El codiciado mineral que amenaza la vida de los pueblos en Chiapas*.

México es uno de los cinco países de Latinoamérica donde se ha probado la presencia de titanio, así como en Brasil, Paraguay, Chile y Perú. La Secretaría de Economía (SE) de México sostiene que este país podrá cubrir una buena parte de la demanda mundial del titanio, confirmando su existencia en el subsuelo de Chiapas, al sur de México. En varias comunidades del Soconusco, la extracción del preciado mineral ya es una realidad, o más bien dicho, una pesadilla. 

Para producir un celular se requieren por lo menos 200 tipos de metales. El titanio es uno de ellos. Es un metal tan importante para la telefonía como para la guerra, estratégico en la industria armamentista, aeronáutica, naval, ingeniería nuclear y para el equipamiento de alta tecnología. Los mayores consumidores de titanio son la Unión Europea, Japón, Estados Unidos y China. Leer más

Por Renata Bessi y Santiago Navarro F.

Fuente: http://subversiones.org/archivos/119619

El plástico no desaparece

"El plástico no solo se encuentra como residuo tirado en la playa, pero también se encuentra en los intestinos de las aves, en el sistema digestivo de los pescados", comentó Irene Hofmeijer, de la empresa Life Out Of Plastic (L.O.O.P.)
Ve el vídeo aquí: http://bit.do/bsCRy 

'Plástico nómade' es una campaña que refleja la travesía sin sentido y sin rumbo del plástico que alguien consumió y desechó, cuya permanencia representa una daño terrible para el ecosistema marino. 

"Por cada tres toneladas de pescado en el mar se calcula que habrá una tonelada de plásticos de acá al 2025. Se calcula que el 99 por ciento de las aves marinas tendrán algún tipo de plástico en su sistema digestivo", señala Hofmeijer.

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Human Rights

LAUDATO SI. We invite you to read the Encyclical.

The pope says that “access to safe drinkable water is a basic and universal human right,” yet many poor people do not have access to it.

Why is this?

What can be done?

SAVE THE DATE. Fasting Day (DEC 10) for the care of Creation.  We will encourage a special emphasis on how a clean and healthy environment is a human right. The funds that the communities will raise from the “fasting day” will be used to finance a project for the care of creation in each country.  Stay tuned for more details. 

“Go into all the world,

and preach the gospel

to every creature”.

-Mark 16,15-

Sister Story Highlight

ELIZABETH RIEBSCHLAEGER gives tours of oil and gas industry fracking activities in south Texas' Eagle Ford Shale region, warning of potential impacts on the health of the local people and their land.  These tours and her activism around the fracking industry are getting noticed as she was recently featured in an NBC News interview and was asked to give a short tour of the Eagle Ford Shale to the Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein as she sought to educate herself on some of the issues in the Eagle Ford Shale area.

The tour with Green Party Candidate Jill Stein took place on October 19, 2015 and included visits to Karnes and Dewitt Counties.  At the first stop they heard from those in Kenedy who are part of the ecumenical Interfaith Welcoming Coalition about the experiences and needs of the women and children who live there, and the Coalition’s efforts to meet those needs.  From there, the tour went to meet with a woman at a small ranch across from the site of the Encana well blowout a few months ago, and to see firsthand the environmental impact from that event.   The tour ended with a visit to the site of the proposed but disputed solid oilfield waste processing facility outside Nordheim, where Mr. Paul Baumann, President of Concerned About Pollution, showed Ms. Stein the site and explained the plans for construction of the facility. 

Sister Elizabeth is happy to give tours to anyone who is interested in learning more about the fracking industry and specifically the Eagle Ford Shale and the environmental impacts on that area.  If you would like to set up a tour for yourself or a group, you can contact Sr. Elizabeth at: elizabeth.riebschlaeger@amormeus.org or 361-676-2921. 

The interview: here

FRACKING is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well.

The process is carried out vertically or, more commonly, by drilling horizontally to the rock layer. The process can create new pathways to release gas or can be used to extend existing channels.