Destruction of Earth Links

I’m kind of tired to see all the talks about sustainability not only from EU and Germany, but whenever I see an interview with a Chinese government officials or media, they endlessly talk about green energy, sustainability and other popular topics. Yet, words and actions are vastly different and must be brought to awarness. I want future generations to live in a free and beautiful world.

• https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/natural-resource-governance/myanmars-poisoned-mountains/ mining of rare Earth metals used in electronics in Myanmar (Burma) operated by Chinese. Mostly poisoning of water and vast destruction of mountains.

• https://ejfoundation.org/reports/tide-of-injustice-exploitation-and-illegal-fishing-on-chinese-vessels-in-the-southwest-indian-ocean - this is like third time in five years I read about Chinese fishing boats destroying various places on Earth and now also Galapagos. I’d like to see beautiful oceans some day. They just don’t understand word sustainable. They are also enslaving people

• Agrobusiness depletes soil water in Portugal’s Alentejo - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/10/11/agribusiness-depletes-soil-water-resource-in-portugals-alentejo. British coporation intensively grows strawberries in subtropical climate, where should grow olive trees, and pollutes soil, takes majority of water in region and doesn’t want to pay much to workers. Sends letters to other farmers, that they won’t get water from dam and they should find another source of water. Destroys local nature, but politicians just talk about foreign investments.

“This region was rich in bread,” she says wistfully. “We would produce olive oil, cereals and cork. We didn’t need to buy things from abroad. We grew our own food and neighbours helped each other.”

… ”There is less water because it rains less. With deforestation the soils are impoverished and there is less water retention. But the consumption of water is increasing because intensive farming continues to grow,” says Coutinho, who lives right next to the Santa Clara dam and has seen some of his neighbours run out of water.

Yeah, these foreign investments - the price is paid by all people and future generations.

• Some Georgians are trying to be food independed from Russia - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/5/georgias-rebel-farmers-aim-to-upend-dependence-on-russian-import. They grow old varieties which don’t need so many chemicals, but they go against prices and inertia of soviet type of growing food.

More links as I find them, because I deleted lots of stuff to keep my sanity.