Spring is coming. Already see the first trees, called spring roses in full bloom. Guayacanes Also with its beautiful yellow flower. Until a blue flowering jacaranda and purple, how wonderful!
is a good omen after both cold and we have long blooming trees. Hopefully now the other jacarandas, tulips, golden rain, the tabachines, and all the trees that bloom every year in our State of Morelos.
'll lift your heart to see you and makes you feel good to know that spring is approaching again. It gives you renewed hope and energy as the sun warms your bones and gives you a good dose of vitamin D.
After the first long weekend in celebration of February 5, we are all with the view and thought put into the spring. We long for the Easter holidays this year fall afternoon mid-April. But while the February marks the time when trees begin to sprout and although we are in the dry season we will plant trees and renewed with fresh colors, reminding us that life is cyclical and wonderful.
is not my imagination: the birds sing differently, the geese and ducks have made the most fuss, the fish in the pond are starting to behave more alive, energetic, full of life. What is spring? Why so begin to behave different?
Spring is one of the four seasons, marking the transition between winter and summer. And while some importance, in Mexico is not as shocking as truly country cold. After the intense cold of extreme climates, see the first shoots of plants and trees is reason to hope. Here in Mexico we do not suffer so cold, but this year, to contradict what I just said, in the north of the country people came to have to withstand very low temperatures, which caused much suffering. The cold wave that caused the massive snowfall in much of the United States also came to hit in Mexico. Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua in particular suffered this time. My friends in Chicago could not even leave his house had dropped so much snow that they had to wade step with the help of shovels and a lot of muscle power.
is no coincidence that when we are thinking in the spring we met with Valentine's Day. February 14 is the most romantic day of the year and for many the opportunity and time to demonstrate their affection and love for your partner or loved ones. In Mexico, touted as the day of love and friendship which I think is excellent, so everyone can participate. It is the day we think of giving roses red, extravagant jewelry, balloons and chocolates with suggestive messages, and certainly yesterday there was a great sale of these tokens of love and friendship.
It seems interesting to consider the effect of Valentine's Day around the world and the environmental impact that the market has caused, for example:
· 55 million were sold globally rose on 14 February.
· 35.000 kg. carbon emissions are generated to grow roses in the Netherlands only 12.000 (I invite you to do the calculation for the 55 million roses in total!).
· Each of the gold mines in the world produces at least 150,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year.
is easy to see how our material behavior based on unlimited consumption, has a disproportionate impact on the environment. Why do not we just see the trees and plants to celebrate spring Valentine's Day? They are the first signs of spring, which are a gift that does not involve extra expense or additional damage to the environment. It is they who confirm that life moves on default, that our planet Earth is spinning and our world is still full of new life. Although we and our destructive actions, the world is still wonderful and amazing and it really is a great gift. Do not forget.
note published in the Union of Morelos on February 15, 2011
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