Tag: Mexico - Page 6
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Border Patrol Poisoning Plants Along Mexican Border
When Michael Chertoff was in charge of Homeland Security, he took the environment seriously. He justified the wall he was building between Mexico and the United States: ....there are also environmental reasons to stop illegal
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Cheerful Furnishings Inspired by Shanty Towns
Here is an interesting bit of design that shows a different way of thinking. It is a storage unit, the start of a whole system, from Mexican designer Christian Vivanco. "From a Lost City" is inspired by the informal architecture of shanty
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Mexico City to Require Students to Take School Bus To Reduce Traffic and Pollution
Mexico City's minister of the environment, Martha Delgado, announced Friday that in August a pilot project requiring students to take school buses instead of private vehicles to school at 10 private schools would commence.
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Dell Funds Solar and Schools in Brazil, India and Mexico
School children in Brazil, India and Mexico have something to cheer about today as the Dell YouthConnect Grants, were announced totaling $2.7 million USD split among 11 organizations. Solar panels to power new computer labs;
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Mexico Launches $550 Million Wind Farm in Oaxaca
It was a big week for renewable energy in Mexico. Yesterday we reported that Wal-Mart Mexico has just installed a 174 KW solar array on the roof of one of its stores in the northern city of Aguascalientes. Thursday also brought the launch of one of the
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Wal Mart Mexico Launches Largest Solar Array in Latin America
Image Credit: Wal Mart Mexico Wal Mart Mexico's Solar Array Signals Longer Term Goals Lloyd said it before — it's getting harder to hate Wal Mart. Yes, they are a gigantic retail monolith selling an awful lot of stuff. But of all the gigantic retai
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Eat Chocolate To Preserve Shamanic Traditions of the Huichol
The Huichol are reputed to be the last native tribe in North America to have maintained their pre-Columbian traditions. The population of 15,000-26,000 lives in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico where they struggle with the common problem of
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Mexico's Driving Restriction Law Under Fire
Some time back, we reported that Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard had decided to extend the controversial "Hoy No Circula" (Today Don't Drive) plan, a program where drivers are prohibited from using their vehicles one weekday a week based on their
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Big Apple is Big Winner for Its Transit Improvements
New York City's sustainability efforts under its comprehensive PlaNYC 2030 boosted it above Beijing, which scrambled to clean up its air before hosting the Olympics, and three other international
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Mexico To Enforce Trash Separation
Since 2004, the Mexico City government has been trying to convince residents to separate their trash for recycling and composting purposes. An ambitious solid waste law requires residents and businesses to separate organic waste from inorganic trash.
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Chewing Gum Goes Organic and Biodegradable
Now a small
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Mexican Volcanic Glaciers Disappearing Due to Climate Change
Photo credit: Peakware
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Nature Inspires Art in San Diego
Watching the world around us and the changes big and small that occur all the time, sometimes you just have to do something to reflect what you are experiencing. It is this need to create that brings
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Ubercool "Mexican walking fish" Nearing Extinction
We're saddened to learn that the alien-looking Axolotl salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), aka Mexican walking fish or Mexican water monster, is seriously
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Mexico City Wins Health Award For Promoting Bicycling
Biking in Mexico City? No, it's not an extreme sport for thrill-seekers. It's a weekend pastime for families thanks to a program called Muevete en Bici program, or Get on Your Bicycle. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard's initiative, launched one year ago, closes
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Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project
The hundreds of thousands of Monarch butterflies that migrate through Michigan's Upper Peninsula en route to Mexico every year can thank Marquette teens and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) youth for their future survival.
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More New Cars Than Babies This Year in Mexico City
For every birth in Mexico City, two new cars enter the city's vehicle fleet each year, according to the Center for Sustainable Transport, or CTS in its Spanish acronym. The non-profit think tank compared the city's birth records to vehicle sales and
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Mexico Moves Ahead with Biodiesel Production
Mexico, with its serious air pollution, slow progress towards minimizing the sulfur content in its diesel fuel, and burgeoning fleet of cars, is in dire need of some clean fuels. Mexican President Felipe Calderon recently
