Tag: Nicaragua
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Nicaragua Forms Battalion of Eco-Soldiers to Combat Climate Change
In light of what it considers national security risks posed by climate change, the government of Nicaragua has formed the Ecological Battalion, a first-of-its-kind team of soldiers dedicated to combating against environmental threats.
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Bikes Helping to Lift a Nicaraguan City From Poverty (Video)
The Bicycle City. Trailer from Greg Sucharew on Vimeo. Bicycles are often talked about as a great human-powered alternative to the fossil fuel burning automobile -- but it seems they can actually be quite human-empowering, too. As energy prices soar
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Dying to Catch Lobster: Another Industry Secret
If you're a scuba diver, you know there's a limit to how many times a day you can dive, how long to wait in between dives, etc. The "bends" is not something you want to fool with. But in Nicaragua, where a lot of the lobster
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Green Living Project Explores Central America's Cutting-Edge Eco-Tourism
The indie media production company Green Living Project (GLP) is building a good reputation when it comes to documenting the globe's sustainable travel sector--covering the best practices in eco-tourism, wildlife
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Earthship Makes Landfall in Nicaragua, Builds Home Out of Tires
In the San Juan Del Sur region of Nicaragua, the famed Earthship crew, along with 13 Nicaraguans from the local community, created the start of what will be entirely off-grid, sustainable community, titled Casa Llanta ("Tire
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Eco Harvest Wood: From Disaster To Sustainable Success
In 2007 Hurricane Felix tore through Nicaragua, destroying thousands of acres of prime forest. Greg Marsh knew the area well; he had been working with the indigenous Miskitu people since 1999. He set up a business to harvest the red laurel and cocobolo
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.
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Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2009 International Finalists Announced
If you're involved in the deploying locally-available renewable energy in the developing world with the aim of combatting climate change and reducing poverty, then being a finalist for the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is a
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7 Eco Adventures that Could Kill You
Photo via Flickr Eco travel is all the new rage, but some trips require some real cohonas to take the plunge. From protecting sharks and crocodiles in Belize to biking Bolivia's Road of Death to volcano surfing in Nicaragua, these seven eco adventures
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Musings on Sustainability in the Developing World
A few weeks ago I traveled down to Nicaragua with Power to the People and Green Empowerment to install solar on a school in a very remote village. While down there, I had the chance to see first hand how renewable energy
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Solar in the Developed and Developing World
Last month, I traveled to Nicaragua with Power to the People and Green Empowerment to install solar panels on a school in rural Nicaragua. As a solar installer here in the states, it was fun, challenging and fascinating
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Solar Panel Theft: How Do You Prevent It?
Last week I spent the week in Nicaragua, with Power to the People, installing solar panels, painting libraries, taking a million pictures and eating my fill of rice, beans and plantains. While out there, one issue that came up
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Last-Minute Green Shopping: Via Nativa Fair-Trade Store
In our recent How to go Green Holidays, we've made the point: this time of the year is not about presents and errands, but about sharing with your beloved. Keeping that in mind, if you still need to get some presents and didn't
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Nicaragua to Develop Wind and Geothermal Energy
Not long ago, we wrote about blueEnergy, a non-profit organization that is building hybrid wind and solar systems to power homes, schools and rural clinics in rural Nicaragua where nearly 80 percent of the population lacks electricity.
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blueEnergy Electrifies Rural Nicaragua with Wind and Solar
While international aid groups are well-intentioned, they sometimes don't offer developing countries the greenest or most practical options for assistance. Take Nicaragua, where aid agencies have encouraged residents of isolated rural communities to
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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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Pop!Tech Carbon Initiative: Carbon Negative Conference and Offsets for You
In addition to hosting an awesome meeting of the minds and propagating world-changing ideas, this year Pop!Tech is taking their mission even further. They've partnered up with eBay Giving Works to create the Pop!Tech Carbon Initiative, a carbon credit
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Reforest Teak Furniture, from New World Eco Trees Reforestation Projects
This line of high-end home and garden furniture called Reforest Teak is produced in Central America with tectona grandis wood coming from FSC certified reforestation projects by New World Eco Trees in Costa Rica. The collection was launched in March
