Of the 29 countries in the world that sow genetically modified crops, 10 are to be found in Latin America, the region with almost half the cultivated area. The growing colonisation of local and native foods by the food industry is a significant threat to the Amazon’s indigenous territories. They appropriate their knowledge and products without these communities’ consent.
Ecology
Activists remain defiant to end fossil fuel investing
The world is on track for a rise in temperature of 2.7C by the end of the century, according to new research. This increase would put one-third of the global population in uninhabitable conditions, forcing up to 1 billion people to migrate to cooler regions. NADJA* But even […]
Building an environmentally sustainable society
Today we are on the cusp of total environmental disaster on our planet. Life in all its forms is deteriorating, and nothing is happening to change this despite a multitude of voices demonstrating for change. John Elvis Vera S.* Neither governments nor other responsible bodies are taking the […]
“Stronger as one”, against the climate crisis
The danger of a climate emergency, for which many are to blame, and which must be acted upon, is clear. And it must be faced head-on. Extinction Rebellion (XR) Camden and Islington will be holding an independent debate on 28 March on how North London groups can work together to […]
The Doomsday Clock and the global crisis
Climate change, the war in Ukraine, the post-Covid era, the exploitation of nature and the rise of inequality portray a grim picture of our world. We are 90 seconds to midnight. Juanjo Andrés Cuervo It was the year 1947 when the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the […]