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The Gold Link: Divide and Conquer
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A visual story of landscape, extraction, and indigenous collaboration at the source of one of our most popular commodities. Saturday, February 3, 2007. This he-said-she-said ping-pong match of local accusations versus company policies never ceases. It's easy to understand how years of such ambiguousness and contradiction can lead a person to become mistrustful of everyone. Anna Huanchequay, president of the local Diaguita people, seems to be taking the brunt of that confusion. The Source Loop Home.
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The Source Loop: February 2007
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Connecting the distant ends of the global marketplace. Because a smarter consumer is a better consumer. Monday, February 19, 2007. Losing Paradise to Hydropower. To go to the story, or click the link labled "Futaleufu" on this blog. Photo by Michael Hanson. I found this quote the other day and thought it was pretty amusing to think about after the whole Gold Link story Michael and David have been putting together.it is by that crazy spaniard who sailed the ocean blue in 1492! Photo by Michael Hanson.
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The Gold Link: Watered -Down Democracy
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A visual story of landscape, extraction, and indigenous collaboration at the source of one of our most popular commodities. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. That was taken directly from the Barrick website in response to a chain email Barrick deems misleading. The Water Users Cooperative is also known as the Junta de Vigilancia. A few things should be known about the Junta, especially when it is used in the same paragraph as "democracy.". The Junta formed after the Pascua Lama project had long been in develop...
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The Source Loop: July 2008
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Connecting the distant ends of the global marketplace. Because a smarter consumer is a better consumer. Friday, July 11, 2008. Photo by Michael Hanson. Thursday, July 10, 2008. The pure oyster industry in one of America’s most productive and threatened marine bay ecosystems. 8220;Be careful with those shells,” Rusty says. “You cut yourself and get oyster mud in there and you won’t ever leave, stay here for good.”. Photo by Michael Hanson. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Source Loop Archives.
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The Gold Link: Diaguita: Indigenous Culture
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A visual story of landscape, extraction, and indigenous collaboration at the source of one of our most popular commodities. Monday, February 5, 2007. He (Sergio) doesn't have an ounce of Diaguita blood in him," Ron said. "And neither does his wife. Sergio represents the Huascoaltino farming cooperative. He's looking after his own personal financial interests. You need to understand the politics and speak to the people involved.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Source Loop Home.
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The Gold Link: The Gold Link
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A visual story of landscape, extraction, and indigenous collaboration at the source of one of our most popular commodities. Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Aside from minute medical and industrial purposes, no one needs gold; it's an accessory. 85% of the virgin gold produced today goes to gold jewelry, and a large chunk of that to supply the dowry of Indian women. But if there's a market, there's a way, and Barrick Gold has found the way. The original plan necessitated scraping into parts of those glaciers an...
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The Source Loop: December 2006
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Connecting the distant ends of the global marketplace. Because a smarter consumer is a better consumer. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity. The Source Loop blog serves as our bank for past, current, and future stories. Link from here to discover sources of OIL: Ecuador's Amazon Basin (2005); GOLD: Mines in the Chilean-Argentine Andes (January 2007); HYDO-POWER: Rivers in south-central Chile (January 2007), and upcoming projects.
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The Source Loop: Chicken Crossroads
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Connecting the distant ends of the global marketplace. Because a smarter consumer is a better consumer. Saturday, September 29, 2007. The Source Loop Archives. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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The Gold Link: Cheap Land
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A visual story of landscape, extraction, and indigenous collaboration at the source of one of our most popular commodities. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Villar, now with a new team of lawyers from Santiago, is battling Barrick in appeals courts after winning his initial lawsuit returning land title to his name. He intends to revisit the negotiating table, asking no less than $100 million for the land. Although a Barrick director discouraged us from believing the press, we feel The New York Times and Washi...
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The Gold Link: March 2007
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A visual story of landscape, extraction, and indigenous collaboration at the source of one of our most popular commodities. Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Aside from minute medical and industrial purposes, no one needs gold; it's an accessory. 85% of the virgin gold produced today goes to gold jewelry, and a large chunk of that to supply the dowry of Indian women. But if there's a market, there's a way, and Barrick Gold has found the way. The original plan necessitated scraping into parts of those glaciers an...