“The purpose was to train people who in turn will give workshops to students from elementary to high school level”, reported the Association Corazón de la Tierra
Within the framework of the International Day of Wetlands the Association Corazón de la Tierra trained public officials and students from various schools in Chapala and Poncitlán on the problems and care that Lake Chapala requires today.
“The purpose was to train people who in turn will give workshops to students, from elementary to high school level,” the Association reported through its social networks.
During these trainings for public officials, agents and students, teaching material was distributed, for the application of the workshops. The materials for each municipality include biology guides, geographic and biodiversity posters, as well as a memory game called “Chapala, a living lake”.
Chapala received 11 memory games and 21 sets of posters, but the Ecology department made the request to receive more material and be able to cover the need of all the schools in the municipality, reported Social Communication.
The workshops aim to raise awareness among the population of the main problems that Lake Chapala suffers today, the direct pollution to the lake by both industrial and urban waste, the hypernutrification of the water, that is, the excess of fertilizers in the area and the overexploitation for the benefit of man.
The workshops will also address the issue of water care by citizens, such as avoiding throwing garbage into the lake, pollutants and harmful substances for the lacustrine ecosystem.
During the symposium, it was declared that one of the first causes that affect the largest lake in Mexico, are the permits that different governments have granted to the private sector, without a correct prior analysis and that give way to activities that pollute the ecosystem.
Source: Semanario Laguna
