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Art 18. Against the current towards the future

Yasuní in the Ecuadorian Amazon symbolizes the struggle for life and for nature as a subject of rights. The YASunidos collective promotes this change by challenging the development paradigm of extractive economy and growth through citizen action and ecological awareness.
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Yasuní, a park in a secluded jungle area located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has become an international icon of the civic struggle in favor of life, biodiversity and nature as a matter of rights, as mentioned in Ecuador´s constitution. The change achieved in the imaginary of Ecuadorian society is perhaps very initial and reduced, but challenging from the society for the first time the pre-established developmental paradigm. “YASunidos” is an open group of young people who work on this task.

Authors:

  • Jorge Krekeler | jorge.krekeler@posteo.de

Design:

  • Diana Patricia Montealegre

Photos:

  • Jorge Krekeler
  • mARTadero

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Edition:

september 2016

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