Recycling Grey Water in The MENA Region

The recycling of grey water may reduce the shortage of water in the Middle East and North African Region (MENA).
Grey water is used water that comes from kitchens, bathroom sinks, bathtubs, and laundry. Black water comes from toilette and cannot be reused. The MENA region has 5% of the world’s population, but only 1% of [...]

Cause of Conflict: Natural Resources & the Environment

Without greater focus on the environment and natural resources during the peacebuilding process, intrastate conflicts are likely to escalate, says a report from the UN Environment Porgramme (UNEP), From Conflict to Peace building: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment. Conflicts with a link to natural resources are twice as likely to relapse within [...]

Forest Stewardship Council Promotes Sustainable Forestry

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a group composed of loggers, foresters, environmentalists, and sociologists that focus on increasing the use of sustainable forestry methods worldwide. The group, formed in 1993, now has offices in over 40 countries, and it’s sustainability standards have been embraced by 57 nations. According to their website, “FSC sets forth [...]

Mosquito Laser Could Help Fight Malaria

A new device is being developed that could prove to be the biggest catalyst to a successful fight against the spread of malaria. The device, a handheld laser that can find individual mosquitoes, and kill them, is in the beginning stages of its development, but researchers believe that it could have the potential to totally [...]

Somalia: Extremely Food Insecure

Somalia is close to going into famine.
According to FSAU, Somalia has an “ongoing and sustained humanitarian crisis,” with up to 200,000 children malnourished. Without immediate funding for emergency nutrition, more people will become malnourished and vulnerable to diseases. One in six children under the age of five are acutely malnourished and one in twenty are [...]

Biofuel Use Causing Poverty?

With the recent release of a study completed by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors that projects that America could conceivably generate 90 billion gallons of ethanol by 2030, the United States seems bound to ignore the warnings OXFAM has made regarding the impact biofuel is making on the world food crisis. Over the [...]

On Location: Oportunidades

 
Fresnillo, Mexico
A mother of three in Fresnillo Mexico shares how Oportunidades has been a relief and benefit in her life.
Fresnillo is home to over 111,000 people many of which are experiencing poverty. I am currently in Fresnillo and I am submerge into the culture and life of the people here. I have found one mother [...]