LatinaLista — Most of the world is familiar with the lush, green hillsides of Colombia courtesy of the countless commercials over the years promoting one of the country's main exports, coffee. Yet, not many know that Colombia ranks among…
By Lisette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force As a hard-working single mother of a five year old, I am deeply concerned by environmental issues that impact my daughter’s well-being, such as carbon pollution. The damage we have caused our…
LatinaLista — Campaign: #GrowFruitGrowPower – Common Vision Formed in 2005, Common Vision is a non-profit that delivers inspirational environmental education. Over the past 10 years they’ve planted more than 6,000 fruit trees throughout California and built a reputation for…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Project Taray Sonco Wasi, the non-profit parent organization to Project Taray, was founded in 2010 to support the children of Taray after a disastrous flood seriously damaged the village. They provide a wide variety of activities…
UrbanFarmist — Any first-grader can tell you that for a plant to grow it needs just two things: water and sun. With most of the country suffering through triple digit heat, it’s obvious there’s no shortage of sun, but…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Aztec Chemistry: Understanding pesticide contamination in Xochimilco, Mexico Xochimilco is world famous for its Mariachi music gondola cruises, and “chinampas“, or ancient Aztec floating agricultural plots. Xochimilco was designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1987…
By Hillary Ojeda Peru This Week Lake Titicaca faces multiple threats to its pristine environment 3,800 meters above sea level. Pollution and contamination threaten its wildlife, plants and quality of living for the local people. The local authorities are…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista The struggle for gender equality is very closely associated with defending the environment, both relate to human rights. They serve as the three main pillars for the development of a civilized society. So the events…
LatinaLista Summer finally arrived, bringing with it soaring temperatures and a stifling grip on the forecast. But it also means the kids are out of school, vacation requests are being put in, and the longer days can be filled…
LatinaLista — So, who else has as big a dismal voter turnout as Latino voters? It seems those who say they care about the environment. According to the new organization, the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), during the last national…
LatinaLista — More and more people around the world raising the alarm over humankind’s impact on the environment. Whether it’s overdeveloping land for new homes and disrupting the natural habitats of animals or draining underground water tables or polluting…
LatinaLista — Latinos care so deeply for the environment that in elections where environmental initiatives were on the ballot, Latino voters were the ones who propelled them into law, according to a new study by Latino Decisions and the…
LatinaLista — On the tenth annual Endangered Species Day, the world’s focus is saving one little winged creature that for a few months out of the year is the unofficial goodwill ambassador that unites Canada, the United States and…
By Aaron de Leon LatinaLista For Leah Penniman and Jonah Vitale-Wolff, Soul Fire Farm is more than just another farming project trying to change the world one leafy kale plant at a time. It’s a project rooted directly from…
By Annie Rahilly-Melbourne Futurity Common products, including the ones labeled “green,” “all-natural,” “non-toxic,” and “organic,” emit a range of compounds that could harm human health and air quality, according to a new study. But most of these ingredients are…
LatinaLista — A drive through any community in the USA on trash pick-up day reveals an effort to recycle. Yellow lid bins crammed with paper, plastic, boxes, bottles, etc. show that people are getting the message about the environment…
Frontera NorteSur The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this month new funding for environmental projects in U.S. and Mexican border communities. Totaling more than $8.6 million, grants are being awarded in conjunction with the San Antonio-based North…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Creating a global volunteer coastal cleanup network COORC stands for CLEAN OUR OCEANS REFUGE COALITION. They are a non-profit organization inspired by the feature length documentary film “Trashed“. The documentary is an eye-opener to the awful…
LatinaLista — Crowdfunding Campaign: Stand with Palau Palau is a small country with a huge idea: closing its waters to industrial fishing. No country has ever done it before. Palau would become the world’s first National Marine Sanctuary with…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Dominican Republic’s Butterfly Biodiversity Center Butterfly Biodiversity Center Kelly Freeman is a Peace Corps volunteer and has teamed with Dr. Jose G. Maldonado-Rivera the founder/executive director of the Dominican Republic’s first public Science, Technology, Engineering and…
By Pedro Hurtado Cánepa Infosurhoy.com Lima’s municipal government, which is encouraging people to ride bicycles, plans to interconnect bike lanes with buses, trams and the metro. LIMA, Peru – Residents of the Peruvian capital are trying to keep ahead…
By Diane Maceachern Mom’s Clean Air Force I recently decided to look for mobile apps that would make it easier to reduce my carbon footprint, save energy, shop greener, and buy less. I have an Android phone, so I…
LatinaLista — Sometimes a reconnection with Nature is what is needed to heal the Human Spirit. For those who “feel broken” due to incarceration and drug addiction, this reconnection can make all the difference in having a bright future….
LatinaLista — A popular perception of Latinos is that all are urban dwellers. Most believe that highway mixmasters are the closest stone canyons that many Latinos will see, and they wouldn’t be entirely wrong. Yet, in Colorado and New…
LatinaLista — Holly Chan is a graduate of Purdue University and an up-and-coming entrepreneur. But if Chan has her way, other businesses that like her idea would steal it. To Chan, it wouldn’t be thievery but validation that she…
