Tag Archives: poverty

The Food Industry and Covid 19

Posted on June 21, 2020 by borderslynn

The Coronoravirus epidemic has highlighted many inequalities in society – the poorest are hit hardest by the consequences of the disease. I will add to this blog as I research it, but do not want to delay its publication as … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged capitalism, consequences of unemployment, covid 19, fair wage, food industry, Maslow, poverty, respect, universal wage | Leave a comment

Christopher Columbus Statues

Posted on June 14, 2020 by borderslynn

This image taken 2019. A long running sore. Now many voices call for such symbols to no longer affront the daily lives of those whose ancestors helped build America (and previous empires of the world) with their suffering. Now statues … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged degradation, genocide, humiliation, indigenous, injustice, military aggression, oppressed, poverty, religion, slavery, terror, uncivilised, violence | Leave a comment

Today’s Hunter Gatherers of Latin America and Africa: part 2

Posted on September 14, 2019 by borderslynn

“The Yungas (Aymara yunka warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua language meaning yunka warm area on the slopes of the Andes) is a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru, Bolivia, and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, african wildlife, Argentina, cameroon, chaco, deforestation, killing indigenous life, landowners, llama, mining, palm oil, poverty, tribal living | Leave a comment

Arsenic contamination of groundwater, focussing mostly on Argentina and Chile

Posted on June 2, 2019 by borderslynn

During the 130 million years that the South American continent was moving away from Africa, pushed by the continual movement of tectonic plate action, a number of extreme events occurred to the Earth’s crust. The landmass was ever changing, and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Argentina, arsenic poisoning, atacama desert, Chile, gold and copper mining, groundwater contamination, poverty, South America, younger dryas | 1 Comment

Cowed by climate change

Posted on January 2, 2019 by borderslynn

Image of map of Peru In March 2017, Reuters reported ‘Abnormal El Nino in Peru unleashes deadly downpours; more flooding seen’ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-floods-idUSKBN16O2V5 In the article it also says,”While precipitation in Peru has not exceeded the powerful El Nino of 1998, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged chavin, climate, el niño, Farming, flood plains, floods, genocide, melting glaciers, Peru, poverty, preventable deaths, rising sea levels | Leave a comment