“Parched Spanish Coast Taps Sea Water for Growth”
While driving early this morning, I was struck by an NPR report on real estate speculation/development along Spain’s once pristine coastline. The political rhetoric around “economic growth”, scientific reports on vast ecological destruction of a semi-arid climate, a golf course developer’s environmentally-sensitive spin….I was amazed at how, despite being worlds away from central Texas, we witness the EXACT same fractal emerging. But what I can’t seem to get my mind around is how anyone anywhere can call these environmental (and social/cultural) impacts of short-sighted debt-fueled real estate speculation “unforeseen consequences”. This report is worth listening to.
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About The Unforeseen
The Unforeseen, executive produced by Terrence Malick and Robert Redford, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Called "the best film at the festival, hands down" by Film Comment's Gavin Smith, the film documents the struggles between development and preservation of Austin Texas.