Did you know that the president of Chile is _not_ male? I'm guessing she's not white either, but what would i know...
I'm a water geek and so I feel pretty strongly about the following. I tell myself that writing letters _must_ make a difference, whether today or later, just so long as one says what one needs to say. So here it is: A gold mine or glacier-fed agriculture. Or maybe we're already crazy and were never born to begin with ( and thus are already dead?) ....
Bottom line - what is worth living for, and what are we willing to do to keep living?
For more info, go here
To send a form letter, or your own letter, go here
#---Mine goes like so-----------------
Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet
President of Chile
Dear President Bachelet,
I am a graduate student studying water in New Mexico, U.S.A., and I am humbly writing to encourage your intelligent intervention in the Pascua Lama mining project.
I see dire shortages in fresh water and arable land in my own country of birth in the immenent future, and am saddened to watch my own country erode its most precious natural resources, and ultimately its people, in the interest of short-term monetary gains. Equally terrible is to watch as these monetary gains are not re-invested in the regions that provide them.
In this newly-dawned century, many students in the U.S. look to South and Central America for inspiration in the struggle for Right and Proper Government. Preservation of natural resources, especially agriculture, is necessary for all our survival. Without public and government involvement, corporate competition can very well destroy us all.
I beg you to provide an example that we can follow by choosing water and local agriculture over mining, when the two cannot mutually coexist. Hollow hills cannot feed a nation, nor can parched fields. By supporting local agriculture, you set an example that the world can follow, an world in which there will be food to eat.
Any suggestions you have for student involvement with water would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and attention,
xian
I'm a water geek and so I feel pretty strongly about the following. I tell myself that writing letters _must_ make a difference, whether today or later, just so long as one says what one needs to say. So here it is: A gold mine or glacier-fed agriculture. Or maybe we're already crazy and were never born to begin with ( and thus are already dead?) ....
Bottom line - what is worth living for, and what are we willing to do to keep living?
For more info, go here
To send a form letter, or your own letter, go here
#---Mine goes like so-----------------
Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet
President of Chile
Dear President Bachelet,
I am a graduate student studying water in New Mexico, U.S.A., and I am humbly writing to encourage your intelligent intervention in the Pascua Lama mining project.
I see dire shortages in fresh water and arable land in my own country of birth in the immenent future, and am saddened to watch my own country erode its most precious natural resources, and ultimately its people, in the interest of short-term monetary gains. Equally terrible is to watch as these monetary gains are not re-invested in the regions that provide them.
In this newly-dawned century, many students in the U.S. look to South and Central America for inspiration in the struggle for Right and Proper Government. Preservation of natural resources, especially agriculture, is necessary for all our survival. Without public and government involvement, corporate competition can very well destroy us all.
I beg you to provide an example that we can follow by choosing water and local agriculture over mining, when the two cannot mutually coexist. Hollow hills cannot feed a nation, nor can parched fields. By supporting local agriculture, you set an example that the world can follow, an world in which there will be food to eat.
Any suggestions you have for student involvement with water would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and attention,
xian