Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Mexico.
- Public luxury for the everyday citizens of Mexico City—with “100 Utopias” being built by new Mayor Clara Brugada, Daily Alternative (Jul 06, 2024) — "brilliant example of collective amenity and a public infrastructure of care", David Madden
- Fewer wildfires, great biodiversity: what is the secret to the success of Mexico’s forests?, theguardian.com (May 01, 2024) — More than half of the country’s forestry is in community and Indigenous hands – and from CO2 absorption to reducing poverty the results are impressive
- Now Building On Planet A, Alternative Editorial (Apr 03, 2022)
2019-2021[edit | edit source]
- Biodiversity: The tale of the 'un-extinct' fish, Dec 29, 2021...[1]
Life at 50C: Mexico's struggle for water, Video, Sep 29, 2021...BBC News
- Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus, Jun 7, 2020...[2]
- Agave Power: How a Revolutionary Agroforestry and Grazing System in Mexico Can Help Reverse Global Warming, Dec 18, 2019...[3]
- Citizens rally to protect natural area in Mexico. Peña Colorada serves as a comprehensive regulator of the metropolitan area of Querétaro, Sep 3, 2019. Elvira Herrera & Alexis Faber...[4]
- A new, collective business model for traditional crafts in Oaxaca, May 2, 2019...[5]
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2016-2018[edit | edit source]
How This Small Town In Mexico Uses Solar Power For Economic Justice, Jan 24, 2018...[1]
- Bringing Solar Energy To Unreached Parts Of Mexico, Dec 19, 2016[2]
- 'It feels like a gift': mobile phone co-op transforms rural Mexican community, Aug 15, 2016[3]
- A proposal to daylight and restore all 45 of Mexico City's urban rivers, Jul 15, 2016[4]
- Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution using Change.org in a democracy experiment, April 21, 2016[5]
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2011-2015[edit | edit source]
- Other names, other colors: Transition, Latino style, August 26, 2015...[1]
- Four Ways Mexico's Indigenous Farmers Are Practicing the Agriculture of the Future, August 12, 2015...[2]
- An Ecovillage Survives as a Haven for Deep Ecology in Mexico's Central Mountains, May 29, 2015...[3]
- Mexico Suspends GMO Corn, Effective Immediately, October 28, 2013...[4]
- A DIY bike lane in Mexico City,[5] November 11, 2011.
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2008-2010[edit | edit source]
- Mexico City has been experiencing high temperatures, writes Daniel Hernández of Intersections, with some reports of 50 C temperatures inside some Metro stations.[1] May 14, 2010.
- Mexico: water shortages affecting nearly 2 million residents,[2] June 17, 2009 "This should be a wake-up call to start paying attention to the basics, but I expect we'll wake up one morning in Chicago, or New York or London shocked, shocked that OUR systems have just stopped working and we won't have a clue how it happened. Same way it's happening in Mexico City. Just not paying attention to the basics of life."[3] April 9, 2009.
- Transition: Energy descent and transition in Mexico, part 1 by Holger Hieronimi, June 5, 2009...[4]
- Aguascalientes has embarked on an ambitious strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which includes upgrading cycling lanes and suburban trains, switching public lighting to solar power power and capturing methane from landfills to produce biogas.[5] June 5, 2009.
- Water cut off in Mexico City,[6] April 10, 2009.
- Mexico: A lack of water in Mexico City,[7] March 26, 2009. Mexico City is running out of water. Daniel Hernandez of Intersections writes about what the local government is doing to address the situation, but officials say "drastic steps" may need to be considered including the possibility of turning off the water on the weekends.
- Mexico to host World Environment Day 2009,[8] September 22, 2008. The theme will be 'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new agreement at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.
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