Memorie critiche – Nonne ninja e altre supereroine

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Memorie critiche – Nonne ninja e altre supereroine

Thousands of Palestinians attempt to return home to northern Gaza, but face Israeli fire – Egypt Independent

CNN  — 

Thousands of Palestinians, including men, women, children and elderly, attempted to return to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday when they came under Israeli fire.

Source: Thousands of Palestinians attempt to return home to northern Gaza, but face Israeli fire – Egypt Independent

What’s in it for Me? | From Behind the Pen

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The leech that does not let go even when it is filled, dies on the dry land. ~African Proverb 

The give and take, and take, and take 

uncaring about your feelings

I scratch your back, you scratch mine harder

crafty under-the-table dealings.

©Kym Gordon Moore

There will always be people, as alarming as it is, who are interested in more power than justice, in overstuffed bellies than hunger, and in their wealth more than the suffering of those who are poverty-stricken. Such people will find ways to manipulate your money if you don’t watch out.

Nowadays, we find fewer people who give without a reason than those who give if only they get something in return. It seems like everyone is out for themselves…”I got mine and I got yours.” Those with an empathetic heart and a good conscience wonder how people can be so uncaring, selfish, and greedy. We ask how can they go to sleep at night or live with themselves. It appears that sadly such individuals have desensitized themselves and what we think matters to human decency doesn’t to them.

In his book, “Where Do We Go From Here (Chaos or Community),” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr mentions that the powerful never lose opportunities because opportunities remain available to them. The powerless, on the other hand, never experience opportunity because it is always arriving at a later time.

The disparity between the rich and the poor seems to produce a greater divide than we think. It has been this way for centuries and the method to bridging this gap only gets bigger, more sophisticated, more cunning, and more widespread. While this does not vilify all of those who are wealthy, it’s the means of more take and no give which cries out foul play that so many who can do something simply choose to ignore. Don’t sell your soul for the love of money because the consequences are costlier than the money itself.

He who rides the horse of greed will arrive at the destination of shame. ~African Proverb

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Source: What’s in it for Me? | From Behind the Pen

Leitura – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Toda leitura, de alguma forma instiga. E, quando isso acontece, ela provoca uma especie de revolução dentro de nós. Sim, a leitura faz com olhemos para a mundo com uma nova perspectiva, que pode ser algo bom ( menos ilusório) ou aquilo que momentaneamente, “ganha a alma” vou assim dizer, porque nos torna sobreviventes de algo ou alguma coisa.

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Illegal mining in the Pan Amazon: an ecological disaster for floodplains and local communities – Stigmatis News

  • Floodplains are extraordinarily productive because they are the connection between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are socially and economically vital because tens of thousands of families depend on their natural resources for their livelihoods.
  • However, placer mining – as Killeen explains in this section – generates catastrophic impacts when miners remove and turn over topsoil as they search for gold sediments. The most optimistic estimate is that 350,000 hectares of forest and wetlands have been lost in the Pan Amazon region as a result.
  • Although visible on the banks of rivers and their headwaters, the damage caused by mercury is invisible when it comes to the health of miners, their families and communities. In reviewing 33 studies conducted in the Tapajós watershed, Killeen found that high levels of mercury were widespread.
  • Remediation can be very costly economically and politically, as governments need to take measures against illegal mining and protect affected communities.

Floodplains are extraordinarily productive because they are the interface between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are remarkably diverse because they integrate a mosaic of lakes, marshes, palm swamps and inundated forests, which create the complex food webs that support fish populations. Floodplain habitats are socially and economically vital because tens of thousands of families depend upon their natural resources for their livelihoods. The impacts from placer mining are catastrophic to floodplains because miners overturn the top layer of soils to expose the gold-bearing placer sediments, leaving behind a desolate moonscape.

Source: Illegal mining in the Pan Amazon: an ecological disaster for floodplains and local communities – Stigmatis News