecological crisis is.

A living being suffers an ecological crisis when its environment is affected by radical changes that make that this living being doesn't live in its environment like always.

Now, we are going to learn some causes that create an ecological crisis.

ABIOTIC FACTORS

The main abiotic factor that affects living beings is the famous "climate change", that is characterized by the increasing in temperature due to the increasing of the temperature of gases in the atmosphere.

This is very bad for living beings that used to live in cold, warm and hot climates because they can't bear (they can't resist) the high temperatures! Although, the climate change don't only affect directly to living beings, but living beings are also affected indirectly by the reducing of ice where many animals live such as polar bears that need the ice for hunting their aliment (mainly seals).

What's more, we also are affected by the climate change and we observe it in summer, when the temperatures are higher than before.

BIODIVERSITY EXTINCTION

Since many millions of years, dinosaurs don't exist because a big meteorite fell in the Earth.

Nowadays, many species are in danger of extinction and they are more that we think, for example, the polar bear and the cheetah are in danger of extinction.

The main danger of species in danger in extinction are WE, THE HUMANS because we kill them to obtain materials like ivory from elephants or skin from a cheetah. Furthermore, we cut down many trees to build roads or cities! The biodiversity extinction is in our hands!!

This is a theme that we know very well, so can you tell me what of these species are in danger of extinction?

Whale shark - Spider monkey - Robin - Elephant - Hippopotamus - Venomous pit viper

INTRODUCTION OF INVADING SPECIES

Some people that travel around the world, take with them their pets. In some cases, they forget them in the place where they have travelled and that pet can be dangerous for the environment and other living beings.

For example, a girl took her rabbits to an island in the Pacific where no rabbits lived. She forgot her rabbits and they reproduced of an unlimited way because in that island, rabbits were a "foreign" specie and that specie didn't have predators so those rabbits created a plague.

At the moment, there are about 200000 rabbits in that exotic island. It seems like a very estrange thing, but it occurs in many places in the world.

Now, you can tell me other examples of invading species.

There are many more causes of the ecological crisis, but I wanted to centre in these three causes because these are the most interesting!

Finally, I want to put a video that have an objective: to do that all of us work together to save the planet!

NEWS MANIPULATION

News manipulation is a way of goverments and enterprises to obtein what they want from the people.

As everybody, advertisement are on TV, radio, newspaper, etc. They transmit us a message, but, we are seeing or listening what we think is the real message?

Also they use like a kind of psychology, using words that means the same but sound different.

Can you tell us any case that you know?

  

NEWS MANIPULATION

What is News Manipulations?
News manipulation is a series of related techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favours their particular interests. Such tactics may include the use of propaganda techniques, and often involve the suppression of information or points of view, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or by simply diverting attention elsewhere.
There has always been news manipulation?


 A plug that is created from the initials of the power company (Elettro Domestici).

Yes, in the old days, there were had a few threats to fear when it came to media manipulation: the government propagandist and the hustling publicist.

Subliminal Messages
Subliminal messages also could be added to this block because _ you can transmit images that can not be seen with the naked eye if your subconscious can see ..

Do you know that in the Toblerone mountain
 is hidden a bear to remember their Swiss origins?

Do you know more subliminal messages?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlzvbY-O3x8






News Manipulation

Throughout time, there have been different ways of giving information to the public, such as television, radio and newspapers. 

At present, these means give support to different political and economic powers and  lose objectivity, the fact to serve the truth and emphasize their ideas over others manipulating the information provided. It can occur when the journalist occult all the information by giving us manipulated one.

The manipulation in comunication we see in the newspaper every day, or in the radio, in television you always or most times you see that manipulation.*

For example, the case of P.J. Ramirez, who was until a few months the director of "El Mundo" newspaper, in this case all the other newspapers reacted by giving false inormation about the video.

Like this case much more, and I'm sure you know more...

Can you tell me one?

The key to media's hidden codes - Ben Beaton

Britney spears "Piece of me"

WE ARE PUPPETS

News manipulation is a series of related techniques in which media creates an image or argument that favours their own interests. These tactics may include the use of propaganda, and often involve the elimination of information , by persuading other people to stop listening to certain arguments, or by simply turning away attention elsewhere.

