"The world, my home that I protect" was the title given to his lecture to the architecture students by Civil Engineer Joel Rayas, zootechnician and soon to be master in land roads.
In this conference we talked about how the construction industry has severely affected the natural ecosystems in which we live and how we must find solutions, materials, projects to recover spaces for the species and above all to change the consciousness of society to take care of our world.
He showed the differences in construction in our country and in first world countries, expressing that our highways, for example, could improve and pollute less if they were well built and with a different structure, since in our country there is no respect for the flora and fauna and the rate of rescue of trees felled in these projects is very small because they are only obliged to rescue 15 to 20 trees for every 100 that are felled.
He spoke to our architects about the importance of caring for wild animals such as opossums, foxes, raccoons, squirrels, hares, among others, and the way in which they will be affected by constructions, because once man creates infrastructure in the middle of their habitat, these species are destined to mistreatment, segregation and even extinction.
On the other hand, he gave the students some examples in countries such as Germany and the Netherlands, where infrastructure, roads, etc., include bridges and wildlife crossing areas for both terrestrial and aquatic animals.
He demonstrated how other materials can be used in the industry as an expansive clay that is an ecological building material, showing how contact with water closes its cracks, which also makes it a very effective material.
He concluded that to generate a change in the planet we can start with small actions such as not littering, not feeding animals and not domesticating wild animals.