Birhan Erkutlu and Tugba Günal wanted to 'get away from it all' but are now leading a campaign to protect rivers and trees from hydropower plantsBirhan Erkutlu and Tugba Günal moved into the forests of Antalya to get away from it all. They wanted a natural, peaceful life free of capitalism, consumer culture, social media, the internet, even electricity. Fate had other plans.Fourteen years on, the two artists are now figureheads of a campaign to protect rivers and trees from a cascade of hydropower plants. Their tweets and Facebook posts attract hundreds of thousands of followers. They use drones to expose wrongdoing. And they have overcome threats, warning shots and a hostile political culture to lobby successfully for the creation of a new protected area. Continue reading...
'We have become guardians': Turkey's accidental forest protectors
21. červenece 2018 7:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/21/we-have-become-guardians-turkeys-accidental-forest-protectors
Zdroj: The Guardian