INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Environment And Climate Change Canada, Arsenic Poisoning, Cop Shop

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Darin Barney

Document Summary

Resistant to canadian mines in latin america: guatemala and honduras. No to harmful contracts, forfeiture for corrupt mining companies: sign. Logos of mining companies: all canadian companies. Arturo escobar: work at forefront of dominant truth claims of global south. Important exclusion: people, what development was supposed to be about. Tech interventions intend to deliver needed goods to target populations. Development: force destructive to 3rd world cultures in name of peoples" interests. Continue to operate/expand, incompatible with community member aspirations. Activity of organizing resistance movements: treaterous act: can get you killed. Set up mesh nets on foggy mountain tops: wind blows fog through net, net captures condensation, drops, into system, angle tray to drain water to bucket. No power: accumulate 100-1000 litres of clean water. Fogquest: environment canada on the side project. Nets are expensive, 4mx10m, steel poles, cable, 5k per net. Test nets: 3 or 4, cheaper to see what"s best.