WORLD WORLDWIDE SPAIN News Journal Update - (en) Spain, Aragon, Apoyo Mutuo #10 COLECTIVIDAD: A change of direction is urgent - Biela y Tierra (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The current situation should mark, once and for all, a turning point in

our relationship with the nature of which we are a part. The drought,
the social gaps, the extreme meteorological phenomena, the differences
between the globalized North and the South and the consequences we
suffer show that a change of course is not only necessary, but urgent.
We must begin to walk together and propose far-reaching changes, both in
the personal sphere, in our lifestyle, and in the economic and social
sphere, in our development model. The ecosocial crisis that we are going
through is closely linked to the limits of the planet and the use we
make of resources.

The capitalist society that permeates the culture
West measures profitability exclusively by the
Economic performance. If we appeal to common sense
we can reflect: what is behind what
we consume?, how has it been produced?, what
impacts has it generated?, who benefits? The
Threats hanging over our territories
are closely related to this model
dominant consumer culture. The concentration of
power and control over decisions, resources and
economy is in a few hands, mainly
masculine, white and urban. It seems that the speech
is unique, it seems that the future is of the macro, of the
urban and productive that makes jobs invisible
life-sustaining reproductive

The macro model is synonymous with colonialism. HE
exploit the resources of remote territories, in
benefit of centrality, and causes us to
Let's disassociate from the material and emotional. Example of
This is the renewable energy macroprojects or
the agri-food industry, with macro-factories of
animals in rural areas, where large
farms in few hands. And so we are creating
demographic deserts that agribusiness takes advantage of
to install industrialized agricultural systems,
moving our food away from production
traditional. The depopulation process is scalar. HE
they have been depopulating first the most
remote, then the smallest towns, then
the regional capitals and now they are even the
provincial capitals those that lose population. This
historical process is determined by many
factors. Regardless of the causes that are put forward
generally: crisis of the countryside, mechanization,
industrialization, lack of access to services, etc.,
there is a fundamental factor: it was deliberately sought
that all that population that lived with a very high level
self-sufficiency, independence from powers
civil, religious and political cease to exist.

But is the model unique? I may be dominant
but not unique. From Biela y Tierra we have pedaled
5,000 km, visited 300 towns and known more than 200
initiatives, lives told in the first person to
show those rural territories that seem not to
they exist, in which it seems that nothing ever happens.
We arrived with our bikes and verified that it is not
true, that life happens there. We met projects and
people who with their work and commitment show
that there are alternatives to face the challenges
environmental and social issues we face. These
small projects show involvement and
personal commitment to the people, the territory and the
resource conservation. Examples in which the
resources are transformed in the territory with small
industries, so that the added value stays in place
and the surpluses are sold.

We urgently need a paradigm shift and if
the hegemonic model does not allow it, building our
own islands of freedom to rethink where
we advance. Let's take humanity to the local,
where decisions are made in the territory itself.
 From Biela y Tierra we want to invite you to value the
rural and natural environment not only for its landscape, but also
also for his countrymanship. dignify culture and
peasant knowledge, due to its link for centuries
to the development of humanity and its resilient capacity
to inhabit the territory. reflect on our
environment, our goods and our own life, promote
the collective and mutual support networks. We must take
awareness, individually and collectively, of the
implications of the macro and urban model for
our natural and human environment. transform the
paradigm seeking co-responsibility, management
community and participation in work from the
own territories.

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