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Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | Upon the first light (83) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | Upon the first light (83) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

MUST READ, PLEASE !!! Here are 13 good reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami !!! — by “Palm Oil Detectives” — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 20 reasons why you should#BoycottGold4Yanomami Here are 13 reasons why you should — Palm OilDetectives MUST READ, PLEASE !!! Here are 13 reasons why you should !!! — by “Palm Oil Detectives” — Barbara Crane[…]

MUST READ, PLEASE !!! Here are good reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami !!! — by “Palm Oil Detectives” — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

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Drugs, Gold, and the Amazon Rainforest — Earth’s Narrative — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

Written by Farhanah Ali

Gold can be found in jewelry, TVs, cars, our smartphones, smoke detectors, it is no wonder that the United States is heavily dependent on South American gold. Although the use of gold in the United States is undeniable, where does that gold even come from? How does it affect the people […] […]

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For primates, having a mother helps them learn social skills! — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro

Carla Litchfield, University of South Australia Wild bonobos, like all Great Apes, spend long childhoods with their mothers, learning the skills they need to function as socially and emotionally stable members of their community. But orphaned bonobos at sanctuaries don’t have that kind of upbringing. Can they still learn the skills they need to get[…]

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Spirituality and Mutual Aid

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This continues my preparation for a discussion about Mutual Aid at my Quaker meeting this weekend. A couple of days ago I wrote about using queries (questions) to invite people to participate in the discussion. And began to come up with some queries.

It occurred to me that some of the queries we already have are relevant to the discussion about Mutual Aid. I’ve listed some of those in this table.

Advices and Queries of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
OutreachIn what ways do we cooperate with persons and groups with whom we share concerns? How do we reach out to those with whom we disagree?
Civic responsibilityIn what ways do we assume responsibility for the government of our community, state, nation and world?
Environmental responsibilityWhat are we doing about our disproportionate use of the world’s resources?
Social and economic justiceHow are we beneficiaries of inequity and…

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New patent-free COVID vaccine developed as “gift to the world”

A new COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, is being offered patent-free to vaccine manufacturers across the world. Human trials have shown the vaccine to be safe and effective, with India already authorizing its use as…

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Project Do Better Working Wednesdays, Chapter 7, section III: C

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

This post is  the rough draft of  Chapter 7, section III, part C, a map for the later years of Phase I, 3/4, for my non-fiction WiP, Baby Floors.   This section will complete the mapping out of a path to get there for Phase I, with our Public Domain Social Infrastructure.  I leave this rough draft for comparison, for the curious, with the current version of the 3rd draft.

Putting a floor on poverty so that each and every baby born can have a safe childhood.

Outlines for chapter 7 are already at the bottom of section II’s posts.

Once again, by way of disclaimer, the overall goal is now to explain why we need both equ. + justice, & why in 4 phases.  This chapter is part of showing what Phases I-IV could look like as potential roadmap for a fully inclusive society for all of us.  This…

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Cockpit Country: Government decides to permit a reduced mining area, but concerns remain

The only future mining offers in Jamaica is poisoning the land, water, animals and people.

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The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) announced yesterday (January 3, 2022) that a reduced area will be offered to the Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II for mining close to the Cockpit Country under the highly controversial Special Mining Licence (SML) 173. Here’sthe full text of NEPA CEO Peter Knight’s statement. This will exclude the Madras area, and the school perched on the edge of a mining area that had caused particular concern, according to NEPA, who say this will limit “dusting– why don’t they just call it air pollution? The area will be “at least 1.6 kilometers away” from mining operations, said NEPA’s Senior Manager of the Environmental Management Sub-division, Richard Nelson, on radio.

Executive Director of the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency, Hugh Dixon, who has been campaigning for years against bauxite mining, expressed disappointment. He claims that the permit for Noranda will result in…

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