Are you serious about tackling poverty? Then be serious about education!
That’s the message behind a campaign underway in the Dominican Republic to make the government spend at least 4% of GDP on…
vita.randazzo, 17th December 2010
Campaigners march for climate justice in Cancún
“Central America demands a climate where peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability flourish,” states the most recent document from the…
maggievonvogt, 9th December 2010
The impact of climate change on global water resources was discussed with Humberto Lizana, an alpaca farmer and civil society leader living and working in the Huancavelica region of the Peruvian…
Progressio, 7th December 2010
Maggie von Vogt caught up with some civil society leaders at the Cancun talks to ask what their take on the UN process has been so far.
Dynamic people and issues
“All of this seems really…
maggievonvogt, 7th December 2010
Maggie von Vogt gives a personal reflection at the start of the UN climate talks from Cancun.
It’s the opening press conference of the UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, and Christina Figueres,…
Progressio, 2nd December 2010
Water is precious in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, as drought takes its toll on the amounts of water available to local people. Water rationing is becoming more frequent and severe year on year…
Progressio, 24th November 2010
For many farming families in the highlands of Marcala, Western Honduras, Climate change is not an abstract concept. Its effects are clear as you visit the communities. It’s wreaking havoc…
Progressio, 24th November 2010
“The water came up to here,” he points to the middle of his chest, nodding emphatically. “Two walls fell and the house filled up and fell down. The water took all the firewood and the…
Feature, 15th November 2010
Maggie Von Vogt meets small-scale farmers living with drought and demanding action on climate change.
The husk of the corn makes a dry, loud crackle as Everardo Bairez Rivera peels it away to reveal…
Feature, 15th November 2010
Her name is Shanilia Melissa Derival Eneliza but in Jimaní, the Dominican border town that became a hub of humanitarian activity after the earthquake in Haiti, everyone knows her simply by her…
Progressio, 27th October 2010
