The music is not optional; either listen to it as you read or go away! Three ten minute pieces of Philip Glass' Águas da Amazônia played by Uakti: at SESC in Brasil (2012); in Rome (2011); and from the album (1999).
This photograph of a Kayapó girl comes from an otherwise forgettable movie. I think she is ... me - but of course, things are not getting any less crazy around here.![Índia Kayapó. Índia Kayapó.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MquEg4V3ULpxlDGBXk2AP7FBWWX4gdziM2e3LmamVZYUbfGMgkyjplviiMiZj2XuVAO8qKgl8v9n1A1BIZsukH1eiRXHDjijtRIrLMlfuuaHjfpVRHeUTkUxvk-QWLrI-Qpx0zTYgKo3/s320/Baraka+Kayapo+tl.jpg)
![Índia Kayapó. Índia Kayapó.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9YD17Zky1D_jllJPqycQRCAbzfjoHXSvBQLewdpFIns6GHiTHpv7a6aT1g10aHqHVfWo9-bE3ARVIP4s-vl44jjd9rFcQyIBFl-cI2iI49aIbzpNc3Om9728wwNJyEdRnkirMQtnvaan/s320/Baraka+Kayapo+tm.jpg)
![Índia Kayapó. Índia Kayapó.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA-31lMrHBW-QAuWMKKgM0QvoluD102eUOWNEpbwiMSHQ-FVzuvEN6Yhkt2jNAhQSsO8078x-7uTL4fe3T6ebLkTjFHf95vYI1Jyc7983EBHGG_rZyiUJBWmha5rFJU1GUP0QVPBhVCXq/s320/Baraka+Kayapo+tr.jpg)
I didn't realize how much that had been eroded until I was having a beer with a serious player in the BC hydro hierarchy and stupidly asked him why he didn't focus on renewables? He looked at me as if I had no head at all and said, "What do you think I am doing?" It was a drunken slip - but Freudian I guess. He sold up and cashed out a while later and disappeared from the radar so maybe he figgured it out.
In this blog at one point a few years ago I wondered about the opposition to Belo Monte - simply because I thought it was better to develop hydro resources than, say, nuclear.
So ... changes ...
![Amazon river basin map. Amazon river basin map.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoAJYRPXlUJFl0TJNl8xWMRAzmVTFkltvyBe4e8KZWK1RxFpC9n66u_fsXYf0gMeRm9SonjiP8allh8NOF0qVvNCUUOHRtY94KuAzMpZoMmpcI0E6os0Kn0QsC-s26MBvzJUOtl-gkI2I/s320/Amazon+river+basin+map+t.jpg)
![O Complexo do Tapajós map. O Complexo do Tapajós map.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRO5PiVX5f_9FuxsZlcyjb31JP58dXHaJwJZaAHJk_AXSE4gJFEChrpKznoSiQjpEmaTCmHyz_GD927-G5ILBJoRbnk0T8FqhpLgSj2HG0SdghIba8ezMoE-rAmCogrYzM7VoU8qrqsEjT/s320/Complexo+Tapajos+map+t.jpg)
![Valdenir Munduruku. Valdenir Munduruku.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFIRc2ce1CzsjMaqOFycBnxyRKnrZagEUfMOU4kSbGJznWzhSUkGnd0wKYSR2Abk3W15ccS58Oo7U9PY8EiNKSfbD0MucU5rHL4dMYSyu0znqQlmHabOLgLb3iSNYcBIq_MeuHB99bRka/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+1t.jpg)
![Valdenir Munduruku. Valdenir Munduruku.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmy64pTOwKrEcw58BE6kqsI_CiJGFx18jdfUrmqQQQ8HG95jFtBJhHnU9kxpR7LlkH1A4kD2wLpreQgKDUw3K06PVTIGJ2yCE3owF50XGuC8gy53a7KW7xWZDKTiXsvZVqqUN2sobNZnb/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+2t.jpg)
![Valdenir Munduruku. Valdenir Munduruku.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqSDdO5AaldWQVzy40VqchPgZtwHyMeX-tglPm-FspUJO3JYqQCeMjiPhioUVaEx9atUZ0vkw7x0S8-83gt0h6kxyg43bN4UzpCvMKt_poSBOJkcEPVbhskuGt3hIjAPmiCDkzbsbf31M/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+3t.jpg)
![Valdenir Munduruku. Valdenir Munduruku.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbN1VaH4yqu2sY5UzqTS0cUNSDp40xev8AR9wRXqFhdRdIisg-4siBWNvw4PdULwfvQ7OihLsyRNKwGYsm3cSrkQwakDRjYSKLZuCzmhUlT4WZBkE-wZqfSTOsw_b30XtsCTn_01NoT2oD/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+4t.jpg)
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![Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós. Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58uJWbLbBHviJrSboHe7XxkNresYoY5EznQuCTKNQWz2exXFrHkghIrYwePlNyUTsPrR4WQtaAorkuEad5KC9m5xmw6xbzkPibwdOAlNqPQBxwTYLsbDOW0as69jk8ns6VTfaA_7FJuxZ/s320/Itaituba+1tl+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg)
![Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós. Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBanJ7TZwvupSH19-HqTC4OAudGHRzzMaggUYtd_VswbkrR2sBPBkMVW_H1cSpzcmluSMa8hCBA-1z8ulJrMQNoc1ABIPLrh5_OmBC4-aeIIY260bd3XsDeh92mrewITBFkDmjVT_D_LXG/s320/Itaituba+1tm+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg)
![Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós. Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpvAQ6HFuRYK96quc3Y6Cd7U6mTMfMPqrbHp-i1I-rjiJpVdXsvsOfRI2TXvLm4jCuGowYvc9jemgy7Tbv11R3FVux31e5XDW0isv8DblLGDnLk6GyEg_nBpx24rSHgc_gEwaa1Gj-kfq/s320/Itaituba+1tr+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg)
![Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós. Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcNRLy3SCmVLoGhoPZYxiMm6QgdNBksGwcPzd7cUugbZpNbmmNfDbz3e0wHp7AEQc6hOFTGiSr-UL2gXZ4l1hggYC9G3L0rWrkmE7YiOJd7VxrS3BfPXj8cQoQN3sO5iAA_kP-otDr-8j/s320/Itaituba+2tl+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg)
![Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós. Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQieGV4lBV67Zu94dvyMPWCb9JZUxRHYOrU1_aPktBmGiznZAsOqQLD4NaDkg1wVK3TO2zENQ9iqr2boYn4jpQeiFEu-M2Alj1juUppDFpXMictP24gdwq-3RqQHiSgauUfa5-n3nyxsp6/s320/Itaituba+2tm+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg)
![Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós. Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IDyM1zFFtuVNS5w_MHGo38r_urFHm-j9LiqSXctj7Sx1hgyw4J1rLdfCPbSJEJ2EHh2X6bIuTkFj-Wpk2DO5Ny0PQRuXhll4Pzp4ZLAh_q5B2aH8BqkAOzNN4qfeJmmTx0KaGYNAyGgi/s320/Itaituba+2tr+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg)
Tim DeChristopher was dreaming that Obama would not call out the National Guard to defend mountaintop removal. No hesitation from Brazil's Polícia Federal.
![Inia geoffrensis, Boto. Inia geoffrensis, Boto.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsS9n42F89SUm1enKD4l_W15wS4FIOcimSwaJtjv6vWSvtDz5NtQbgkxP3he41OiEY8EOBRXkXSY9g2Xlzmn1rXBF8DgnOSMASSjK8HYSP4gseQB22OYE3CB3Gnl5FfvVlslOVm-VH_jfd/s320/Boto+tl.jpg)
![Inia geoffrensis, Boto. Inia geoffrensis, Boto.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUNLRTZGicFNGrMi0MwfUOjnh7AP7_Oe4_P76ERdXqjDpbvm9N0ZLCcSEht4me5lqYKlVyE7_rg_prmAZt0DsQdSVwpw7Kf-XWd1OH3ItTUQFUXOu_i_2O-UtAchdqcPSXHugdzm6Kv3b/s320/Boto+tm.jpg)
![Inia geoffrensis, Boto. Inia geoffrensis, Boto.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnFx-PCAVyCzFvQ1ZXrk8C5-dzdmGZrG1oy_5zA8Rymq24Drvfl4Nu_4B2iaveuX0aGNlVZCbX79itLnZcDDew_j9V2JQxKd7V4XbJCSwULtgHYJyu5r7x44InjSL9RDaOGkBYBB6O2a-/s320/Boto+tr.jpg)
![Philip Glass Uakti Águas da Amazônia. Philip Glass Uakti Águas da Amazônia.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj46mtbarVcNqEUMP2Vm99dj7xJkH_0HbqX5exWSyH4P8djt9qbdJGGpWhYTPIKdQwI72hhoRqK1xlQO748Bw35dwryPN5YiWaz3juqM2ujG9NLi7o87ja17Heb0pjgSOzRKlNy5WOthI/s320/Philip+Glass+Uakti+Aguas+da+Amazonia.jpg)
![Philip Glass. Philip Glass.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qprpgQxvaG3_ZsKt7UUhMZXYFSQ7ZNQRX3lAK7vvbDwgVjDW-p4tt5qFiYL5H5Q9yYBbignR4jZ489WlUhXvYDoRzhty0ejJJL_7o39EVwLBsHyrulABEI2H5JR5iX7iqTNZVd2bieQW/s320/Philip+Glass+1t.jpg)
![Philip Glass. Philip Glass.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1P-O731mBZ_S2ICwcaCV_Yjq9QpsEcMClSH0xaycvqJZTbZK6IAd15cx_NmTwaMIuLQGkb4f7kdppuBirJPW4I4ZKbnJtMQPjIglpDvdUdJoKeTbHMRMu1IYqu_SFjHmKFiEnLw7triM/s320/Philip+Glass+2t.jpg)
![Philip Glass. Philip Glass.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8SaeCzgXjkFm16rm7tIvxypXhZGl1wfXSxucL7qBFAG4oTS1EtSyMrNIwrEgee4GCZXgc54NA1iafMgFJSVNg_GBbvgu-m_DwIWdQ_mYwUtfvdZ-YXhcP9WyW3nvuGvZodxkvNzo5fuY/s320/Philip+Glass+3t.jpg)
A-and, for the honeybee connection watch a few minutes of Grupo Corpo's 'Sete ou oito peças para um ballet' from 1994.
Be well.
Carta do povo Mundurukú / Letter from the Munduruku people:
Source: Amigos da Terra.
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Update: As of April 17 the government appears to have backed down, at least temporarily, the military Operação Tapajós has been stopped, and the 'research' which it was defending/enforcing as well. This is a reprieve not a victory - but a step in the right direction at least.
Down.
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