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Posts Tagged ‘yanomami’
Climate Change, Nature, Oct 27th, 2010,
Last Monday we reported an earthquake of 7,5 on the Richter scale hit south of Sumatra. Yesterday Java’s Merapi volcano erupted, killing 25 people. Then a tsunami hit the western part of Indonesia, killing at least 113 people, many more still reported missing. Although the Indonesian authorities did alert the population on Monday for the dangers of a possible tsunami following the 7,5 magnitude earthquake, they revoked the alarm soon after. The tsunami eventually did reach the western part of Indonesia, with 3-meter high waves breaking on the shores of several islands. 400 homes where washed away in the process….
Tags: earthquake, Indonesia, Java, natural disaster, tsunami, volcano, yanomami
Climate Change, Nature, Jul 30th, 2009,
Back in the 1980s and 90s Sting and other celebrities fought to save the dwindling Amazon rainforest and campaigned for the rights of its indigenous peoples. Who could forget images of the handsome blond rock star standing side by side with proud members of the Kayapo people of northern Brazil? Sure, he got made fun of a lot and even criticized for what some thought was exploitative behavior, but he did draw attention to the plight of aboriginal peoples and the Amazon as a whole. For this Sting deserves some credit. But to quote another 80s icon, Miss Janet Jackson,…
Tags: amazon rainforest, ecology, environment, Sting, yanomami
