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"At the height of the day, the relentless sun and heat of the Amazon plunge the
village of Piyulaga into a sleepy silence. Those who aren’t fishing or
harvesting manioc in the distance find refuge in the shade of thatched huts,
with even the birds and insects seemingly taking cover.
It’s at dusk that life awakens in this village in the Xingu Indigenous
territory, in Brazil’s midwestern state of Mato Grosso. Families appear at the
entrance of their huts, which form a circle at the heart of the settlement.
Children run around, riding their bikes and playing football, while the sounds
of Brazilian country music echo out as the first lights come on.
Later, some gather around the television, others lie in hammocks engrossed in
their mobile phones, while spotlights illuminate the communal area throughout
the night. It would all be trivial if it weren’t for one detail: in August,
when Dialogue Earth visited the community, such light had only been there for a
month, thanks to the installation of new solar panels on each of the houses."
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/276-nauseously-optimistic/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
