Drought is causing a disaster in Andalucia.
In the nearly eight years that we've been operating, never has our rural
libertarian collective, "Los Arenalejos" (soon to be "the Foundation for the
Investigation and Development of Social Ecology") suffered such a disaster.
On top of the absence of rain, the volume of water in our irrigation ditch
has gone down by two thirds.
In spite of all our efforts to avoid evaporation with organic agricultural
techniques, such as permaculture or mulch, many of the more than five
hundred trees on the irrigated land are threatened with death from drought.
On top of this, we are short of drinking water for ourselves.
Of course, we are putting a lot of effort into saving more water, using
ecological techniques for recycling used water and using it again for
irrigation. But all these measures are not enough.
Just one well, situated in the lowest part of the property, could save the
plantations and at the same time give us enough indispensible drinking
water.
But making a well means digging, building and installing a pump and pipes to
take the water up to the reservoir. Work that we estimate will cost about
1,200,000 pesetas (about AU$12000, GBP6000, US$9000, LIT15,000,000).
It's all very expensive. Too expensive...
Being an autonomous collective, Los Arenalejos doesn't benefit from any
subsidies.
Neither are we in the habit of putting our hands out and asking for charity.
We only call on your solidarity when the cost of a tool or some
indispensible infrastructure exceeds our own capacity. That's how it was
four years ago. We collected two million pesetas in subscriptions for the
tractor that's still a great help to us.
So we're asking for help. Although it might be a little thing for you, for us
it will mean a lot.
And while we're on the subject of water, isn't it the little streams that
form the great rivers?
Los Arenalejos, 1st August, 1995.
If you'd like to know more about us, write to us and we'll reply:
Lista de Correos
29567 Alozaina
Malaga
Spain
Pay in your money, mentioning "Pro-Pozo Los Arenalejos"
- for Spain and the other Spanish empire countries:
Caja Rural Tolox
3072-335-59-20219645
name: Florian Macarro Romero
-for France:
cheques payable to:
la escuela libertaria Bonaventure
35 alle'e de l'Angle
Chaucre
17190 St Georges d'Ole'ron
-for Belgium:
to the account of
Alternative Libertarie
CGER 001-0536851-32
2 rue de l'Iquisition
1040 Bruxelles
CNT September 1995