stories from the place i come from told the following, from what i remember:
from the 1800 and onwards, the mapuche were dumbfounded by what the wingka (foreigner/invasor) was able to do, without suffering any consequences.
"they cut and they burn. how is it that the wingka can keep ravaging the mapu (land) and not be punished by the ngen (tutelary spirits)?"
until this day there's no real answer. some say that the ngen direct their anger towards the locals, the indigenous mapuche themselves, for not carrying out their duty and responsibility as true custodians.
We should take some sticks to the fast food industry. The story of the rise of McDonalds and stunning beef consumption numbers world over. Every cheeseburger should come with a dead creature from the Amazon Rainforest. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/cheeseburger-freedom
It's absolutely a good thing that people and companies are sued in case of illegal deforestation. But your quoted text points out that the government is behind this prosecution. Is that, because the government now has lost income of this piece where the forest is cleared?
Another thing that comes to my mind: we often worry about the Amazon rainforest. That is a concern I share. But I've heard someone saying that the Amazon forest is "only" accountable for 8% of all forest on our Planet. Don't let this distract you. On an ever hotter Planet, every percentage forest lost, counts.
Yep. Amazon is just one example. Take a look at globalforestwatch.org and you can zoom in on the problems in each continent/country - so you can focus on the issues where you live.
Not gonna argue with you.
stories from the place i come from told the following, from what i remember:
from the 1800 and onwards, the mapuche were dumbfounded by what the wingka (foreigner/invasor) was able to do, without suffering any consequences.
"they cut and they burn. how is it that the wingka can keep ravaging the mapu (land) and not be punished by the ngen (tutelary spirits)?"
until this day there's no real answer. some say that the ngen direct their anger towards the locals, the indigenous mapuche themselves, for not carrying out their duty and responsibility as true custodians.
We should take some sticks to the fast food industry. The story of the rise of McDonalds and stunning beef consumption numbers world over. Every cheeseburger should come with a dead creature from the Amazon Rainforest. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/cheeseburger-freedom
It's absolutely a good thing that people and companies are sued in case of illegal deforestation. But your quoted text points out that the government is behind this prosecution. Is that, because the government now has lost income of this piece where the forest is cleared?
Another thing that comes to my mind: we often worry about the Amazon rainforest. That is a concern I share. But I've heard someone saying that the Amazon forest is "only" accountable for 8% of all forest on our Planet. Don't let this distract you. On an ever hotter Planet, every percentage forest lost, counts.
Yep. Amazon is just one example. Take a look at globalforestwatch.org and you can zoom in on the problems in each continent/country - so you can focus on the issues where you live.