7 neighbours have shared what matters to them — in their own words.
“I am speaking from here, from Peru. I am interested in finding out if the fruits and vegetables here are grown using organic farming or chemical farming. The fruits are very good and very fresh. But I don't know what kind of farming they are doing.”
“నేను ఇక్కడి నుంచి పెరు నుంచి మాట్లాడుతున్నాను. ఆ నాకు ఇక్కడ ఫ్రూట్స్, వెజిటేబుల్స్ ఆర్గానిక్ ఫార్మింగ్ లో చేస్తున్నారా కెమికల్ ఫార్మింగ్ లో చేస్తున్నారా నాకు ఇంట్రెస్టెడ్ కనుక్కోవడానికి. ఆ చాలా బాగున్నాయి ఫ్రూట్స్ ఇంకా చాలా ఫ్రెష్ గా ఉన్నాయి. కానీ ఎలా ఏ రకం ఫార్మింగ్ చేస్తున్నారో తెలియడం లేదు.”
translated from Telugu
Nearby, residents are highlighting several critical concerns. There are significant challenges regarding water scarcity and an excessive reliance on plastic bottles for drinking water in dry regions like Lima 💧. Concerns also extend to the declining quality and production of specific agricultural products, such as mancurad mangoes. Furthermore, citizens are burdened by rising fuel costs ⛽ and find advanced technologies like AI to be prohibitively expensive for public deployment. A fundamental critique also questions the current effectiveness of democratic processes and the ability of people to exercise collective power. Addressing these issues requires innovative thinking and sustainable solutions 💡.
“I'm in Lima here. Lima is a very dry place with all dry mountains around. So drinking water is a very big problem. People don't use the tap water here that is there. People buy water from the shops and supermarkets for cooking, drinking, everything. So everything is coming in this drinking water in plastic bottles and for use. That's a big concern here.”
“This is a test message but fuel costs are rising everywhere, even globally and a lot of places in India.”
“My favorite mango is mancurad. This is a test message. Mancurad is a great mango from Goa and uh but in recent times the quality of mangoes has been going down. And the production levels are also uh gone down, the number of mangoes.”
“Here in Peru, we are using a lot of plastic everywhere, and it is very dangerous for the environment, and it's better to change.”
“The idea of democracy has failed and thinking of ways in which people can exercise democracy democracy in a better way and use their collective power to exercise control.”
“AI is helpful but the usage costs are very high. So if AI is to be deployed for public technology, how are people uh supposed to bear the costs?”
