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Una historia llena de sentido para niños y adultos – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » 

Barbara Crane Navarro

ilustración de «La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami»

«La Magia de la Amazoniadescribe el viaje de un niño Yanomami a través de la selva amazónica para encontrar una cura para su hermana enferma. Encuentra animales y plantas parlantes que lo ayudan. El cuento está escrito en la línea de ‘El libro de la selva’, un libro aparentemente para niños que es igualmente relevante para los adultos.

El lenguaje es divertido y original, sobre todo cuando los diferentes personajes hablan y traman entre ellos como la Anguila eléctrica o Hierba del Retroceso (lo que hace que quien pise en él se pierda).

Las costumbres y los hechos reales Yanomami se entrelazan con relatos imaginarios inesperados y sorprendentes.

Obtenemos una imagen precisa de una comunidad ancestral; técnicas de caza y pesca, alojamiento, arte y costumbres sociales – una forma de vida hoy amenazada.»

Reseña deM. Howard

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🎄 Holly, Jolly Monday 🎅🏾

Filosofa's Word

Good Monday morn, friends!  Less than two weeks now until Christmas … I’ve done all my shopping online this year, as I’ve not been well enough to go out shopping, and the girls are doing all my wrapping, as well as the holiday baking.  I’m determined to roast a turkey with all the trimmings for us to share with our dear friends the al-Dabbaghs on Christmas, but more and more I think that may be an unreasonable goal to set for myself.  Well, I’ve got two weeks to whip myself into shape, so we’ll see.  But for today, Jolly ‘n Joyful and I have some fun things to help you start this week with a smile, or perhaps even a chuckle or a giggle!  So, grab a snack and a cuppa something warm to drink and let’s find some fun, shall we?



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Covid and the Economy — CRAIN’S COMMENTS

Josh Hausman, writing in The Atlantic magazine, has provided data to support an argument that I have long felt to be true: The workforce in the US has shrunk in response to Covid. Separate from the day-to-day toll of ongoing infections, COVID shrank the labor force, which was more than 2 million smaller in November […]

Covid and the Economy — CRAIN’S COMMENTS

2022: The year of eco-consumerism!  — #ActNow for a Sustainable future for humanity & the planet! — ACT NOW! — Barbara Crane Navarro

SAY NO TO ALL PALM OIL PRODUCTS! SAY NO TO THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY GOLD MINING! SAY NO TO ALL PRODUCTS FROM DEFORESTATION! ACT NOW FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE! At the end of each year, as it is well known, the trends of the new year are written and listed. Similar lists have started to […]

2022: The year of eco-consumerism!  — #ActNow for a Sustainable future for humanity & the planet! — ACT NOW! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Cruelty should never become fashionable! Interfaith Coalition Urges Louis Vuitton To Shed Fur Items! — AMRAH — Barbara Crane Navarro

A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is urging luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its clothing and other products. In a joint statement, Orthodox Christian priest Stephen Karcher, Hindu activist Rajan Zed, Jewish rabbi ElizaBeth Webb Beyer and Buddhist priest Matthew Fisher said selling items trimmed with […] […]

Cruelty should never become fashionable! Interfaith Coalition Urges Louis Vuitton To Shed Fur Items! — AMRAH — Barbara Crane Navarro

Wisconsin Republicans Introduce Bill Authorizing Sandhill Crane Hunt | Sierra Club (Me: Killing is what they do best and like to do… just because…)

In October, state senate Republicans introduced S.B. 620, which would require Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to establish a sandhill crane hunting season. If passed, the bill could spell disaster for the Eastern Population of greater sandhill cranes.

Sandhill cranes are an ancient species with fossil records dating back at least 2.5 million years. In the 18th and 19thcenturies, overhunting and habitat destruction nearly caused the Eastern Population to become extinct. In the 1930s, Wisconsin was down to an estimated 15 breeding pairs; the birds had already disappeared from five other states: Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Ohio, and Indiana. Through concerted conservation efforts, the population has slowly increased over the past 70 years. In 2020, the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that Eastern Population number at nearly 95,000, with nearly half the population in Wisconsin.

Proponents of the hunt claim that there are now too many birds and that the hunt should be part of an overall management strategy. Senator Mary Felzkowski, who sponsored S.B. 620, argues that because the Wisconsin sandhill crane population is no longer endangered, “it’s time now to manage that resource, just as we do with all our other waterfowl and birds.”

Another backer, Bruce Ross, the executive director of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), says his organization would like to see “an ethical and sustainable sandhill crane hunt in Wisconsin” that is “science-based.” But in crafting the bill, Republicans failed to consult expert groups such as the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, or even the DNR. The International Crane Foundation (ICF), the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (WSO), the Madison Audubon Society, and the Green-Rock Audubon Society have come out against the bill.

Source: Wisconsin Republicans Introduce Bill Authorizing Sandhill Crane Hunt | Sierra Club

‘Women are capable of doing this’: the doctor defying local laws to provide safe abortions by sea or mail | Abortion | The Guardian

Dr Rebecca Gomperts made waves providing abortion in international waters around the world. Now she’s prepared to help American women

Source: ‘Women are capable of doing this’: the doctor defying local laws to provide safe abortions by sea or mail | Abortion | The Guardian

Fiel a usted — Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA Derechos reservados conforme a la ley/ Copyright Soy fiel a usted. Me encanta en sus alegrías y en sus enojos, cuando me abraza o me condena al destierro, al reír y al llorar, en sus rumores y en sus silencios, acaso porque me siento con mucho de usted y la percibo […]

Fiel a usted — Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga