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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Gold rush in Ecuador’s Amazon region threatens 1,500 communities

  • In the Ecuadoran Amazon, a boom in legal and illegal gold mining has sparked Indigenous land rights conflicts and water contamination in the Anzu and Jatunyacu rivers.
  • Recently analyzed water samples from the region reveal high concentrations of toxic metals, such as lead and aluminum, that are up to 500% higher than permissible limits.
  • In some of the sites studied, aquatic insects had disappeared, indicating high levels of pollution and serious health impacts to communities relying on the rivers for water and fish.
  • Recent court hearings have ordered mining companies to offer reparations to affected communities and undertake clear consultation processes.

In Ecuador’s central Napo province, legal and illegal gold mining in rivers is expanding, causing freshwater contamination and conflict among communities living in the Anzu and Jatunyacu river basins, according to recent studies and Indigenous organizations. The findings, signaling a gold rush in the Amazonian province, identify several new mining concessions and their environmental impacts between December 2019 and January 2022.

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French Fridays: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo/The Count of Monte-Cristo

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

       I am writing this review again, after having reviewed it several months ago, but not here:

Wow.

This is one of the very few books I would feel it necessary to own, rather than giving my copy to the library. I listened to the LibriVox edition, read mostly by a lady I believe to be Quebecoise, so her accent took some getting used to (I’m accustomed to the continental French accent), but I found it useful to be able to listen while cleaning, cooking, eating, and powdering my nose. Class differences are dramatic, in this book, as are the many references to slavery, but none of it takes us away from the central theme of the just vengeance of the unjustly wronged.

dumas_by_nadar2c_1855

Dumas was a genius, if I had to judge by this book. What surprised me was learning that he was the son of a Hatian…

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Spring has almost sprung – and the bees need our help! — Filosofa’s Word

Originally posted on Wibble: Just yesterday (as I write this, on 04Mar2022) a ginormous bumblebee buzzed past me, and said, “Spring is coming!” Well, not literally, but the message was clear. It reminded me of the fact that ‘our’ planet’s bee population is in serious decline (which is almost certainly our fault), and that if…

Spring has almost sprung – and the bees need our help! — Filosofa’s Word

Atlantic algae – Atlantske alge

Interesting – I was-am thinking about taking kelp (seaweed) supplements again. thanks for the post.

Myrela

Morska trava iz Atlantskog okeana izuzetno je moćna u oslobađanju tijela od toksičnih teških metala. Jedan od razloga što su određeni teški metali toliko štetni po naša tijela jeste i to što su neouroantagonisti, što znači da ometaju i rasijavaju električne nervne impulse i izazivaju oštećenje samih nerava. U toku tog procesa, neurotransmiteri pregorijevaju kao sijalice – što može da rezultira anksioznošću i depresijom. U okeanu, morska trava zadužena je da apsorbuje toksične teške metale, radijaciju i ostale toksine i da ih učini bezopasnim. Kada crvena alga, bračić, kelp, alarija, ulva, laver, irska mahovina ili smeđa alga naiđu na otrove u morskoj vodi, one ih upijaju, deaktiviraju im destruktivnu frekvenciju i onda ih oslobađaju nazad u okean, gdje nekadašnji zagađivači više ne mogu da naprave dodatnu štetu zato što ih je morska trava sredila.

Kada konzumirate morsku travu, ona donosi tu istu čudotvornu sunđerastu aktivnost da djeluje za vas –…

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Jean Piaget

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” A primeira meta da educação é criar homens que sejam capazes de fazer coisas novas, não simplesmente repetir o que outras gerações já fizeram. Homens que seja criadores, inventores, descobridores. A segunda meta da educação é formar mentes que estejam em condições de criticar, verificar e aceitar tudo que a elas se propõe “

Jean Piaget.

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Marii Freire Pereira

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Imagem: pinterest/ TouchMath

Santarém, Pá 11 da março de 2022

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Lygia Fagundes Telles

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” Enriqueco na solidão: fico inteligente, graciosa e não esta feia ressentida que me olha do fundo no espelho. Ouço duzentas e noventa e nove vezes o mesmo disco, lembro poesias, dou piruetas, sonho, invento, abro todos os portões e quando vejo a alegria está instalada em mim”.

Lygia Fagundes Telles

https://www.pensador.com

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/ João Pedro Amadeu

Santarém, Pá 11 de março de 2022

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