AVOCADO PRODUCTION AND CHILE’S DROUGHT
According to the mayor of Petorca, Gustavo Valdenegro, avocado trees have been planted "indiscriminately" in the region, with few limits and controls. Meanwhile, climate change has brought lower rainfall, exacerbating drought. When the big avocado firms appeared (2006), the "green gold" they cultivated initially was seen as a potential boom for Petorca, the three-time mayor said. - trust.org
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE – SINCE AUG 2018
A youth-led and organised global climate strike movement that started in August 2018, when 15 year old Greta Thunberg began a school strike for climate. In the three weeks leading up to the Swedish election, she sat outside Swedish Parliament every school day, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis. She was tired of society’s unwillingness to see the climate crisis as it is. - @fridays4future
