Why these Yugoslav monuments deserve to be understood in context
Climate change in pictures: photographs from around the world show droughts, floods and melting ice | The Independent
An exhibition of photographs showing the effects of climate change around the world is currently on display at the United Nations climate summit in Morocco. The images show the melting of ice in Antarctica and Iceland, devastating droughts and floods in Pakistan and dwindling water in reservoirs in France. A total of 100 photographs are on display at the conference in Marrakech, where the likes of US Secretary of State John Kerry have viewed them.
How a fight against the ‘black snake’ at Standing Rock formed a global community – LA Times
One snowy afternoon in April, a small group of Native Americans rode on horseback through the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and set up camp on a windy hillside overlooking the Cannonball River. They erected tepees, foraged for firewood and prayed for allies to help their people fight “the black snake.”
Source: How a fight against the ‘black snake’ at Standing Rock formed a global community – LA Times
Life Along a Poisoned River – The New Yorker
Alejandro Kirchuk captured the struggle and the vitality of those who live in the basin of Argentina’s notoriously polluted Riachuelo River.
Photos from the Front Lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance | Sierra Club
Water protectors continue their defense in the face of police repression
Source: Photos from the Front Lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance | Sierra Club
Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Environmental artist J Henry Fair captures the beauty and destruction of industrial sites to illustrate the hidden impacts of the things we buy – the polluted air, destroyed habitats and the invisible carbon heating the planet
Source: Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Remembering the Craigheads, Pioneers of Wildlife Biology – The New Yorker
The twin brothers John and Frank Craighead, along with their wives and families, lived lives entwined with each other and the natural world.
Source: Remembering the Craigheads, Pioneers of Wildlife Biology – The New Yorker
Are They Human? – Eyal Weizman
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Cobalt mining for lithium ion batteries has a high human cost – Washington Post
Workers, including children, labor in harsh and dangerous conditions to meet the world’s soaring demand for cobalt, a mineral essential to powering electric vehicles, laptops, and smartphones, according to an investigation by The Washington Post.
Source: Cobalt mining for lithium ion batteries has a high human cost – Washington Post
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