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January 22nd, 2010 - 5:35 pm § in Ecuador, Nonprofit Spotlight, Tips & Resources

Pollution Matters

While I’ve grown accustomed to many of the changes of living away from my home country, one thing I have not gotten used to is the air pollution here in Ecuador. In any of the major living areas, you will discover that the constant stream of buses and trucks makes for a very smoggy experience.  T[...]

December 11th, 2009 - 6:18 pm § in Around Town, Day in the Life, Event, Guatemala, In the Field, Volunteer

Be the Change You Want to See

A day of learning English words and raising consciousness about the problems of the current lake pollution and how each person can help is part of a current vacation program conducted by a locally-run project, Taa´ Pi´t Kortees.  This is an organization which has been hanging by a shoestring for [...]

November 10th, 2009 - 1:57 pm § in Around Town, Guatemala, In the Field, News, Volunteer

Environmental Crisis, Community Opportunity

There’s an algae-bloom crisis going on right now in Lago Atitlan – one that has affected over 40 countries besides Guatemala – and because people in this community bathe and wash clothing in the lake, it’s a crisis that intimately affects everyone. The community is responding accordi[...]





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