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La Universidad Pedag\u00f3gica Nacional sede Cuernavaca, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os ha sufrido el problema\u00a0de la escasez de agua, un problema que ya afecta a pr\u00e1cticamente toda la capital del estado de\u00a0Morelos; esta situaci\u00f3n se ha agudizado todav\u00eda m\u00e1s, porque el n\u00famero de estudiantes ha\u00a0aumentado como resultado de la apertura de nuevos programas educativos que ofrece la\u00a0Universidad. En este contexto, las estudiantes del quinto semestre de la Licenciatura en\u00a0Intervenci\u00f3n Educativa (LIE), como parte de la materia Desarrollo Sustentable, conjuntamente con\u00a0el profesor Jorge Dom\u00ednguez, decidimos iniciar un \u201creto sustentable\u201d con el objetivo de fomentar\u00a0entre la comunidad universitaria el ahorro del agua.<\/p>\n La Universidad cuenta desde hace muchos a\u00f1os, con un sistema de fuentes, que aunque muy\u00a0atractivas, consum\u00edan mucha agua debido a que cuando \u00e9sta se ensuciaba o adquir\u00eda el color\u00a0verdoso del agua no tratada, deb\u00eda ser sustituida por agua potable nueva. Para reducir el consumo\u00a0del vital l\u00edquido, y despu\u00e9s de un diagn\u00f3stico participativo, decidimos que la mejor manera de\u00a0ahorrar agua y mantener atractivo el entorno de la Universidad, un estanque ser\u00eda la mejor\u00a0manera de combinar las necesidades con las oportunidades.<\/p>\n Gracias a la buena disposici\u00f3n del Director de la Universidad, el Maestro Aroldo Aguirre, pudimos\u00a0disponer del espacio y las facilidades para nuestro estanque. Sin embargo, no ten\u00edamos la\u00a0experiencia t\u00e9cnica para hacer un estanque con peces y plantas, entonces recurrimos a la\u00a0ex-alumna, tambi\u00e9n de LIE, Antonia S\u00e1nchez, quien ya hab\u00eda realizado un estanque en una escuela\u00a0secundaria como parte de un proyecto de intervenci\u00f3n, apoyado t\u00e9cnicamente por la profesora\u00a0Valeria Davila (Upemos) y financiado por el Proyecto Planteles Educativos Sustentables, por supuesto tuvimos que hacer un\u00a0trabajo adicional de investigaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n Lo primero que debimos hacer fueron equipos que se encargaran de las distintas tareas,\u00a0(investigaci\u00f3n, dise\u00f1o, materiales, adquisici\u00f3n de peces, etc). Una de las primeras cosas que\u00a0hicimos fue el filtro, si quer\u00edamos mantener a los peces sanos deb\u00edamos garantizar su bienestar. Ya\u00a0venden filtros para este prop\u00f3sito en tiendas especializadas, pero con lo que cuestan, no\u00a0pod\u00edamos darnos ese lujo, por lo que debimos hacer un filtro nosotras mismas, de manera m\u00e1s\u00a0artesanal, pero igualmente efectivo. Gracias al profesor Jorge que nos don\u00f3 su caja pl\u00e1stica del\u00a0archivo de su oficina tuvimos el material inicial, seguramente no le hac\u00eda mucha falta porque su\u00a0oficina es un desorden de cualquier manera; el resto de materiales tambi\u00e9n eran de uso diario en\u00a0la casa (cepillos de limpieza, esponjas y fibras de lavado, tela de perl\u00f3n y piedra volc\u00e1nica que hay\u00a0en la propia Universidad).<\/p>\n Otro equipo se encarg\u00f3 de buscar qui\u00e9n nos podr\u00eda donar un par de peces que se convertir\u00edan en\u00a0los primeros moradores de nuestro estanque, ahora tenemos un par de carpas Koi, las plantas\u00a0que colocamos son las que ya se hab\u00edan reproducido del estanque de Antonia. Finalmente despu\u00e9s\u00a0de algunos intentos y errores tenemos nuestro estanque funcionando, los peces parecen\u00a0perfectamente adaptados y sobretodo, estamos ahorrando agua, el profesor Jorge lleva una bit\u00e1cora en la que se registra el agua que se consume, lo que nos permitir\u00e1 evaluar el cumplimiento de nuestro objetivo.<\/p>\n Nuestro prop\u00f3sito inicial lo hemos cumplido, ahora esperamos que nuestros compa\u00f1eros y\u00a0profesores nos apoyen, haciendo suyo el deseo de comprometernos no s\u00f3lo con el cuidado del\u00a0agua en la Universidad, sino con lo que implica un compromiso con el desarrollo sustentable.\u00a0Desde luego, las cr\u00edticas no han estado ausentes, pero son las menos, la mayor parte de las\u00a0personas nos han hecho sentir bien con sus palabras de aliento y apoyo, por ejemplo, las se\u00f1oras\u00a0encargadas de la limpieza nos han apoyado de manera extraordinaria, gracias por su colaboraci\u00f3n\u00a0y material que nos han facilitado, pero sobre todo por su entusiasmo. Gracias tambi\u00e9n al proyecto\u00a0de Escuelas Sustentables quienes nos facilitaron el financiamiento para este proyecto.