Together, we can save our planet

We know how important our planet earth. Not only is our City, it is our culture that must change. But you can do something to improve the Earth's Ecology every day of our life.

I develop a short list, where we try to meet to live in harmony with our Planet Earth, we can carry out a life of greater concern for the ecological balance. Classmates please let's put it into practice.
 
- Be responsible and creative with leftover foods.
- Buy energy efficient electric appliances.
- Buy foods without additives.
- Buy locally grown food and produce.
- Don't burn trash or other smoky materials.
- Drive a fuel-efficient car.
- Drive less: walk, bicycle, carpooland use public transportation.
- Eat foods low on the food chain; avoid meat.
- Eat more natural, nutritious foods.
- Exercise regularly.
- Hang dry some or all of your clothes.
- Hold a potluck dinner to discuss local ecology.
- Install a water-conserving device in your toilets.
- Install a water-conserving showerhead.
- Keep hazardous chemicals in safe containers.
- Mend and repair rather than discard and replace.
- Plant trees throughout your community.  
- Purchase goods in reusable/recyclable containers.
- Recycle aluminum.
- Recycle glass.
- Recycle newspaper.
- Recycle old clothes.
- Recycle plastic. 
- Re-use paper bags.
- Re-use plastic bags for storage and waste.
- Support energy conservation in your bioregion. 
- Support global ecological improvement efforts. 
- Take shorter showers.
- Teach your children ecological wisdom.
- Turn off the lights when not needed.
- Turn off the water while you brush your teeth.
- Use biodegradable soaps and detergents.
- Use cloth diapers. 
- Use less tapwater whenever possible.
- Use rechargeable batteries.
- Use the second side of paper for scratch paper.

Comparison between the cities of Maracaibo and Caracas

Below we make a comparison between the cities of Maracaibo and Caracas.

Of course our land Maracaibo is the most beautiful in the world.

City of Maracaibo

• Cost of living: High
• Population: 2.108.404 people
• Climate: 28-29 degrees Celsius
• Transportation: Metro, large bus, medium zice bus, vans or minivans and cars.
• Crime: High
• Traffic: High
• Pollution: High

City of Caracas

• Cost of living: Very high
• Population: 3.196.514 people
• Climate: 19-21 degrees Celsius
• Transportation: Metro, metrobus, metrocable, medium zice bus, vans or minivans.
• Crime: Very high
• Traffic: Very high
• Pollution: Very high

Maracaibo "The Beloved Land of the Sun"

Maracaibo is nicknamed La Tierra del Sol Amada.
Maracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake of Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state. Maracaibo has become a large metropolitan city, comprising two municipalities: to the north the municipality of Maracaibo and to the south the San Francisco municipality (established in 1995). In recent years, due to political/economic and cultural reasons, many have moved to Maracaibo from rural areas and other cities (including Caracas).

Maracaibo also boasts one of the best universities in the country, the state university. La Universidad del Zulia(LUZ) is well renowned for its excellent law and medical schools. Other major universities and schools include Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin, (URBE), with its excellent engineering school, and Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, with one of the country's leading psychology schools.

Due to the regionalistic nature of Marabinos, they strongly support their native teams. Maracaibo, and the rest of Zulia, are represented in baseball by the Águilas del Zulia, a Venezuelan winter league team that plays in the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional,and is based in the Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande. Regional teams include the Unión Atlético Maracaibo and the Zulia FC in football, and the Gaiteros del Zulia in basketball, a team that participates in the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto de Venezuela, whose home is the 5.000-people Pedro Elías Belisario Aponte stadium.

The city of Maracaibo is located at the denominated Maracaibo plain. It has low fertility, typical of a dry-tropical forest. It presents a great number of rivers, sewers and gorges. The city dominates the entrance to Lake Maracaibo. Maracaibo is one of the cities of Venezuela where the highest temperatures are registered. It has a semiarid climate, only attenuated by the moderating influence of the lake, its average historical temperature is 29 °C. In the past the climate of the city, as well in all the coast of the Lake Maracaibo, was unhealthy, due to the combination of high temperatures with high humidity, being a zone of importance. At the present time, the effects of urban development, and control of plagues, has almost eradicated that. The registered high temperature of the city is 41.0 °C, and the low 18.0 °C. Culture in Maracaibo is very indigenous and unique, is recognized in every state and city in Venezuela, and is very influential with its gaitas, desserts, style, living, and customs  .An interesting aspect of the city, is the humor and the musical culture of its people, the Gaita Zuliana, is a traditional christmas music  from the region.

In the neighborhood

Hello my name is Luis Rosales, below are some places in my neighborhood.

I live in the Urbanizacion San Jacinto in the city of Maracaibo and there are many places where you can do different things.

In front of my house there is a bakery. On the avenue six is a primary school. Between school and home is an internet cafe. At the corner of the street 2 is a gym. Nex to my house is a park. Across the park we can get to a basketball court.

 

Let's go shopping !

                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                  

At the mall Sambil, Sony department store is very modern. It's a great place for electronics. 

There are a lot of cool new cameras, video cameras, sound equipements, latest generation TVs and even computers. You can buy many things for your house.

The sound for car is very good, but the prices are crazy!. Everything is very expensive, but the clerks are very friendly and helpful.

Sony store in the Sambil mall, buy a TV latest generation 32-inch and a 15-megapixel digital camera.

What do we need ?

Luis: Hi my love, I'm making a shopping list to go the supermarket tomorrow. We have rice, pasta, cereal, milk, sugar. What else do we need ?

Yule: Let's see, we need some meat and chicken.

Luis: Okay, seven trays fillet of chicken and six trays of meat.

Yule: We also need mayonnaise and mustard.

Luis: Okay . What about vegetables? Do we need any.

Yule: No, we don't. We have lettuce, potatoes, carrots, corn, spinach, brocoli, peas, cucumber, zuccini, mushorrom, raddish, eqqplant and tomatoes.

Luis: Okay. Let's go to the supermarket. Seeking to our daughter and let's go.

My favorite supermarket

 

My favorite supermarket is called Center 99 of these supermarkets are thirteen in the City of Maracaibo. I always go shopping with my family. I do my grocery shopping at San Jacinto Center 99.

This supermarket has a pharmacy and bakery besides refrigerated food, refrigerated section, seafood, dairy products, drink, agricultural products, poultry and meat.

It is ideal for families because there is a park for children.