Throughout Latin America, communities, activists and social movements are fighting dams, pollution, and water privatization -- and they're winning! A new report "Changing the Flow: Water Struggles in Latin America" collects a dozen interviews with water activists from across Latin America, talking about why they needed to take action to protect water, and how they won.
The 56 page report, which can be viewed here as a PDF in English and Spanish, was produced by Food and Water Watch, Red Vida, Transnational Institute,The RPR Network and Other Worlds. Read more...
A brisk burst of air waves off the humidity revealing strong, powerful, majestic trees. Against the crisp blue, trees in the city reach into the sky providing a service for the community like none other.
Bapuji, a former freedom fighter for Gandhi and a retired UN official shares the yogi perspective. He says, "Trees are the ultimate symbol of service to others." He continues explaining trees remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen. They provide shade when it is hot. They offer fruit and nuts for our pleasure. When the branches are heavy with fruit they lower closer to the ground easy for picking. They do all of this and ask for nothing in return. Bapuji's words resonate every time I see a remarkable tree standing tall. Read more...
Recently, as I was about to enter my local supermarket, I noticed an older woman having trouble getting her shoe back on her foot. The problem was that she couldn't find a good place to steady herself in order to bend over and adjust her shoe.
Without a moment's thought, I stepped next to her and knelt down as I asked, "Would you like some help with that?" Read more...
Design4Kids is a volunteer-based community of creative professionals who share their area of design expertise with teens in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. Volunteers come from a variety of professional design backgrounds, including graphic design, photography, marketing, fine art, web development, writing, animation and illustration.
Volunteers for Design4Kids provides week-long workshops where teens learn how to establish a successful design business. The organization works with a non-profit called Fotokids, which is working to end the cycle of poverty for some of Central America's poorest children. Fotokids is an after school program that teaches art techniques to participating students. Read more...
Om nu al in huis te halen: de allernieuwste Groenste Scheurkalender. Want wist je al dat een boom zeven mensen van zuurstof voorziet? Dat het 12 februari weer Warme Truiendag is? Of waarom koeien allemaal dezelfde kant opkijken? Dit en nog veel meer natuurweetjes, citaten, interviews en gewetensvragen in de Natuur- en Milieuscheurkalender van 2010. Read more...
Kom naar de Club of Rome assembly op 26 en27 oktober in Amsterdam over Klimaat, Energie en Economisch herstel. Read more...
Een boterham met kaas is lekker, maar iedere dag kaas gaat ook vervelen. Wie vroeger op school moest overblijven, weet wat een groot geluk een kleine verrassing in je brooddtrommeltje kon brengen. Read more...
For the past ten years, Luis Soriano, a teacher in the small town of La Gloria, Colombia, has been following the same ritual. Every week-end, he gathers his donkey in front of his house, straps on the “Biblioburro” pouches to its back, and loads them with a selection of books from the eclectic collection he has acquired over the years.
Off on his mobile library, he travels into the hills and through the fields to the villages beyond where children await his visits impatiently. He firmly believes that bringing books to people who don’t have access to them can improve the country and open up possibilities for the future generation of Colombia.
Check out a short film about Luis' work by clicking here.
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