My name is Patrick Jones. I live and labour on Djaara peoples' country. Dja Dja Wurrung is the first language of this land. I acknowledge the six Djaara seasons and pay homage to the regenerative economies upon which Djaara living culture sits. The spirit and logic of which my household draws upon in our everyday productions and lifeways while simultaneously drawing upon our own indigenous peoples through story and the ancestral plants, animals, microbes, mushrooms and uncapitalised medicines that have also emplaced on this country. We recognise the system of racism that terra nullius continues to instil in the dominant culture, and recognise that as people of many diverse white cultures we still hold cultural blinders that our historical trauma sits within and (now) our privilege stands upon.
Here are some of my books. The bottom two can be purchased from me direct, however if you're moving to a non-monetary economy I'll post you one in exchange for a gift of your making. Please feel free to suggest an exchange by emailing me (click above 'Contact me' tab).
Let's not beat about the bush, gold mining is an activity of industrial pollution.
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2 comments:
ahhhhhh so the rapacious bastards are spreading their love in your neck of the woods too .... about 18 months ago a long flying mining survey plane scanned our district (if swearing alone could have brought the thing to the ground.... well I don't need to finish the picture wot? I did consider whether a citrus sling shot may have been able to breach the cockpit.... they WERE very low so I think my chances would have been good...)
well it turns out the planes struck gold in them thar hills and subsequently at least 6 exploration licenses have been granted (if swearing alone..... oh that's right I've been there already)
I'll growl instead grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Hi Ronnie,
Thanks for your comments and commiserations for your predicament. I think there has to be a societal shift about mining in general, starting first with those minerals that have no social benefits whatsoever.
Does extracting gold in any case have a net societal benefit? Ecosystems of course do, that is if we understand anything at all about how the world works. Ecological services, outside of monetary economies and their pollutants, offer life free of charge. Clean water, soil and air and a stable climate is all we need to live, to grow food, collect energy and drink health giving water. When a volcano, meteorite or tsunami trashes the planet we have to say, OK, this is bad but there is actually nothing we can do about it. When humans trash the planet we have to say, NO! This is unacceptable. Mining is a great interruption to life engineered by industrial era greed. Water and forests are sacrosanct. Gold mining is nothing other than corruption of the human spirit.
(PS. Apparently there were 250 peeps at the meeting, not 450, which I thought I heard quoted yesterday. This of course changes nothing. The community is outraged by this license).
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