Reaction project / Ouro

"All that glitters is not gold". The energy transition hides great difficulties: the project of replacing many protected natural and agricultural places by mining will turn Portugal into Europe’s main supplier of the so called “white gold”, the mineral that is used to produce batteries: lithium. Its extraction method destroys the landscape, pollutes water and makes impossible the development of nature. Automotive industry is pressuring to commercialise electric cars as soon as possible without considering that a lack of strict control over this production will damage everyone’s future.

​This intervention tries to call for a critical look at the green capitalism. The energy transition must go together with a change of habits. Reducing consumption in order to minimise our impact on nature is crucial.

Production: Wool
Location: Covilhã, Portugal
1st photo: Gonçalo Xavier Cody
Year: 2022

Next