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cuernavaca campus of the Universidad Pedag\u00f3gica Nacional has suffered a problem of water scarcity in the last few years, a problem that practically has affected the whole capital of the state of Morelos. This situation has worsened because of the increase in the number of students as a result of the opening of new educative programs offered by the university. In this context, the students of the fifth semester of the Educative Intervention Degree (LIE), as part of the Sustainable Development course, in conjunction with professor Jorge Dom\u00ednguez, we decided to start a sustainable challenge with the objective of encouraging in the campus community the economy of water.<\/p>\n The University counts with a system of fountains that although attractive, consumed a lot of water since it has to be substituted with new potable water when it gets dirty or takes a green color because of the non treated water. To reduce the consumption of the vital liquid, and after a participant diagnosis, we decided that the best way to save water and maintain the surroundings of the university attractive, a pond would be the best way to combine necessities with opportunities.<\/p>\n Thanks to the good disposition of the University\u2019s Director, Professor Aroldo Aguirre, we were given access to the space and support to work on our pond. However, we did not have the technical experience to make a pond with fish and plants so we recurred to a former student, also from the LIE, Antonia S\u00e1nchez, who made a pond for a High School as part of an intervention project, supported by Valeria Davila (from UPEMOR) and financed by the Sustainable Campuses Initiative. Of course, we had to do additional research.<\/p>\n The first thing that we had to do was to make teams that would take on different tasks (research, design, material, acquisition of fish, etc.). One of the first things we made was the filter, if we wanted to maintain the fish healthy, we needed to guarantee their well being. They now sell filters for that purpose in specialized stores bu because of their cost, we could not give ourselves the luxury of purchasing one, that is why we had to make the filter ourselves, in a more handcrafted way but just as effective. Thanks to professor Jorge, who donated us his plastic archive box from his office, we had the initial material. He probably did not need it because his office is a mess anyway; the rest of the materials also were of daily home use (cleaning brushes, sponges and cleaning fibers, perlon fabrics and volcanic stone that is found in the University itself).<\/p>\n Another team took the responsibility to find someone who could donate to us fish, who would become the first guests in our pond. \u00a0We now have a pair of Koi Carps and the plants that we placed are the ones who had already reproduced in Antonia\u2019s pond. Finally, after a few tries and mistakes, we have our functional pond. \u00a0The fish look perfectly adapted and most importantly, \u00a0we are saving water. Professor Jorge has a logbook where the water that is consumed is registered, which permits us to evaluate the accomplishment of our objective.<\/p>\n We have accomplished our initial purpose. Now we hope that the rest of the educational community and professors support us, making it their own wish, not only to care for the water of the university, but also to make a committment to what sustainable development implies.<\/p>\n The critics have certainly not been absent, but they are the least, the majority of the people have made us feel good with their supporting words. \u00a0For example, the ladies in charge of the cleaning services have supported us in an extraordinary way. We thank them for their \u00a0collaboration and the material that they made available to us but above everything for their enthusiasm.\u00a0 A big thank you to the Sustainable Campuses Initiative, who gave us access to the financing for this project.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/sustainable-campuses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/6.png\")
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