Tag: water

Poems

Ann Fisher- Wirth Translations by the 4W International Women Collective Translation Circle Photographs by Wilfried Raussert Note of the Author  Sometimes the world seems turned upside down. So many beings, both human and other than human, long for freedom yet live in various kinds of cages. So many long for tenderness yet are pierced with …

The Andean Salt Flats, the Climate Crisis, and the Banality of Mining Evil

Barbara Galindo The salt flats are increasingly being exploited as a source of minerals for so-called “green technologies” that are proposed as solutions to the climate crisis. These technologies include photovoltaic solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicle batteries, as well as those essential for global communication, transportation, medicine, and militarism (Klinger, 2017, p. 4). …

Ecological Crisis and Resilience in Metztitlán, México

Lily Zander The negative synergies of emerging environmental crises and the effects of climate change after nearly a century of prioritizing neoliberal, free-market systems have been discussed and studied at length. Disproportionate Global North carbon emissions are provoking extreme heat waves, shorter rainy seasons, and intense tropical storms throughout the country of Mexico. The combined …