Showing posts with label jungle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jungle. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Agua Azul's Melody

Agua Azul's Melody

by Tina Winterlik with help of AI

From the Blog Adventurez in Mexico 

https://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com




Breathtaking turquoise falls,

Memorizing any child, anyone at all.

A testament to water's power,

A lesson in nature's gentle hour.


Surrounded by jungle, green and lush,

Vendors now fill the quiet hush.

Since '90, much has changed,

Respect the locals, it's not too strange.


No photos without their grace,

A simple rule in this sacred place.

Angel played in waters cold,

Careful near falls, the stories told.


People drown, so heed the stream,

Swim downstream, let safety gleam.

Watch your bags, be aware,

But love this place, feel the air.


Three times I've felt its change,

Each visit, life's rearrange.

Life-changing moments in turquoise hue,

A bond with nature, forever true.


Nearby Agua Clara, turquoise lake,

A step back in time, a moment to take.

Less developed, a timeless feel,

What Agua Azul was, a dream so real.


Tours may stop, I cannot say,

But in our hearts, it's here to stay.

Kids with treats, a sweet exchange,

We shared fairies, mermaids, a range.


In Agua Azul's embrace we found,

A world where nature's songs abound.

Respect, joy, and lessons clear,

A place of wonder, always near.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Fire Truck For Calais



"When some of our crew drove down to asses the situation and see if lives were at risk, they immediately pinpointed a way in which Arcadia’s particular areas of knowledge might be of use. Within hours, a gigantic and all too familiar sound was heard –a gas explosion. Running toward the first plumes of smoke, a second gas bottle blew, shooting a terrifying fireball into the sky. "http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/calais-migrant-camp-gets-a-fire-truck-care-of-dance-party-crew/
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 Away from the chaotic scenes on Calais's motorways and ports, the migrant camp known as the 'new Jungle' is growing fast and showing signs of becoming a permanent fixture. The Guardian spent three weeks following the lives of a few of its 3,000 residents, rare in-depth access that reveals a growing human cost of the crisis, and the challenges facing refugees and migrants trying to reach Britain
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2015/jul/27/calais-migrants-jungle-camp-video 


 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12080369/Calais-migrant-who-walked-length-of-Channel-Tunnel-to-Britain-is-granted-asylum.html

Migrants in the Channel Tunnel complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais_jungle
The Calais jungle is the nickname given to a migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France, where migrants live while they attempt to enter the United Kingdom.
The migrants, who frequently stow away on lorries, ferries, cars, or trains travelling through the Port of Calais or the Eurotunnel terminus, are a mixture of refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants.

The "jungle" has no fixed location, with migrants setting up camp on unoccupied land and moving to new locations when camps are closed down by the French authorities, while others illegally occupy abandoned buildings. In April 2015, The Guardian reported that the "official" and principal "jungle" in Calais was located at a former landfill site, three miles from the centre of town, and occupied by 1,000 of the 6,000 migrants in Calais. According to the paper, it was one of nine camps then existing in Calais. This jungle for the first time had showers, electricity and toilets, plus one hot meal served per day, but without proper accommodation.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrants_around_Calais 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12080369/Calais-migrant-who-walked-length-of-Channel-Tunnel-to-Britain-is-granted-asylum.html

1 million

Refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe via illegal routes

38 percent

Proportion of migrants who are from Syria

1,200,000

Syrian refugees being housed in Lebanon – a country 100 times smaller than Europe

One in five

Proportion of people in Lebanon who are refugees

1 in 122

According to the head of the UN refugee agency, one in 122 people is a refugee

1.2 percent

Proportion of migrants who land in Italy and Greece, then get as far as Calais 

100,000

Illegal migrants were stopped from entering Britain by UK Border Force officials in 2015

15 per cent

Proportion of female refugees from Syria who are pregnant in Turkey

Data as of November 2015

NO CAMP!
http://news.sky.com/story/1545899/no-camp-no-camp-migrants-forced-off-train

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Life in the Jungle: Migrants Stories

It's difficult to see this and even harder to imagine living like this. This film gives a brief personal look  into these refugees and why they are risking their lives doing what they do.  I am praying for them all. This could be you or me! What would you do?

