Well, it's all very Avatar.
I suspect Vedanta Resources, an aluminium (well, bauxite) mining company and the Dongria Kondh tribe may become familiar terms over the coming months. The devastating effect of Vedanta's mining was highlighted last week in an Amnesty Report, and the Church of England recently withdrew their investments in the company on human rights grounds. And now there's a powerful short film about the still-unfolding situation, cleverly sent out into the world labelled: This is a message for James Cameron. We've watched your film. Now watch ours.
It's a 10-minute film, narrated by Joanna Lumley, about a tribe, a sacred mountain, a mining company. Sounds familiar, right - even without the blue people?
It's well worth the watch, and if you're so inclined there's further information and an easy letter-writing step on Survival International (or you can paste the letter into an email straight the nice relevant Minister of Environment and Forests here). Baby step by baby step :-)
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Yet again you stop the clock......and give us pause.
Hey I'm just the Pointer... the true clock-stoppers are elsewhere :-)
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