There are many types of news manipulation and so many techniques to do it. We’re going to read some of them:

Manipulating Images

There are many examples of how newspapers around the world use Photoshop images in order to influence public opinion. 

Advertising

News can be manipulated in advertisements in several ways, for example, touching up people or through subliminal advertising.

We are going to see a video in which a product such as a perfume is introduced by a woman. Of course, a beautiful woman... But, is she as beautiful as we see on TV?

Subliminal advertising
The receptor of this type of advertisement is not conscious of these promotional messages, such as those played at very low volume or flashed on a screen for less than a second. Its use is considered an unreliable business practice.

Baskin Robbins — This logo, uses the company's initials to advertise its number of ice cream flavors (31).

Tour de France— the Tour de France logo contains a well-integrated biker.

 The not-so-hidden design within this logo conjures up feelings of togetherness and friendship over chips and salsa.

There are millions of examples of this type of advertising. Let’s watch a video to know more about it. 

Now you know that you must not believe all that you listen to. You must believe in yourself and check is something is correct or not. Don’t be innocent! 

I hope you enjoy my post.

BULLYING TEST

Answer this test in your notebook, giving reasons for each question

 

BULLYING TEST

1. If a bully wants your money, you would:

a) fight (quarrel) with him/her.

b) scream and try to run away.

c) give all your money to him/her.

2. If someone bumps into you by accident, you would:

a) hit him/her.

b) give him/her a chance to apologize.

c) sit and cry.

3. If an older person pushes you around when you’re in the bathroom, and threatens you not to tell anybody, and tells you that something bad will happen to you in the contrary case, you would:

a) wait until he goes away, and tell this to a teacher.

b) fight with him.

c) accept this and not tell anyone.

4. If someone comes and shouts at you by using negative and rude words while you are in the dining hall, you would:

a) ignore him/her.

b) shout at him/her, too.

c) tell him/her to calm down.

d) ask an adult for help.

5. If a group of bullies call you bad names or disturb and harass you with swearwords, you would:

a) tell them to go away.

b) respond by using the same kind of words.

c) find an opportunity to  inform an adult about the situation by determining witnesses.

d) ignore.

6. If a friend is being assaulted by bullies, you would;

a) thank God that you’re not in his/her shoes.

b) immediately go to the victim and attack the bully and push him/her.

c) call other children for help.

d) inform an authority or an adult and ask for help.

7. If a person from school comes to you while you are walking in the park on the
weekend and he pushes you around, corners you, he takes your money by
force and runs away, you would:

a) tell the situation to your parents.

b) tell it to your teacher what happened.

c) notify the police/security.

d) follow him/her

8. If your sister or brother always treats you in a tyrannous manner, you would:

a) punch him/her.

b) pour a pailful of water over him/her.

c) make this a current issue when all the family members are together, and open it

 up for discussion to put an end to this bullying.

9. If your teacher treats you badly all the time, you would:

a)  inform your family about the situation.

b)  talk to your teacher or your psychological counsellor about the situation.

c)  inform the school manager about this.

d)  ignore this. 

10. If your parents treat you tyrannously, you would:

a)  talk to your teacher or your psychological counsellor about the situation.

b)  tell it to one of your close relatives (aunt, uncle etc).

c)  not tell it to anyone.

People in politics

SPANISH POLITICIANS

Actually, Spain is famous because of his government but, specially, because of his politicians. Spain is that place were being a politician automatically make you a corrupt and that isn't true, there are good politicians that want the progress of the country more than money.

Also, some voters are stupid because they vote only listening to imposible promises and false  accusations. We have to think by ourself when we are going to vote because then we will chose party that is good to rule our country.

In the last elections, Spanish people elected the PP to rule the country. In my opinion this wasn't a good choice because they have done bad decisions for Spain and they've tried to gain money by corruption ( as I said, not all of them).

Until we are 18 we can't vote but now, we have to study to get the ideas to vote to the correct party and, also, we can protest against the reforms that we think are bad to our country and our people.

 Some people think that they don't have to vote, maybe because they think that all the parties have the same thieves or because one vote doesn't change anything, but that isn't true.

So, if you're tired of the bad politicians, you should vote to the one that you think that can solve more problems and protest when they do something wrong. After all, your vote and your opinion are really important.

Finally, I want to ask you what party is, in your opinion, the best for rule Spain.