Friday, October 7, 2011

14 Peruvian Shamans Killed-Please Help Stop This!


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/#!/zipolita @zipolita
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PLEASE! Please Speak Out! We need your help! A terrible thing has happened and the only way we can prevent it from spreading is if we unitedly speak up and get help to stop it.


Peruvian Times

14 Peruvian Shamans have been murdered. It is believed they were murdered for their spiritual beliefs and practices. The Shamans have invaluable ancient wisdom that must be preserved and passed on. The jungle in which they live an endangered and the indigenous tribes that live there are suffering from the advances of the outside world. We need to act and contact the people listed below to STOP these horrible violent crimes. How does one kill? let alone in the name of God, or Justice. http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/report-14-shamans-killed-in-loreto-region/13843/

As quoted from the article:
Report: 14 Shamans Killed in Loreto Region
October 5, 2011 by ·

"The provincial prosecutor’s office said that the murders were allegedly ordered by the mayor of Balsa Puerto, Alfredo Torres, and carried out by his brother, Augusto, locally known as “the witch hunter.”"

"Rogger Rumrill, a leading researcher on Amazonian issues, said the murders are related to “protestant sects” that Torres and his brother belong to, the daily said.

“For these protestant sects, the shamans are people possessed by demons, so they have to be killed,” Rumrill said." 



As my friend Ja Azura states:  In this time, in this era, we still are destroying our ancient wisdom? Have we not learned from the Spanish Inquisition, from Nazi Germany?


The US ambassador to Peru in Lima
Her Excellency Rose M. Likins

Phone: (51-1) 618-2000
Fax: (51-1) 618-2397
General email: LimaACS@state.gov

The Peruvian ambassador to the US
His Excellency Harold W. Forsyth
Phone: (202) 833-9860 to 9869
Fax: (202) 659-8124
http://www.peruvianembassy.us/en.html
Email: webadmin@embassyofperu.us
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Canadian Embassy in Lima, Perú
Street Address:
Embassy of Canada
Bolognesi 228, Miraflores
Lima 18, Peru

Mailing Address:
Casilla 18-1126
Correo Miraflores
Lima, Perú

Telephone:
51-1-319-3200

General Email: lima@international.gc.ca
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EMBASSY OF PERU IN CANADA
Offices: 130 Albert Street
Suite 1901
Ottawa, ON. K1P 5G4

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm

EMBASSY
Suite 1901
Tel: (613) 238-1777
Fax: (613) 232-3062
E-mail: emperuca@bellnet.ca

CONSULAR SECTION- Hours of Attention to the Public
Monday to Friday 9 am - 1:30 pm
Suite 1901
Tel: (613) 233-2721
Emergency Phone: (613) 796-0634
Fax: (613) 232-3062
E-mail: seccionconsular@embassyofperu.ca



Thursday, October 6, 2011

Who Lives in Harmony with the Planet?


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/#!/zipolita @zipolita
http://gplus.to/zipolita Google+


Survival International has produced their own Television Ad and here is a sneak peak. I would love to go to the jungle and learn from them these people who know how to live in harmony with the jungle and Mother Earth.

I would especially love it if my child could go.

I know she would love it, she loves nature so much. The thing is right now the indigenous people are in terrible trouble fighting for survival from the outside world. Instead of learning from them we only continue with our lives turning our backs on there great wisdom and knowledge.

But let's step back and think for a moment...What if, ....what if for some bizarre reason...we have no electricity, what if we have no access to phones, computers, banking....nothing. How will we survive. How will our children survive. This is a serious question...ridiculous one may say...but you don't know, the earth is a pretty screwed up place and we don't know what the future holds.

Doesn't it make sense to stop what we are doing and value these people. Value their incredible knowledge and learn how to live in harmony with the earth. Something has to change because something is going to happen. Mother Earth is getting sicker all the time and for all we know a massive solar flare could wipe out our electricity. Here's a thought, how did you feel the last time the lights went out. What would you do if there was no more electricity. Pretty scary huh!!

These people live with no electricity and they are happy! We need to try to be more like them...we have a choice, what choice will we make?
http://www.survivalinternational.org/



Survival

@Survival Worldwide
We help tribal peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Happy Earth Day Everyone


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com

Have a Super Wonderfully Green Earth Day Everyone  
Sending lots of LOVE & POSTIVE ENERGY out into the Universe
Hope you are too

This is my favorite place, El Panchan in Palenque, Chiapas Mexico


 
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