Mexico news

CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from CASwiki's Mexico community action article and is for news and comment in that context.

• Now Building On Planet A, Alternative Editorial (Apr 03, 2022)

2021[edit | edit source]

Biodiversity: The tale of the 'un-extinct' fish, Dec 29^[1]...Ecological restoration Mexico

Life at 50C: Mexico's struggle for water, Video, Sep 29, BBC News

2020[edit | edit source]

Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus, Jun 7^[2]...Environment quality news

2019[edit | edit source]

Agave Power: How a Revolutionary Agroforestry and Grazing System in Mexico Can Help Reverse Global Warming, Dec 18^[3]...Climate change solutions news

Citizens rally to protect natural area in Mexico. Peña Colorada serves as a comprehensive regulator of the metropolitan area of Querétaro, Sep 3. Elvira Herrera & Alexis Faber^[4]...Ecological restoration Mexico

A new, collective business model for traditional crafts in Oaxaca, May 2^[5]

2018[edit | edit source]

How This Small Town In Mexico Uses Solar Power For Economic Justice, Jan 24^[6]

2016[edit | edit source]

Bringing Solar Energy To Unreached Parts Of Mexico, Dec 19^[7]

'It feels like a gift': mobile phone co-op transforms rural Mexican community, Aug 15^[8]

A proposal to daylight and restore all 45 of Mexico City's urban rivers, Jul 15^[9]...Ecological restoration Mexico

Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution using Change.org in a democracy experiment, April 21^[10]

2015[edit | edit source]

Other names, other colors: Transition, Latino style, August 26^[11]

Four Ways Mexico's Indigenous Farmers Are Practicing the Agriculture of the Future, August 12^[12]

An Ecovillage Survives as a Haven for Deep Ecology in Mexico's Central Mountains, May 29^[13]

2013[edit | edit source]

Mexico Suspends GMO Corn, Effective Immediately, October 28^[14]

2011[edit | edit source]

A DIY bike lane in Mexico City,^[15] November 11

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.^[16] May 14

2009[edit | edit source]

Mexico: water shortages affecting nearly 2 million residents,^[17] 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."^[18] April 9

Transition: Energy descent and transition in Mexico, part 1 by Holger Hieronimi, June 5^[19]

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.^[20] June 5

Water cut off in Mexico City,^[21] April 10

Mexico: A lack of water in Mexico City,^[22] March 26. 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.

2008[edit | edit source]

Mexico to host World Environment Day 2009,^[23] September 22. 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.

See also[edit | edit source]

• Mexico community action

References[edit | edit source]