In Swedish “woman from Congo-Kinshasa” is an alliteration

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 I have not written about the urban garden in my neighbourhood this year, but I’m where  (it’s outdoors and we’re following physical distances). One participant who I never talked with and only have seen like three times, is a woman from Congo-Kinshasa.  When I was at the urban garden yesterday I saw her, the woman from Congo-Kinshasa, using her smartphone. Nothing weird with anyone using a smartphone, it can however, be a reminder that the device you’re reading this on has a part of Congo-Kinshasa in it.  That’s a wording I took from belgian journalist David Van Reybrouck. Smartphones are made with minerals found in Congolese ore. It’s actually something I learned more about in my current work. If you want to run your life science company sustainable, sustainable for “Planet, people, profit”, conflicts minerals is one of many things you have to think about. (In that context I also learned that conflict minerals happens to be another alliteration: Tungsten, Tantalum, Tin, and Gold, aka 3TG.)