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Part 1: My footprint is 4.22 tonnes per year. The average footprint for people in Chile is 4.69 tonnes Part 2:  Hand washing dishes can use up to 50% more of water than using an efficient dishwasher. Only about 10% of global energy comes from renewables. True or false? Appliances that are turned off don’t use any electricity. Is false. Can you make paper out of hemp? Yes, we can make paper with hemp. Part 3: 3 tips to be more sustainable -Replace plastic bags with reusable cloth bags. -Don´t buy products with unnecessary disposable packaging. - Using cloth napkins instead of paper napkins.

Zaha Hadid

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In today's post we are going to talk about one of the architects I have always admired and who inspired me to study this career, her name is Zaha Hadid. Born on October 31, 1950, in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. She was the daughter of an important politician of the area. In 1962 she began to study mathematics at the University of Rebutir and when she finished, she moved to London to start studying architecture at the Architectural Association. In 1979 she founded her own studio and at the same time was a professor at the university where she studied. At the end of the 80's her architectural style had already been defined. She became part of deconstructivism. By the year 2000 her work was already very famous and in 2004 she was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. She died March 31, 2016 in Miami. One of his most famous works is the Heydar Aliyev cultural centre, located in Azerbaijan. This building has a museum, congress halls, exhibition halls and different space