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I wrote about the sacred Teesta River in Sikkim for this month's @LokaInitiative newsletter and how convoluted and opaque the business of dams building is here. For eg, I only learned recently that Morgan Stanley & Goldman Sachs were investors of the Teesta dam. Happy #EarthDay!
Today, I am thinking about 'Sherpa' misappropriation. And I discovered: *Sherpa: experts battling economic crime [asso-sherpa.org/organization] Jason, "your friendly founder of Global Sherpa (“GS”) since September, 2010." [globalsherpa.org/about-global-s…]
When @JoeBiden @WhiteHouse taps former Senator Doug Jones as "sherpa" to guide Supreme Court pick, A REAL LIFE SHERPA wonders what that even means and LIVES WITH THE CONSEQUENCES of such misappropriation. cbsnews.com/news/biden-sup… via @CBSPolitics
That's what my grandparents and their parents practiced until colonialism destroyed it and took over our land. We cannot "reconnect with nature" without engaging with colonialism and the extractive economic logic.
"The challenge is to design and incentivize a transition to a circular economy. As in the original Gaia, this must be built on waste products becoming useful resources to make new products." @GSI_Exeter @gbemi @BrunoLatourAIME More on January 25 fb.me/e/27F495U9s
Really honored to be a part if this amazing special issue with the brilliant @PasangYangjee ❤️ Thank you @SaffronJONeill and @RozPidcock for the opportunity and hopefully this will support initiatives to democratize the production of climate knowledges #COP26Glasgow #justice
📢Our Topical Collection 'Climate Change Communication & the @IPCC_CH' will be launched @COP26 📢 Join Guest Eds @RozPidcock and I, with a fabulous panel inc IPCC Vice Chair Thelma Krug. Friday 5 Nov, 14.30-16.00 Details + livestream link: apps.ipcc.ch/outreach/progr… Pl RT, thx!
“When I sing Sherpa songs, it brings back memories of my childhood. It takes me back to my home” @mpsherpa “Omo Sungla maneso…” by @Thaktok and @mpsherpa #Sherpa #Songs #LanguageMatters youtu.be/QfLuXldPAg8
As part of a new social media campaign to celebrate linguistic diversity online throughout Asia, Mingma Phuti and I will be hosting @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account August 20-26. rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2019/08/1…
'Deaths on Everest Put Spotlight on Sherpa Labor' newsweek.com/deaths-everest… by @robverger with important voices: @PasangYangjee @ReclaimSherpa
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