Oct 17, 2022 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, IN THE NEWS, VIDEO
Scouring the globe, Australian corporations and investors are expanding into new territories, both domestically and internationally, for new sources of “critical and strategic” minerals for the “green energy transition” to a zero carbon world. These minerals include lithium, copper, nickel, rare earth, and cobalt.
Oct 17, 2022 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, IN THE NEWS, VIDEO
A webinar on post-extractivism on how modern industrialised societies have been built on an extractivist culture and economy, and explore what our society and economy could look like if we shift to a regenerative, rather than an extractivist mode of operating.
Sep 23, 2021 | CASE STUDIES, Lithium
Located in Tarapacá region and crossed by the Bolivian border, Coipasa Salt Flat is under dispute since exploration works carried by the Canadian Lithium Chile were rejected by local Aymara communities because of the potential damage on wetlands that sustain both wildlife and cattle (alpacas).
Sep 23, 2021 | CASE STUDIES, Lithium
Neither proper environmental assessment nor Indigenous/Public consultation has ever been carried out for lithium extraction, and precautionary principle has not been respected.
Sep 22, 2021 | IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH
Australian groups have joined a global network of communities directly impacted by lithium mining, who are warning against drastically expanding mining in the name of ‘Green Energy’.