Environment

Evictions increase under the Giammattei administration

Defending Territory Is Not a Crime

How to help the planet from home?

The challenge of reducing garbage

Quetzaltenango has a sea, but a sea of garbage

Colonialism, Genocide, and Palm Oil: A Q´eqchi´ indigenous village fights for their land in Chinebal, Guatemala

How does climate change affect human health in Guatemala?

Guatemala: development at what cost?

Natural Disasters and the Government’s Questionable Responses

The fate of the climate crisis in post-COVID times

Dispossession of ancestral lands: The case of the Maya Q’eqchi ‘Cataljí community

Alberto Cucul, Ranger of Laguna Lachuá protected park, is assassinated

Climate Change Our Agriculture Dynamics and Protecting the Forests

Articles

Community Action Environment Food Security Health PageTwo Rivers

“The Fourth Invasion” – Guatemala’s water crisis in context

By Richard Brown Thousands of people from throughout Guatemala, mostly rural and indigenous men and women whose livelihoods depend on..

25 Apr
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Community Action Environment Politics Rivers

Cantel and the March for Water: I Drink Water, So I’m Joining The March

By Esteban Sacalxot When I was younger, my father would take my brother and me to the mountains, where together..

13 Apr
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Community Action Environment Food Security Megaprojects

A major march for land and water beings next week

Over 80 organizations that make up the Popular Grassroots Assembly (Asamblea Social y Popular) have planned a march for water,..

7 Apr
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Alternative Economy Climate Change Economy Environment Food Security FrontPage Migration

Water and Climate Change in Guatemala According to the Experts

(Excerpts from the edition Climate Change, 2015) By Dr. Edwin Castellanos Co-Director, Center for Environmental Studies and Biodiversity – Universidad del Valle de..

16 Mar
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Alternative Economy Community Action Economy Environment Food Security FrontPage Health Politics Rivers

Plantations and the Water Crisis on Guatemala’s Pacific Coast

By Sergio de León – Correspondent for EntreMundos Guatemala’s Pacific coast is a temperate region where only a few small..

10 Mar
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Alternative Economy Community Action Economy Environment Oceans Rivers

Mangroves: The last frontier of our coastal marine ecosystems

By Carlos Salvatierra – Executive Secretary of Redmanglar International and collaborator with COGMANGLAR Trees with twisted roots that plunge into..

10 Mar
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Climate Change Environment

Drought, Canícula and Climate Change in Guatemala

Cover Photo: CONRED By Paris Rivera, Climatologist, INSIVUMEH (National Institute for Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology) Guatemala usually experiences drought when..