ジョン・スタンメイヤーのインスタグラム(johnstanmeyer) - 7月21日 06時45分

Swipe ~ Much of our mistakes today connect to the mistakes we did in our past. Our earth's abuse…water especially…demands us to bear witness in our collective need to alter our perception, our greed, and our relationship with our natural resources. When in the Karakalpakstan autonomous region of western Uzbekistan in 2017, I went to the town of Muynak (Moynaq). Once a thriving city along the Aral Sea, today much of it is a ghost town. Why? Only a few decades ago during the Soviet era, water from the Aral was diverted to irrigate cotton fields. The water slowly vanished, reducing the world's 4th largest lake to a 10th of its size by 1997. Loosely translated, Aral means "Sea of Islands" because it had over 1,100 islands. When the water left, it decimated the fishing industry, tins that once would contain fish lay scattered upon the floor of an abandoned factory. Homes and buildings that were under construction, never finished. Large ships now rest in rusting testimony of a vibrant port. Before, the water was 10 meters (33 feet) in depth, retreading more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from where I stood. Today, the lakebed is a barren landscape to graze cattle, a playground for local tourists taking selfies as night overcomes Muynak. Water is love. It sustains us — our life force. What we do in one place on our planet affects all of us. We are all connected, intertwined like a braid from one head of hair. And yet we act like children, who didn't listen to our mother's and fathers. Until it was too late.
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fknmagnets My father grew up in a community which has long since been buried under water; a tiny taste of what millions of poor have suffered in China due to massive displacement fueled by energy development projects. It's incredible how impactful such corporate invasiveness can be and how little consideration is felt for those forever impacted. This same level of environmental malice threatens our fragile Salish Sea on Canada's Pacific coast as we speak

hand_made_artist_la_rubia Yes water but not you and me. Very large companys pump the ground water and than the firm sell the water very expensive to the natives. Her own ground water. Nestlé does this. For me they are criminals. But the government doesn't do anything because Nestlé gives the politics a lot of money. Water should be for everyone. Pakistan Mexico India aso

rocmdmph Correction: the water for irrigation of the cotton fields was not taken from the Aral Sea. Rather soviet engineers diverted the water from two rivers that sustained it - the Amu Darya and Syr Darya - before the water could flow into the Sea.

vinteumdooito Apocalyptic view of what the future has in store for us. I suppose most people acknowledge this black future but those in power are just too filled of greed. How could we fight this disrespect for our planet in a personal level?

eivindsaiwalo The exit of the fish factory 🏭doesn‘t lay on a dock of a bay anymore: Otis Redding is gone too... you can‘t see the islands anymore... left and gone... who has to pay the price? They? No, it‘s not simple... we? Probably...

lisalynnmusic “We are all connected, intertwined like a braid from one head of hair.” JOHN, your work - your photography and your words - is so very important! Thank you for each message you bring to those still sleeping.

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