of heroes and heroism

The chief Raoni cries when he learns that brazilian president Dilma released the beginning of construction of the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, even after tens of thousands of letters and emails addressed to her and which were ignored as the more than 600,000 signatures. That is, the death sentence of the peoples of Great Bend of the Xingu river is enacted. Belo Monte will inundate at least 400,000 hectares of forest, an area bigger than the Panama Canal, thus expelling 40,000 indigenous and local populations and destroying habitat valuable for many species - all to produce electricity at a high social, economic and environmental cost, which could easily be generated with greater investments in energy efficiency.

It was brought to my attention that there is a petition we all can sign to help support these indigenous people and the Amazon. Please take a second to check it out below or comparable petitions that are available. Thank you.

I've been scrolling and reblogging in my Tumblr like I always do and found some really interesting posts. There are days when I feel like reblogging fashion stuffs, cute stuffs, and then there's food but today, I wanted to acknowledge the heroism of some unsung heroes. A man who went and saved his best friend from a grenade in Afghanistan. See the post here. And I was even more touched by the post about a tribe in Brazil that are being ejected from their land to give way to the construction of a f-cking dam. How heartless could the government be? This is the post. And this is the direct link to the site where you could sign the petition. Please sign. It would only take a little of your precious time. Spread the word!

On a lighter note, I found out just recently that the anti-gay bill in Uganda, in which I signed a petition as well, was stopped. :) We can make a difference people! :) You just have to believe! :) ♥