Read the Aerocene Newspaper II
KACHI YUPI – “SALT FOOTPRINTS”
“For the Communities of the Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc Basin, Buen Vivir (Good Living) is the process of
Lithium: the senselessness of trying to mitigate climate change at the expense of both nature itself and local communities
The race to control the supply chain of what we now know as critical minerals, or minerals for the energy
A brief history of lithium: from the Big Bang to the Big Crash Claudia Aboaf
Traces of outer space in the salt flats, vibrant lithium was already being cared for by indigenous communities ten thousand
Towards an era, free from borders, free from fossil fuels, free from neocolonial extractivism
While fossil fuel based industries continue their attempts to colonise other planets, the air, this common interface of terrestrial life,
Fly with Aerocene Pacha
On January 25, 2020, the aerosolar sculpture Aerocene Pacha flew with a message “Water and Life are Worth More than
Notes on Aerocene Pacha
Humans have always dreamt of flying, But, today, flight has become a nightmare. 1.3 million people in the air at
Aerocenic Struggles
Leer este artículo español Art, when done with talent and passion, usually opens up a portal that allows us to
Lightness and gravity: flight and minerality
Beneath the Salinas Grandes in Jujuy province luminescent, blue-green water swirls and eddies; in these fluid depths, adamantine minerals catalyse
The resistance of indigenous communities against lithium extraction in a work of art in the Puna
We are inside the light: in the meadow of the llamas of Don Luis, surrounded by mountains, almost four thousand
The way it is – From Greta Thunberg to Aerocene in Salinas Grandes
The image on the cover of Greta Thunberg’s The Climate Book is enough to gauge the scale of the disaster.
Challenging the future – Resistance to predatory colonial lithium extractivism
The blind glare of the narratives surrounding lithium is expanding at enormous speed, obscuring the social and environmental impacts it
The Puna is not a Triangle
Under the guise of the ‘green’ transition and implementing pathways to decarbonisation, a new frontier of capitalist expansion has emerged,
Defending the Territory: A conversation with Pedro Uc Be
Pedro Uc Be is a Maya poet, a translator, an organizer, a mobilizer, living in the community of Buctzotz, some
What Mountains Hold
Energy dreams are too often realised at the expense of the lives of indigenous peoples, local communities, and their ecosystems.
Towards the Rights of Nature
The transition from “Nature as an object” to “Nature as a subject” has begun. Establishing Nature as a subject with
Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South
An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters, from the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South: More
DECLARATION OF THE SALINAS GRANDES AND LAGUNA DE GUAYATAYOC BASIN AS A SUBJECT OF RIGHTS
We, the communities, declare: That the Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc Basin has the right to the integral respect
Thinking about Ecosocial Transition: Lithium and Energy Colonialism
Lithium as a field of dispute Three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘new normal’ has emerged