NOBEL PEACE PRICE 2003-2004

 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2003-2004

Thanks to the envolvement of lots of women; the social gap between them and the opposite sex is dwindling day by day...maybe this is the result of  some anonymous daily efforts but sometimes it' s worth to list the names of the heaviest supporters... 

2 examples???

SHIRIN EBADI ( nobel peace prize in 2003) 

& WANGARI MAATHAI ( nobel peace prize in 2004)

 *** SHIRIN EBADI***

Shirin Ebadi is the first Muslim woman who was awarded with a nobel for peace( 10/12/2003)
She's a lawyer,a human rights activist and a founder of the Centre for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran

• She was born in Hamadan on  june 21,1947 but she move away to Theran, where she graduate in JURISPRUDENCE.
• Due to the Islamic revolution of 1979 she was forced to give up his career...
• After having received the authorization for working as lawyer, in 1992 she founded "the SOCIETY FOR PROCTETING THE CHILD'S RIGHTS". (she also modified a law against abuses of children)
• In 2003 she was awarded with the nobel "for her efforts for democracy and human rights.She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and childrens"

***WANGARI MAATHAI***

 

she' s the first african woman who received a nobel.

She s an environmental and political activist.

• she born 1 april 1940 in Ihithe
• she continued her studies abroad (biology, biological studies and anatomy)
• she was a member of the Parliament
• she founded the GREEN BELT,  a movement pro- environment that employed african women to plant seedlings throughout the country for a consederation( a small stipend). Thanks to it thousands of trees and plants have been planted and women started believing they could  better their life condition

 **Maathai stood up courageously against the former oppressive regime in Kenya. Her unique forms of action have contributed to drawing attention to political oppression—nationally and internationally. She has served as inspiration for many in the fight for democratic rights and has especially encouraged women to better their situation.**                                                                         

                                                                                                                from the speech of Oslo





                   WORLD IN A WORD: RESPECT!!!

Cutting down trees,uncultivated lands,rise in temperature and the melting of glaciers are just a short demo of how our pettiness are putting at risk the destiny of the planet. The campaign that the umanity is a dvancingg to satisfy its prsonal craving for well-off life conditions(now more than ever before ) is jeopardazing not only earth but the existence of life too

                                                      

                                                    

                                         i't s no use crying over split milk

                                          ***IT' S TIME TO REACT**

                                                        but  HOW???

                                           

                 personally I think we should:

• restore the equilibrium between resources at our disposal and  output, so that we can make the most of materials given by the earth
• try to preserve the raw materials that are running out like gas, petroleum and coal
• find ecological alternatives to the production of energy,m exploiting from the features off th territory(aeolium or hidrolectric or geothermic systems, sun energy etc...)
• use as much as we can metro( if we walk by feet or we go by bike is better) to reduce the emissions of CO2
• do separate refuse collection
• do not disperse garbage, in particular not biodegradable ones
• avoid wastes and  invest money in household electrical appliances with a low energy consumption

So there are lots of easy things that we can do...for example:

1)Turn off the computer - instead of leaving it on standby!! it would save 4 cents a day. If you do not want to wait that your computer may be programmed to turn on power for a given time;

2)Adjust the thermostat - just one degree in summer and winter in less than a 10% energy saving. Remember to adjust the temperature considering the times when the house is empty

 

3)Turn off the lights when you leave a room but only if you must do so for at least 15 minutes or more. The energy used to light them is sometimes greater than that of mainteneance

4)Recycle old mobile phones 'cause their batteries can release different toxic substances.It's very easy in fact there are lots of recycling points where you can this sweet action for our planet

5)Use just rechargeable batteries!!Only a small fraction of the 1.5 billion batteries are recycled. If you buy rechargable batteries of course you'll spnd a bit more but i't s very very important

6)recicle glass!!! it takes millions o years to decompose.

7)Use energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs - if you do not like their color, you can always use them to the rooms where their color does not bother you.

*****THE SOONER WE ACT THE BETTER!!! remember YOU CAN BE THE CHANGE*****