Raw Materials, Or Sacred Beings? Lithium Extraction Puts Two Worldviews Into Tension
21 Apr 2023 | Abstracted from The Conversation
"In Uyuni...where one of the two new lithium plants will be constructed, Indigenous communities acknowledge the presence of these sacred beings...it is the mother’s milk of their Apu, a female volcano named Tunupa."The modern economy turns nature into a source of raw materials: morally and spiritually inert matter that is there to be extracted and mobilized worldwide...If societies really want a greener future, technological shifts such as EVs will be just part of the answer..."
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