citymaus

02.11.2011
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Protesters force Bolivian president to cancel controversial Amazon highway. Huge win for environmentalists and Amazon protection.

Brazilian funded highway would have sliced through pristine Amazonian jungle (orange on map)

Would have displaced Aymara and Quechua highland Indians

“Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia…bowed to public pressure after a two-month protest march by Amazon Indians.”

Ironically, Evo Morales is an Aymara Indian, and is famously/controversially known as having been elected with landslide support of indigenous groups..

Sources: Al Jazeera, Bolivia Diary, Latin America Bureau

Tags: bolivia protests amazon economic development transportation forests rainforests parks indians infrastructure Environment

07.10.2011
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Tags: water climate change film documentary Environment ecological change environmental justice africa south america america USA coca-cola big water nestle pepsi india china bolivia dams world bank IMF occupy wall st evil greedy corporations common pool resource

Flow: How did a handful of corporations steal our water?

citymaus:

thegreenurbanist:

depressing, informative, democracy & people power. change the world through movements addressing common problems we will all have to deal with in the very near future.

WATER. CLIMATE CHANGE.

FLOW — the film. (2008. imdb.)

on my list.
Thanks for the recc.

Finally got around to watching this.
Thanks again, Renee, for the recommendation.

Now, I recommend this to all of you.

Extremely important documentary that all who drink water should watch.
As important as Food Inc. is to anyone who eats.

Even relevant to the Occupy Wall St. / Occupy ______ protests.

Watch it. Add it to your Netflix queue.