Transforming nature to reproduce life: a brief (self)reflection
This (self)reflection arises from participating in the closing workshop of the Green Dealings project. I take concern with the production bias in the…
Onshoring mining, onshoring conflicts – How sufficiency and justice can strengthen anti-mining movements in Europe and beyond
Policies such as the EU Critical Raw Materials Act are adding a new facet to ‘green’ extractivism. As the push to onshore production intensifies, environmental…
The Silent Struggle:
People around Salar del Hombre Muerto
On their quest for lithium, mining companies assert dominance over entire territories and their people, as witnessed around Salar de Hombre Muerto, in…
Accessing environmental information: An experience from Salta
Although environmental information is public in Argentina, gaining access to it is often not easy. Walter Fernando Díaz Paz shares his experience and reflects…
Of lithium, deserts and translation
Journalist and photographer Agnès Villette writes about media theorist Jussi Parikka and the anthropocenic entanglements of the Atacama desert, which,…
Lithium threatens the heritage of Cáceres
An open-pit mine located next to the city protected by UNESCO is facing key decisions in the coming weeks. In this area alone mining permits for over more than…
Resource and territorial control on the Atacama salt flat
It is not uncommon to come across fenced areas around the Atacama salt flat. While the lithium exploitations seem discreet in the immensity of the salt flat,…
From Salta to Olaroz Chico:
Lithium as a travel companion
We left Salta at the crack of dawn. From here only a little more than 300 km are between us and the Olaroz salt flat, in Jujuy, but the distance seems…
