Commence: Health in Oaxaca class
On Monday Jean Harvey arrived ready to teach us about ongoing diet trends, both global and Mexican. We have been discussing topics such as the health care bill in the USA, health care in Mexico, and the relationship between American agriculture policies and Mexican health. We were given a breif Nutrition 101 class, where we reviewed essential components of a healthy person's diet such as: carbohydrates, protien, calcium, iron and daily caloric intake. We have been reading about obesity trends, both urban and rural-in addition to Western medicine and homeopathy.
At the start of the week some girls went to watch everyone's favorite pastime- baseball! Although "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" wasn't sung, it was a lively game between Oaxaca and Campeche with Los Guerreros de Oaxaca winning the game.
This weekend, a group of girls ventured to Puerto Escondido, while others took advantage of the last weekend in the city. In the llano (a small and beautiful park) a human health and environment fair was held; dozens of NGOs, cooperatives, Universities, small businesses and working groups came together to educate the public. It was wonderful to see so many people involved in amazing projects such as pedal power (generating electricity by bike pedaling) environmental art, sustainable agriculture models and projects, in addition to human rights and environmental advocates. Overall it has been a fufilling week and a great start to a new class, which has made the end of this program seem further than it actually is.
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