WEBSÉRIE | Para Quem Sopram os Ventos? | - Ep01

The "eolians" are here to stay. The families that are being impaired, as my entire family is, have to move out. I usually say it's a stab in the chest.

WHO DOES THE WIND BLOW TO? THE "EOLIAN" LIVES RIGHT BESIDE US When I arrived here, my routine was in the fields like the usual routine and we had some peace here because before the "eolians" arrived, we could hear only birds here. For example, we had lots of sylvan birds here that used to sing around the house.

At night, we used to hear the owl, the bacurau and the moon's mother. Then, when this eolian net arrived, we lost this natural thing. The eolian undertaking started in Brazil basically from 2006 on.

Util then, it was inexpressive the installation of such systems here in the northeast, or even in other Brazilian regions. And from 2009 on, when the auctions started to take place, we saw what we consider now a boom of the eolian power, where, nowadays, more than 80% of wind farm installations are concentrated. We have the participation of wind power to produce electricity reaching 19,000 MW of installed power.

Just to have an idea, Itaipu, the biggest power plant in Brazil, has 14,000 MW. This means over one Itaipu of installed eolian power. Unfortunately, the expansion model of theses plants has brought several socio-environmental as well as economical issues.

I had a big loss with sheep farming, having raised 15 rejected lamb at once. Because the sheep would give birth and abandon them. It also had a major impact on miscarriages.

There were many. We immediately noticed that this was due to the air-generators. Because besides the daily 24-hour noise, the shades also came with them.

In the mornings, they can be over 2-km long and as the sun goes up, they get shorter, but in the afternoons, they affect the other side. This had a huge impact on animal farming and we had a big loss of bees. We used to have native and African bees here.

We had lots of them in the region. You'll hardly find African beehives here, today. We call them "Italian".

And the native bees disappeared completely. Nobody knows what a "rajadinha" is, what a "mandassaia" is, a mosqueto, a ground-based bee. They've all disappeared.

So, the impact was huge. In addition to scaring away the animals, the bees disappeared, and we know they're important for us, humans, to keep living on this planet. But then, without any planning, the company will arrive to fulfill its only goal which is to get installed and proceed to its logic of production.

This fact has been causing damages including socio and environmental injustice. The worst for me now is to have to abandon my land. It is a land I purchased with my own resources, through so much struggling and sacrifice, as we say here in the northeast.

But I felt at ease here. When I settled down here in this estate, I felt fulfilled. Now I feel embarrassed, practically having to abandon it.

I am conscious I might lose a few things here. I will have a loss, for instance, the flowers and plants. I will lose a lot because on a daily basis, we start the day watering the flowers, the plants, a fruit tree here and there.

Going away from here will make me lose a lot. Will I be back here? Yes I will.

But it won't be often. There will be a moment the plants will need care, and I won't be here to look after them. I can already feel I'll have losses regarding my plantations.

I will have losses regarding my animals. I will even have to get rid of some of them because if I am not here mornings and afternoons to keep them with food and water, it's obvious, evident they won't survive. So, I'll have to get rid of some of them.