Tag: Latin America - Page 4
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Mexico to Phase Out Dirty "Vochos," or VW Beetles
The ubiquitous green and white Volkswagen bugs that serve as cheap taxis for millions of Mexico City residents while damaging their lungs by spewing ultra fine particulate matter and other pollutants will be phased out by 2012, according to the Spanish
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Monterrey, Mexico Taps Methane to Power Its Metro System
In Mexico, methane from landfills, a natural byproduct of decomposing organic matter known as landfill gas, or LFG, makes up 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. Beginning in 2001, Monterrey, Mexico—a modern city of nearly four million people
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The Diaspora of Food
Isn't it crazy to think that everything we eat or use that comes from plants at one time grew completely wild? That's right, rice, corn, beans,
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Bike Sharing Program Launched in Mexico City
Determined to prove its not a just a smog-addled city notorious for traffic and pollution, Mexico City had jumped on the bike-sharing bandwagon and launched its own free program called Mejor En Bici (Spanish link), or Better On Bicycle in English.
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Whale-Watching Report: Whales More Valuable Alive Than Dead
Image: ichie on flickr From origami whale campaigns to Mr. Splashy Pants, it's pretty obvious that those big, intelligent and lovable cetaceans are massively popular. And according to a recent report focusing on the phenomenal growth of whale-watching
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Drug Smugglers Wreaking Havoc on Guatemalan Protected Areas
Criminal mafias have long been associated with environmental destruction in countries around the world including Mexico and Liberia. A recent story in Los Angeles Times reveals that narcotraficantes, or drug traffickers,
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Mexico City Smog Shown to Damage Residents' Sense of Smell
To add insult to injury, it now appears that smog -- in addition to causing lung infections, asthma, heart attacks and cancers -- can diminish your sense of smell. A recent study showed people in Mexico City had trouble smelling everyday odors like
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Climate Change and Poverty Main Themes of Europe-Latin America Summit
(Photo: An Argentine girl breaks into the last EU-LAC summit, in 2006, to claim for the pulp mills issue. UE-ALC press service.)
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HSBC Tower Gets Mexico's First LEED Gold Rating
We admit we should have jumped on this news earlier, like in late 2007, but better late than never to report that the HSBC Tower in downtown Mexico City is the first building in Latin America to receive LEED Gold certification from the Mexico Green
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Indigenous Groups Document Environmental Destruction Using GPS and Google Earth
The Washington Post had an interesting piece out of Nuevo Jerusalem, Peru today highlighting how the Achuar Indians are using new tools against Occidental Petroleum, a California-based company that they say has polluted their local rainforest ecosystem.
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Green Prototype Home Displayed at World Social Forum in Mexico City
A group of 16 Mexican NGOs put together a green prototype home as part of an eco-exhibit at the World Social Forum, which concluded Sunday. While not a complete house (it was missing a roof), the prototype home, set up on Mexico City's Zocalo, or
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Mexico to Launch Sustainable Housing Initiative
We've lauded the initiative taken by Mexican developer Geo to provide eco-options like solar panels and passive solar water heaters, and now the Mexican government seems to be getting with the program as well.
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Gisele Bundchen Launches Flip Flop Line Drawing Attention to Conscious Use of Water
The model and brand are supporting a
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Bamboo T-Shirts from Chile, by Rodrigo Alonso
Our previously featured Chilean designer Rodrigo Alonso continues his work with sustainable design. After coming up with his project N+EW (No More Electronic Waste) and recycling old computer and electronic parts into a bench and a lamp, he has
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Argentina Supports Development of Organic Products
The Argentine Agriculture State Department has approved a development project to support organic production, informed La Nacion newspaper. The plan will have financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) for 900,000 US dollars.
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Soda Stereo Asks Fans to Donate One Day of their Lives
First of all, Happy New Year Everybody! If you're in Argentina and one of your resolutions for 2008 is to help somebody, take note of this one.
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Petrol Stain Arrives to Patagonia for New Year, Nobody Responsible Yet
What a way to end up the year: a petrol stain four kilometers long arrived last Thursday to the coast of Caleta Cordova City at Chubut province, about 1860 kilometers south from Buenos Aires and is now moving open seas.
