Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Hacer en común | Difundiendo Sustentabilidad

Hacer en común | Difundiendo Sustentabilidad: "Es tan emocionante ser parte de la generación que debe vivir un cambio histórico de esta magnitud que en vez de miedo, hay expectativa.
En el mundo aparecen propuestas como el Transition Movement, eco-barrios, ecoaldeas y otras iniciativas para comenzar gradualmente la independencia al petróleo."

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

True cost of #autosprawl - not deducted from profits - Ecuador

Big Oil's Impact in the Rainforest: "Between the late 1960s and the early 1990s the Oriente suffered serious degradation and deforestation from oil spills and clearing for access roads, exploration, and production activities. Green groups allege that Texaco dumped more than 20 billion gallons of toxic drilling by-products into local waterways and spilled some 17 million gallons of crude. A 1992 spill was so large that it caused the Rio Napo to run black for days and forced downstream Peru and Brazil to declare states of emergency for the affected regions. "