Wednesday, December 20, 2006

A message from Portugal


Hello Hofstadgeographers! From Lisbon a Merry Christmas and a happy new year to staff and students of Hofstad Lyceum! I truly hope that in 2007 the decision makers and all the people in the world will take care for the environment. We in Portugal are starting to suffer from the effects of the global warming. For instance, some weeks ago we had a terrible situation all over the country. Many floods and extremely high temperatures for that time of the year. People lost their houses and some died. At the moment temperatures are very low and it's abnormally cold. In the summer we had those horrible fires, which destroyed many of our lovely forests. Therefore, I think it is a good idea to pay attention to the pollution like you do on your fantastic blogsite. I wish you good luck with your geography lessons on environmental problems. Manuela Costa, teacher of the Camilo Castelo Branco High School, Portugal

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