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�Patagonia Sin Represas! Protest in San Francisco to Stop HidroAys�n!

Friday, May 20 � 8:30am - 1:00pm 
Consulate General of Chile in San Francisco
870 Market St
San Francisco, CA


 

 

Greetings!

 

English  

 

The multi-dam mega-project, HidroAys�n, presently in the works to be built in Chile's Patagonia, is a matter of concern for citizens-worldwide. It's simple: our planet cannot afford the ruthless thrust of man's intervention anymore.

 

Those that "compartmentalize" can make an "intelligent" argument for just about any blueprint, however, nature is holistic, and does not answer to brilliant executives that wrestle with Mother Nature, at the expense of all living things, only to be, subsequently, humbled by her furious force.

 

The foundation of the argument that justifies this project--the rapid economic "development" of Chile--is an obsolete one, for in the twenty-first century we must recycle our resources, and not industrialize further at the expense of producing more pollution, creating a carbon footprint, and generating further contamination, bringing on further environmental devastation by means of corporate farming, transgenic crops, hydroelectric dams, nuclear plants, and the long list of factors that are contributing to the our environmental destruction, and subsequently the demise of species.

 

The premise that justifies the dams is a legitimate one: Chile needs new sources of energy to continue its present economic growth. However, the wisdom of developing Chile at the rate it is growing is questionable. It is simply not sustainable, and at this rate it will wring Chile dry of its resources in the short run, leaving the country stripped of its beauty and resources for future generations. Does Chile really need corporate farming and transgenic crops? There was a time, not long ago, that all of Chile's poultry was free-range. Today, you can't buy a single free-range chicken, not even in the heart of farmlands. And yes, the metabolism of preschool children is rapidly changing, and obesity is becoming a concern. Does Chile really need more shopping malls-that sell American brands made in China? Meanwhile Chile's national production, in most cases far superior to what is imported, is rapidly fading and going out of business.

 

The South has the extraordinary opportunity to NOT repeat the mistakes of the North-if it recognizes, once and for all, the fragility of our environmental global reality.

 

Finally, in actuality, it's a very simple matter. Not an easy one, but definitely a simple one: TIMES ARE CHANGING! And, we have to change with the times-like it or not!

 

Mother Nature proves, over and over again, that humans are meaningless before her yearning to protect her delicate balance! Ultimately, we will carryout the destruction of our civilization, as so many civilizations before us succeeded in doing so.... BUT, this time, it's our very self-extinction that is at play...

 

Sincerely,

Paula Tejeda

Chile Lindo 

 

 

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Espa�ol

 

Queridos Amigos:

 

El mega-proyecto el�ctrico de HidroAys�n, a punto de ser construido en la Patagonia chilena, es un tema que a todos nos concierne-como ciudadanos del Mundo. El asunto es muy simple: nuestro planeta no puede sufrir m�s la despiadada estocada infligida por la intervenci�n del hombre.

 

Aquellos que logran persuadir a trav�s de "inteligentes" argumentos, bas�ndose en compartimentar su discurso, consiguen justificar cualquier "blueprint," pero la Madre Naturaleza es hol�stica, y no responde a ejecutivos brillantes que forceje�n contra ella, a expensa de todo ser viviente, para luego ser humillados ante su furiosa fuerza.

 

El fundamento de este argumento, el que justifica este proyecto-osea, el r�pido "desarrollo" econ�mico de Chile-es un fundamento obsoleto, ya que en el Siglo Veintiuno tenemos que reciclar nuestros recursos, y no industrializar a cambio de producir m�s poluci�n, crear impacto de carbono, acrecentando la contaminaci�n y derivando en la devastaci�n ambiental a trav�s de la agricultura empresarial, cultivos transg�nicos, represas, plantas nucleares, y todo aquello que est� contribuyendo al deterioro medioambiental, y por consecuencia ocasionando el declive de las especies.

 

La premisa que justifica las represas es leg�tima: Chile requiere de nuevas fuentes de energ�a para continuar con el nivel de desarrollo econ�mico actual. Sin embargo, la sabidur�a tras el actual ritmo de desarrollo econ�mico es cuestionable. Es que simplemente no es sustentable, y a este paso s�lo se lograr� estrujar Chile de sus recursos a un corto plazo, dejando el pa�s despojado de su belleza y recursos para futuras generaciones. Realmente necesita Chile agricultura empresarial y cultivos transg�nicos? Hasta hace muy poco, a lo largo del pa�s, no exist�an las granjas av�colas. Hoy por hoy, a lo largo de Chile, no puedes comprar ni un pollo que no provenga del sistema de granja av�cola, ni siguiera en pleno campo. El metabolismo de los ni�os est� siendo afectado y la obesidad comienza a ser un problema en Chile. Realmente necesita Chile m�s centros comerciales, "malls"-que venden productos Norte Americanos producidos en la China? Mientras la industria nacional, en muchos casos muy superior, se desvanece y se va a la quiebra.

 

El Sur tiene la extraordinaria oportunidad de no repetir los errores del Norte-si es que reconoce, de una vez por todas, lo fr�gil que es nuestra realidad medioambiental global.

 

Por �ltimo, en realidad, es tan simple el asunto. No es f�cil, pero definitivamente es simple: LOS TIEMPOS ESTAN CAMBIANDO! Y, tenemos que cambiar con los tiempos-nos guste o no! La Madre Naturaleza nos a comprobado, una y otra vez, que los humanos somos insignificantes ante su necesidad de proteger su delicado equilibrio! A fin de cuenta vamos a destruir nuestra civilizaci�n, de igual forma que las civilizaciones anterior a la nuestra, .... PERO, esta vez, es nuestra autoextinci�n la que est� en juego...

 

Saludos cordiales,
Paula Tejeda
Chile Lindo

 


Sincerely,

 

Paula Tejeda
Chile Lindo
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