Josefa

AGE 76
OCCUPATION Pensioner
FROM Sama de Langreo
LIVES IN Sama de Langreo
WORKING IN Retired

«The mining funds were not taken advantage of, and in many cases they fell into the hands of companies. Iberdrola is just another chapter in something that started in the 80s, and people are very burnt out»

Challenges
- Current state of the region. «Unfinished works, limiting industrial wasteland. A lot of weight has been lost and bad press has been generated»
- Culture of external subsidy. «They have become accustomed to living off the public purse»
Opportunities
- Educated youth. «The people who were born in the basin pull a lot for the basin, if there were opportunities many would want to return, but there is nothing»
- Organic farming and food. «Before the mines, we were already using the land and livestock farming. We don’t only have industry…»

Josefa

Challenges

Opportunities

Underlying perception

«Langreo is not resilient and that is why there is a culture of external subsidy»