Definitively, we have percieved a dramatic change in the last 10 years, since global warming has revealed fauna and flora loss. Ten years ago, this was almowt invisible, even imposible to hear about, leave behind paying attention to the consequences. But, of course, climate change started many years before the 90's. Is just that, as young as we are, we have started to listen about it only recently.

Proof of climate change manifstations in our country can be numbered, even by some uniterested people:

a) Our snow mountains, like Pastoruri in Huaraz, have been affected, and you can see it. Almost every peruvian knows Pastoruri, and is visible that the ice has diminished. Today, there are even some parts where you see nothing but land.

b) Our sky. Some years ago our sky was cleaner. Ok, let's face it, Lima is not aknowledged as one of the most beautiful-sky-owning city. In fact, our sky tends mostly to be gary (because we have cloudy wheather). But now, it's nos only cloudier, but dirtier. You can sense it while you breath

Do you mind if we post our answers in spanish? Just to show you how the headlines are. Of course, we'll comment them

- Noticias nacionales:

Tala de más de 150 árboles en Chorrillos, sin consulta a los vecinos, por parte del Municipio de Lima. peru21.pe/noticia/323061/talan-arboles-medio-protestas-vecinos-chorrillos

Lima es una de las ciudades más contaminadas peru21.pe/noticia/325423/lima-mas-contaminadas-region

Lucha contra la tala ilegal en Tumbes www.peru.com/noticias/portada20090811/49280/Tumbes-combatira-tala-ilegal-con-comites-de-control-y-vigilancia-de-bosques-secos

Energias renovables en el Perú www.puntodeequilibrio.com.pe/punto_equilibrio/01i.php

Cambio climático y beneficios al Imperio Incaico www.latercera.com/contenido/739_169219_9.shtml a)

There's a diverse group of problems and solutions. For instance, we can see a group of news about environmental problems in Perú. One of the most shocking right now is the logging of several trees in one district in Lima, without the consent of the neighbours. These trees were very old and part of the community history, but now they have been taken out so the city council expands a nearby highway.

b) On the side of solutions, we can read osme efforts from different entities to insert renewable technologies in our country, for instance, eolic tech. In places such as the sea or dessertic areas, wind are stronger than ever and with this you can both suplement villages/ communities as well as factories or power companies.

c) the priority variates according to the media used. For instance, there are some specialized environmental journals where you can read all of this, but in broad every-day media environment is not the first issue to deal with.

d) LIMA IS ONE OF THE MOST POLLUTED CITIES IN THE REGION

e) Climate change: die now or live trying it out.

Sometimes indifference is the strongest feeling you can precieve from everyday people.It's terrible to see that not everybody is commited with environmental protection, and that makes us sometimes feel angry and disappointed. For example, in our school we try to carry out many programs related to environmental protection, such as ideas paper recyling. As we are in third year, we are going to end school in 2 more years, so, to araise money for our prom trip we collect all paper from school and sell it to some paper collectors that use it to prepare boxes. The amount we get paid is minimum, but in 2 years we'll see the results of our efforts.

But when we try to replicate this experience with our community, it is so difficult because neighbours might not be interested just because the are lazy enough not to classify their garbage. Still, we don't give up on our ideas and maintain our hopes up.

Some parts of the things we'd like to say have been nicely displayed by some artist. For example, th esong which was the main theme of NatGeo latinamerica or Jakc Johnson's 3 R song. Still, we think is neccesary to speak up our minds, as to the young people voice.

We could do public performances with our message. Nothing childish (because wewant to aproach young people) but some interactive street performance, open to everybody participation.

The main message would be: There's nothing that cannot be prevented nor repair. Climate change can be fought against with scientific ideas, commitment and our participation. This is not a common everyday phenomena, nor a sign of cataclism of religious belief, but a reuslt of terrible and selfish human practices in order to gain more power, despicting living creatures and environment. As this is a problem created by humans, humans can solve it.

a) The annual average temperature of coast lands in Peru is beteewn 18º and 22º,5. We had some trouble trying to find out the most extreme temperatures during the last 5-10 years, but for the current one our lowest temperature for our city (Lima)has been 16.3º. According to some news, our temperature for winter should be ocilating around 14º - 16º, but somre specialist explain that due to Pacific Ocean warming phenomena (which sustains that our temperature is abnormally +2º than usual), our minimum temperature for this year would be 17º or 18º.

