Programa General en pdf Clausura - Sociedad Química de México
Programa General en pdf Clausura - Sociedad Química de México
Programa General en pdf Clausura - Sociedad Química de México
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Bol. Soc. Quím. Méx. 2011, 5 (Número Especial) 21<br />
PPROJECT<br />
ILASER:<br />
CELE EBRATING TTHE<br />
INTERNAATIONAL<br />
YEEAR<br />
OF CHEEMISTRY<br />
20111<br />
ALONG THE<br />
U.S.-<br />
MMEXICO<br />
INTTERNATIONA<br />
AL BORDERR<br />
DDavid<br />
R. Browwn,<br />
Professor of f Chemistry<br />
SSouthwestern<br />
CCollege,<br />
Chula Vista, Californnia,<br />
USA<br />
PProject<br />
iLASERR<br />
(investigations<br />
with Light AAnd<br />
Sustainable<br />
Energy Resoources)<br />
is an <strong>en</strong>n<strong>de</strong>avor<br />
to celeebrate<br />
the Interrnational<br />
YYear<br />
of Chemisstry<br />
2011 (IYC C) by <strong>en</strong>gaging childr<strong>en</strong> livingg<br />
along the U.SS.-Mexico<br />
bord<strong>de</strong>r<br />
in hands-onn<br />
learning activvities<br />
with a<br />
ffocus<br />
on sustainnable<br />
<strong>en</strong>ergy. Through the PProject<br />
iLASERR<br />
curriculum, eelem<strong>en</strong>tary<br />
andd<br />
middle schoool<br />
stud<strong>en</strong>ts expllore<br />
first-<br />
hhand<br />
both the uutility<br />
and the limitations<br />
of ccommercially<br />
aavailable<br />
solar <strong>en</strong>ergy technollogy<br />
found in ssilicon-based<br />
pphotovoltaic<br />
ccells<br />
and PEM hydrog<strong>en</strong> fuel cells.<br />
A collaboratingg<br />
partner with Project P iLASER<br />
is the Powerring<br />
the Planet C<strong>en</strong>ter for Cheemical<br />
Innovattion<br />
(CCI Solaar)<br />
at the<br />
CCalifornia<br />
Instiitute<br />
of Techno ology (Caltech) ), through whicch<br />
research effforts<br />
are un<strong>de</strong>rwway<br />
to discoveer<br />
materials andd<br />
processes<br />
too<br />
make it possible<br />
to power the t planet withh<br />
sunlight in an economical mmanner.<br />
The research<br />
activitiees<br />
of CCI Solaar<br />
are shared<br />
wwith<br />
the stud<strong>en</strong>nts<br />
and their fam milies to inspirre<br />
the stud<strong>en</strong>ts to pursue studiies<br />
in sci<strong>en</strong>ce aand<br />
<strong>en</strong>gineerinng,<br />
pot<strong>en</strong>tially ccontributing<br />
too<br />
future <strong>en</strong><strong>de</strong>avvors<br />
to harness s the power of the sun to powwer<br />
the planet.<br />
LLOS<br />
RETOS DDE<br />
MÉXICO O<br />
SSergio<br />
Cervanntes<br />
Rodiles, Presid<strong>en</strong>te<br />
Naciional<br />
<strong>de</strong> CANAACINTRA<br />
LLas<br />
estrategias económicas lle evadas a cabo durante las últiimas<br />
décadas nnos<br />
han alejadoo<br />
<strong>de</strong>l crecimi<strong>en</strong>nto<br />
y <strong>de</strong> la equiidad.<br />
HHan<br />
provocadoo<br />
un pobre <strong>de</strong> esempeño <strong>de</strong> la economía <strong>de</strong>l país y <strong>de</strong>e<br />
su industria manufactureraa,<br />
con rupturaa<br />
<strong>de</strong> cad<strong>en</strong>as<br />
pproductivas<br />
y ppérdida<br />
<strong>de</strong> eslab bones productiivos<br />
completoss.<br />
LLos<br />
retos y opoortunida<strong>de</strong>s<br />
qu ue ti<strong>en</strong>e <strong>México</strong>,<br />
ti<strong>en</strong>e que innvolucrarnos<br />
a todos para participar,<br />
trabajar<br />
y llevar a cabo<br />
acciones<br />
qque<br />
nos permittan<br />
plantear so oluciones que nnos<br />
llev<strong>en</strong> a coons<strong>en</strong>sos,<br />
a finn<br />
<strong>de</strong> alcanzar los<br />
objetivos d<strong>de</strong><br />
crecimi<strong>en</strong>to y <strong>de</strong>sarrollo,<br />
qque<br />
hoy tanto nnecesitamos.<br />
AAsí<br />
como, dismminuir<br />
las brec chas <strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong>siguaaldad<br />
exist<strong>en</strong>tees,<br />
contar con una economíaa<br />
mo<strong>de</strong>rna, unaa<br />
sociedad más<br />
justa y una<br />
d<strong>de</strong>mocracia<br />
pollítica,<br />
que suma adas nos llev<strong>en</strong>n<br />
al <strong>de</strong>sarrollo y fortalecimi<strong>en</strong>nto<br />
<strong>de</strong> <strong>México</strong>,<br />
y <strong>de</strong> su soberranía.<br />
CConsi<strong>de</strong>rando<br />
qque<br />
el crecimi i<strong>en</strong>to económicco<br />
no constituuye<br />
un fin <strong>en</strong> sí mismo, sinoo<br />
un medio paara<br />
el mejorammi<strong>en</strong>to<br />
<strong>de</strong> las<br />
ccondiciones<br />
<strong>de</strong> vida <strong>de</strong> la pob blación.<br />
EEl<br />
combate a laa<br />
pobreza es el l <strong>de</strong>safío más ggran<strong>de</strong><br />
<strong>de</strong> Mééxico.<br />
" "El gran reto quue<br />
t<strong>en</strong>emos es combatir la poobreza<br />
y la miseeria<br />
<strong>de</strong> nuestroo<br />
país”.