ECO-NEWS & VIEWS
From Latin America and beyond
January 2010
INTERVIEW WITH JESUS LEON SANTOS
PSYCHOLOGY: Is there an ecological subconscious? (New York Times)
CUBA: Creative, complex and contradictory (Common Ground)
CANADA: Canada’s long road to mining reform (Upside-Down World)
CHIAPAS: Canadian government investigates case of murdered anti-mine activist (Embassy)
PERU: Legal victory in La Oroya mining battle (AIDA)
COSTA RICA: Leatherback turtles fend off home invasion (AIDA)
PERU: Rural wisdom against climate change (Tierramérica)
CHILE: Water a matter of national security in Chile (Tierramérica)
MEXICO: Mexico tourism joins the Green Globe through collaboration with Pronatura (Terracurve)
HAITI: Help for earthquake aftermath: Giving Green (Treehugger)
BRAZIL: Amazon defender gone (Al Jazeera Americas)
CLIMATE CHANGE: Watch the birdies (IPS)
December 2009
BORDERLANDS: Immigration reform bill gets it right at the border (All Voices)
PERU: Is global warming a priority or not? (AJ Americas)
COPENHAGEN: Chávez, Morales take aim at the North (IPS)
ECUADOR: Chevron and cultural genocide” (Tierramerica)
ARGENTINA: Solar villages light up the Andes” (Tierramerica)
CUBA: Energy is an instrument of power (IPS)
COSTA RICA: Why is Costa Rica smiling? (Yes!)
HONDURAS: Honduras heads list for climate risk (IPS)
BRAZIL: Amazon projects undercut Brazil’s new green path (Reuters)
COPENHAGEN: “Leave the oil in the soil,” says Ecuadorian activist (Democracy Now)
COPENHAGEN: No slowdown in global warming, 2009 5th hottest on record, report says (NYT)
COPENHAGEN: “We are not begging for aid:” Bolivia and Paraguay speak out (Democracy Now)
BOLIVIA: La Paz faces water shortage as glacier recedes (BBC)
AMAZON: Faces of the Amazon, an 18-part series to run the duration of COP 15 (Al Jazeera Americas)
ECUADOR: Extinctions on the rise in the Galapagos (Monga Bay) November 2009
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: We Are a Harbinger of What Is to Come (IPS)
CUBA: Sponge Farms – New Source of Bounty from the Sea (Tierramérica)
HONDURAS: Miracle in the mangroves (Tierramérica)
ARGENTINA: Tree plantations are not forests, women activists say (Tierramérica)
LATIN AMERICA: Community-Based Social Innovation Wins Awards (Tierramérica)
BRAZIL: Penguin encounter on Ipanema Beach provokes reflection (New York Times)
CHILE: Activists celebrate new enviro institutionality (Santiago Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin America’s perpetual fever (Tierramérica)
BRAZIL: Looking ahead, Brazil’s farmers take up reforestation (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin America and the Irreversible Effects of a Warmer Planet (IPS) FIVE MINUTES OF INSPIRATION
GUADALAJARA: Citizens fight for a greener, more democratic city. (The Esperanza Project)
ECUADOR: Chevron’s lobbying effort backfires (The Chevron Pit)
GUYANA: Norway to help protect Guyana’s forests (treehugger.com)
BOLIVIA: Warming brings early demise to Bolivian glacier (AFP)
ARGENTINA: Eco-design showcased at Buenos Aires Sustainability Festival (treehugger.com)
FOREST PROTECTION: U.N. forest plan could threaten species, say Scientists (Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin America at the heart of a climate change deal, says UK official (Mercopress)
COSTA RICA: Turtles are casualties of global warming (NYT)
LATIN AMERICA: African immigrants drift toward Latin America (Reuters)
BRAZIL: Sao Paulo couple marry on a bicycle trip to City Hall (Treehugger)
BRAZIL: Deforestation down, forest emissions up (Al Jazeera Americas)
BRAZIL, FRANCE: Brazil, France agree on policy for climate change (AFP)
PERU: Deforestation sped demise of Nazca (Reuters)
RAINFORESTS: Viral video underscores urgency of rainforest protection (Huffington Post)
BRAZIL: Brazil pledges deep emission cuts in ‘political gesture’ to rich nations (Guardian)
COLOMBIA: Colombian farmers sue British Petroleum (Guardian)
AMAZON: Whatever happened to the Amazon Forest? (Slate)
GLOBAL: Going Green Isn’t Enough (UC Observer)
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: Statement on Barcelona talks for Copenhagen (Indigenous Peoples Issues)
MEXICO: Cutting down trees to save the butterflies (Christian Science Monitor)
BOLIVIA: Indian political awakening stirs Latin America (AP) WORLD: Sizing up palm oil (The Christian Science Monitor) October 2009 Kayapó Nation: Protectors of the Amazon BRAZIL: Amazon mega-dams stoke new wave of Indian protests (Survival) MEXICO: Cutting down trees to save the butterflies (Christian Science Monitor) BOLIVIA: Indian political awakening stirs Latin America (AP) OCEANS: A world without coral (True/Slant) LONDON: Psychology the missing link in climate change debate (The Guardian) CALIFORNIA: A deficit of common sense (LA Times) GLOBAL: World’s Citizens to Politicians: Get Serious on Global Warming Now! (Yes!) BRAZIL: Five-Star Garbage (IPS) COSTA RICA: Ticos top the charts in Happy Planet Index (Mercator.net) Guadalajarans fight for their public space MEXICO: Direct-action encampment builds momentum at Guadalajara construction site (TEP) BRAZIL: Google partners with Amazon tribe (Mongabay.com) BORDERLANDS: US-LUPE asks new judge to improve situation in the colonias (McAllen Times) BORDERLANDS: US-Mexico Environmental Projects To Be Announced (San Diego News) MEXICO: Greenpeace protests genetically modified corn in Mexico (CNN) ECUADOR: Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains (IPS) BOLIVIA: CLIMATE CHANGE: Climbing a ‘Dead’ Glacier (IPS) ARGENTINA: Argentine enviro secretary fined for dirty river (AP)
Earth Journalism Awards 2009
The Global Public Award goes to “The Route of Smoke,” a multimedia report by Brazilian journalists Andreia Fanzeres and Cristiane Prizibisczki.
Tracy L. Barnett is the founding editor of The Esperanza Project. She can be reached at tracy@tracybarnettonline.com. 
What a nice story about self-sufficiency and sustainability.
Tracy, it is so interesting to see these indigenous people living and promoting a “green” way of life. Obviously they have learned from their ancestors how to live off the land, but what is really great is that they are attempting to spread the word via these open air markets. What a shame the tourists have not taken the time to look a little further off the beaten path to discover these wonderful people and their products. Thank you for doing your part to help expose these wonderful artisans and their work. You are doing such a great thing for your corner of the world. Hopefully people will read your blog and spread the word.