Because of the abscence of winds, usually common in this time of year, this proccess does not allow cold water deep in the sea come up to the surface.

b) Of course. It is changing strangely because we have some bright days but very cold nights. Some other times, our winters were just cold, and it was ok, but now this change of temperature makes us more vulnerable to disseases because our bodies will have to adjust faster to the new temperatures. Also, in summer, we had very hot days and nights. This might sound funny, but it is not only us the ones that are affected: animals, for instance, are too. Thinking of a closer example, our pets, specially dogs, need to be refreshed up more often (like more hair cuts, more baths, more water to drink). Big hairy dogs, like samoyedos, siberian huskies and so have lots of difficults to go along the summer, keep aside street dogs (that don't have anyone to take care of).

Good question for some excersise. Let's see:

a) Waking up in the morning. First of all brush my teeth, have a 5 min. bath. Thanks god I don't have long hair, so I don't need a hair dryer. Mom puts the keetle on, to boil water, takes milk out of the refrigerator. Have breakfast. Clean up the dishes. Go to take the bus.

b) At school, we have the light bulbs on. Sometimes our teacher turns on the computer and ecran to show us some videos, images, slides, etc. Sometimes we go to the bathroom. Then the bell rings and we have our first break.There we sometimes buy sandwichs, that are heated up in a microwave oven.

c) Out of school, we sometimes go to the arcade to play games, or to some friends house, to watch videos or so.

d) Back at our house, we have lunch (might need to heat our meal in the microwave), do homework. Turn on the computer, for the homework/ to chat/ to do some researxh/... It might be on for a couple of oures, minimum. Listen to music.

e) At night, watch tv. Have supper. Go to sleep.

You can see that our lives are sourronded and lived through energy. We could not do many things without it, but sometimes we can reduce its use. For example, turning the computer off when you don't need it (or the laptop in hibernation), taking short showers, and swtiching off thw bulbs when not neccesary.

Hugue carbon print without even thinking about it, and keeping our needs to the minimum...

a) We have to dress up like for summer/ winter. Because we have shining mornings and dark cold nights. So we go out in the mornings with sweatshirts, t-shirts, ligth sweaters...and have to carry heavy jackets to use later on. It's a bit messy when you have to carruy also your backpack and maybe other stuff.

b) At nights, we cover up with an extra blanket, and have thicker pijamas. For you it might not be strange, but for us, that have not been accostumed to this practices because we had "warmer winters" it's very difficult. And the risk of catching a disease gets bigger because we are exposed to AH1N1 flu. Our school was in quarantine for one week, later on, the Ministry of Education in Peru cancelled all classe in the country for 3 weeks, to stop expansion of the virus.The thing is, the colder the climate gets, the more vulnerable we are to the flu (because it starts like a normal-every-day-ordinary flu!).

c) As mentioned before, pets are vulnerable to climate change. In summer, their hair keeps them like in a live sauna (and they are with their tongues out all the time), and street dogs in winter can't usually find shelter to hide from the cold nights.

d) Thinking of a positive thing, some actions are being taken into policies (private or public). There are more environmental and climate protective projects. International cooperation helps our government to improve living conditions of biodiversity and human life.

In terms of organizations, there are many efforts. Sometimes they don't have the name laki "do this to stop cimate change" but you can realize that eventually one goal would be it. For example, many NGO promote the use of cloth bags instead of plastic bags (like the ones you usually get form the market). The slogan is "Pon-tela" (in spanish it kaes sense:it both means "wear/use it" and "wear/use cloth". Eventually, some markets have begun to change common plastic bags for biodegradable plastic bags. This way we won't acumulate much plastic and our carbon print should be reduced.

Other efforts are from the government. For the first time in history, a tv spot about saving water has directly quoted the fact the we will be lacking it if because of glaciar melting phenomena, and that we must save it and do everything in our might to stop the terrible heating up. Also, there seems to be a growing amount of NOG/ enterprises/ companies/ etc. that are directing their efforts to perform good environmental practices, at their own places but also providing assesment (it´s something like a "new business").

As for all citizens, it's a bit difficult to know. You see, there'll always be people who throw their dirt out, but it doesn't mena they don't care at all for the environment. Sometimes they are just lacking information, some others it's because they don't have the mediums to achieve it (for example, a cloth bag could cost way loads more than a plastic one, though the saving will be seen in the long term, poor people have inmediate needs and is difficult to convince them about eco-efficient ways to protect our environment). Perhaps one of the most important things people are doing is saving energy unnnecesary. Now is more common to see people turning off the lights when they don't need it, or unppluging artefacts that will not be used at the moment.