Bike Riding in Mexico City

         Many people in Mexico City have started to ride bicycles for their only transportation. The mayor of Mexico City introduced a plan to advertise biking and its benefits it can have on the people and also the environment. This plan reduces the amount of cars driving in Mexico City and helps keep the pollution levels down. It seems that the richer own cars in Mexico, but now more and more people are biking, now.

            I think that this is great. Mexico City is taking responsibility of reducing pollution in Mexico. It seems that if the idea was advertised more around Mexico people would start to listen about saving the environment. Mexico City now has bike lanes and organizes Sunday rides, to promote the new trend. Mexico City is setting a good example to other cities in Mexico. To reduce pollution in Mexico I think that other cities should incorporate something like this in their transportation system.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-24/biking-surges-mexico-city/50897802/1

Salí Basin

The organization Wild 9 is trying to help save the Salí Basin in Argentina. This basin is an essential source of water to five important ecoregions, including one of the most diverse forests in Argentina. Pollution by industries and cities in this watershed has risen at an alarming rate. Most of the pollution in this basin comes from industrial runoff. Wild 9 considers it necessary to conserve these watersheds with water quality that can maintain water diversity while still providing for humans.

I think that Wild 9 is doing a great job in trying to clean out the Salí Basin. They are proposing ideas to the Argentinean government that will help clean and preserve the watersheds around the area. They are trying to save the aquatic wildlife in and around this basin. They are asking industries to reduce the chemical impact there company is having on the river. I hope that the big industries decide to pay attention to Wild 9 otherwise the Salí Basin will not be able to support any wildlife. They have also requested that schools be required to teach about the importance of water quality of rivers in the Salí Basin. It is important to inform people of the danger they could be putting on the environment.

http://www.wild.org/blog/resolution-20-reduction-of-water-pollution-for-the-recovery-of-the-sali-basin-tucuman-argentina/