Rufo Quintavalle lives in Paris and is a writer, environmentalist and impact investor. He is the author of eight books of poetry and has over a decade of experience investing in renewable energy, agriculture and forestry. His most recent collection of poetry, hhereenow, is published by corrupt press in Luxembourg and he is currently involved in a large scale ecosystem restoration project in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest.
If the Amazon is burning right now, it is partly because of the Bolsonaro government, but it is also because there is a huge global appetite for certain agricultural products and certain minerals.
The other day the wheels came off and I went from being a globe-trotting, planet-saving impact investor to being a small ship on a dark sea, a barely visible presence.
The ugly king in the south, the beautiful king in the north, and the Roman god, Jupiter. Viewing our predicament through the lens of symbolism reveals a lot about the questions that might lead us to the Holy Grail.
Was Musk for real? Was his next venture going to involve digging tunnels? Probably not, but it provided a little light relief from the ugly stuff that was going on in the real world.
