Tag: Honduras
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Are Drugs Destroying the Amazon?
When I wrote about the cocaine industry destroying rainforests, many commenters argued that really it is the prohibition of drugs—not the drugs themselves—that create these negative consequences. That debate will most likely get stirred up
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Why This Planet Needs a Woman's Touch
When you're trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human
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Alive and "Growing" Electric Power Poles in Rural Honduras
With the cost of cement electric power poles and
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Natural Disasters in Latin America Blamed in Part on Climate Change
2007 has been a brutal year for natural disasters in Latin America, keeping the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs busy. The agency said in a recent statement that a record nine missions were dispatched to Latin America
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Fish Farm Taps Biodiesel From Fish Guts
A commercial fish farm in El Borboton, Honduras is using fish guts--heads, skins, and internal organs--to produce biodiesel. Instead of dumping what's left after filleting for commercial sale, Saint Peter's cooks the parts down to produce 300,000
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Just Cashews: They're Nuts to Fight For Justice
We apologize for the bad pun in the title, sometimes it's just hard to resist. Fair trade is a familiar concept to our readers. Aside from writing about well-known fair trade commodities like chocolate and coffee, we've also seen posts on everything
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Sustainable Harvest International
Couldn't come up with a more succinct way of expressing this, so here it is direct from their website: "Central America has lost more than half of its rainforests in the last 50 years, contributing to mass extinctions and global warming. Rainforest
