BRAZIL in the Anti-Corruption WORLD CUP - Forget soccer

Right now, throughout our country, something unique is being happening and we believe it is, somehow, the birth of a new Human Conscience, more connected to true cooperation and away of greed, what had impregnated humankind for thousands of years.

Altogether, millions of ordinary people are demonstrating for real changes. Likely, our country has finally aroused against corruption, without any party flag, free of any bias leadership. That is the first time it happens since the Great Invasion, in 1500.

Thousands occupy Brasilian Congress  - Image from Internet

Although the demonstrations sometimes turn into riots, we believe the majority of people in Brazil are align with what we have being trying to spread, through this Donwshifter's blog: positivism and optimism around the great and peaceful alternatives for life such consumption reduction, materialism detachment, sustainability, PERMACULTURE, etc.

Among others, the sparks for the protests are being the expenditures and the shameful corruption spread around the World Cup and Olympic Games events which are - indeed- disgraces to Brazil's greed-free population. The pride we use to have on our national soccer is completely shadowed and, to be honest, irrelevant now.

Alongside, everything else coming from greed-based-elites such as banks, corporations, governments, politicians are not slightly better. While most of the world (reasonably humanized/non-blind nations) is aware of the already reached "peak oil" and have started to search for energy alternatives, promote resource-based lifestyles, these Brazilian elites are celebrating the "conquer" of the extremely risky, inefficient and over-polluting deep sea oil drilling and, not surprisingly, have started to auction these reserves overseas. MORE BLACK SMOKE TO ALL OF US.

Corporations such as Monsanto, Shell, Santander, etc are having a blast in Brazil. Consumerism is sky-rocketing like in China. Brazil had become an environmental tic-tac bomb alike.

Within this scenario, we'd like to share with all our friends to whom we had committed on hosting for the World Cup and Olympic Games:

We keep our commitment and welcome everyone to our diverse and colorful country, but in a very different way. We'll be so glad to find volunteering projects (many friends can receive foreigners) - maybe in our own - to host you. There are vast opportunities to get in contact with a culture and people you'll never see on the mass media.

All this is - from now on - expressly disconnected of the FIFA's World Cup and Olympic Games, which had clearly shown to be as corrupted as local governments and corporations. Help us to sweep corruption out of this Country, of this Planet. 

If you'd came to Brazil, try avoid flying. Plan ahead and come sailing, is great! (findacrew.com can help you!). 

Wherever you are, don't forget to divorce your car and TV (if you haven't yet).

We respectfully ask all friends, also committed with non-corruption, respect to Human Rights and with a New Era of COOPERATION to support non-greedy Brazilians in this moment as well as we want to endorse all peoples of the Earth in their genuine marches against cultural laceration, neo-colonialism, modern-slavery, corruption, consumerism, tirany, discrimination, waste, etc.

Peacefully, let's weaken the Empire of Greed and free the Earth!

Gaia Acknowledges!

Is Climate Change a Fallacy?

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A broader view over the Earth's Environment

Back in 2010, when we launch our volunteer program of consumption downshifting – dfE - we did have some deep certainties based on our previous experiences. We stated in the first dfE post that “... the economical grow itself is a paradigm...”, “... such over accelerated economic boom, in latest centuries, had caused to Earth indubitable losses - such as global warming and its consequences -, planetary wide disequilibrium and Nature mass destruction.”

Even with these certainty in our backpacks, at that time we had a tiny little feeling that we could be possibly wrong. As “everything is possible”, Planet could be just copping with all human activities and to downshift would be a silly decision. But, in any case, the journey seemed to fit perfectly to either confirm of refrain our thoughts. And after all, what is better than check out on the spot and dedicate time for information gathering to defeat eventual doubts?

Well, after 20 months in the journey, about 15 countries visited, lots of observations, many books read, information gathering and reflection, we were exposed to many outstanding facts, which we previously ignored by ourselves. After all, our conclusion is that the Planet is indeed suffering with human activity.

Some of the most relevant facts leading to... 

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