Dear friends.

It is impressive what is happening in California … wildfires with such a dimension during winter…

Here some interesting links:

https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/los-angeles-wildfires-california-hollywood-cause-effect-climate-change-125010900709_1.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/california

Here a poem by Lord Byron that might fit this reality as an inspiring path for the future…

[…]

The natural music of the mountain reed –

For here the patriarchal days are not

A pastoral fable – pipes in the liberal air,

Mix’d with the sweet bells of the sauntering herd;

[…]

Enjoy.

Today we share the recent news about floods in Brazil:

https://reliefweb.int/report/brazil/brazil-severe-weather-and-floods-update-media-inmet-echo-daily-flash-01-march-2024

Also, we share a poem translated from Portuguese to English.

"I'm a hodgepodge of nothing" by Diogo Esteves (Portugal)

I'm a hodgepodge of nothing
You are my root
my very torso
you, my continent
dissatisfied
my origin
the birthing land,
that never had two pennies to rub together,
a starting point
of a little evolved evolution
of one life
that enslaves me by a colour,
devours, demonizes
and at the farewell time
of the big road of the existence
only you, my great mother
take me hand in hand out of the garden
where I sinned.
I am black, I'm blue
I am red
I am a mirror of who I am
I am your fruit
that since childhood
wants to return to the womb
made with tribal music
within the bowels
of omnipresent blackness
that dyes my blood.
I am Africa
or I am nothing!

Original in Portuguese:

Sou uma miscelânea de nada
És a minha raiz
o meu tronco
tu, meu continente
descontente
minha origem
terra parideira
sem eira nem beira
ponto de partida
de uma evolução pouco evoluída
de uma vida
que pela cor me escraviza
devora, demoniza
e na hora da despedida
da avenida da existência
só tu, grande mãe
me levas pela mão para fora do jardim
onde pequei.
Sou negro, sou azul
sou vermelho
sou um espelho do que sou
sou teu fruto
que desde puto
quer regressar ao útero
de tribal música
nas entranhas
da omnipresente negrura
que me tinge o sangue.
Sou África
ou não sou nada!

Enjoy.

We believe this is the first contribution of Miley Cyrus to the Ecologic Dream.

Welcome Miley!

"Flowers" by Miley Cyrus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KNmW9a75Y

Enjoy.

Poetry goes hand in hand with music, frequently we say. We mention the beauty of the music and of the lyrics, and even though the lyrics is usually not present in classical music, there is a text to help us understand what was the author’s purpose. Additionally, you can imagine that there is lyrics and music but you don’t understand a single word of was is sang and despite that we fascination by the sound and are taken to the feelings felt by the author, regardless of having a guide during that way/path.

If this happens to you while listening music from Slovakia, then that is understandable specially after this first experience. Fascinating Summer moment…

Surprising was also the usage of violin in folk music as it was to see the dresses of the group of dancers, so bright and harmonious.

Here we share a photo of a folk group from Slovakia performing in Portugal and we do recommend the search of traditional music of this country, neighbor of Ukraine.

By the way: tomorrow starts the Lisbon's Book Fair.

Enjoy.