"The Last Forest"
gold mining, seaweed batteries, EU bans goods linked to deforestation
Dear Forest People,
I write from the northern hemisphere, where we are approaching the longest night of the year, which got me thinking of light and darkness, and the shadows that often follow us. Below our eco-story on the acclaimed documentary “The Last Forest” touches upon the shadows of our global society. Have you watched it yet?
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🌳 “The Last Forest”
I don’t watch films or episodes on Netflix very often. Although I love sitting down to watch a movie, I am predominantly drawn to Mubi or SBS On Demand – a streaming website in Australia – which platform a broader range of films from around the world. But once or twice a month I login into my family Netflix account to see what new titles have been uploaded, appreciating that a gem appears from time to time.
This week I opened my Netflix account and was pleasantly surprised to discover “The Last Forest” on my recommended film list. I was keen to watch the film since it was released last year, having seen posts about it when it was touring film festivals in the first half of 2021, but it wasn’t until September this year while attending a Conference in Brazil, where I had the deep honor of meeting Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, that I understood the film centered around the cosmology and recent experiences of the Yanomami people.
💩 WTF? news
🪖 NATO holds roundtable on climate change and security, yet US Military is world’s largest polluter.
🌏 The Culture Club
📺 What we’re watching: The Last Forest
📸 Profile of the week: @sumaumajornalismo
📚What we’re reading: Article: Witness to paradise being lost: my year in the dying Amazon— Jonathan Watts
🤯 Scary fact we learnt this week: from 2020-2021 there was a 44% increase in illegal gold mining in Brazil.