Vea también: La guerra por el agua By Daniel Moss June 3, 2009 With climate change deepening the water crisis, wonky discussions of how to manage our water systems are suddenly attracting increased public attention. “Unlike oil, there’s no substitute for fresh water,” says Maude Barlow, senior advisor on water to the president of the United Nations General [...]

Por Ángela Castellanos Aranguren 2 de junio, 2009 Bogotá, junio (Especial de SEMlac).- La posibilidad de que los colombianos vayan a las urnas a pedir que la Constitución Nacional consagre el acceso al agua potable como derecho humano fundamental y que, por tanto, el Estado lo garantice, todavía es posible. El pasado 28 de mayo, la Cámara de [...]

The 11th Hour is the last moment when change is possible. The film explores how we’ve arrived at this moment — how we live, how we impact the earth’s ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail [...]

Warns Iran He Wants Results by Year’s End by Jason Ditz June 02, 2009 While the United States continues to make some efforts toward reconciliation with the Iranian government it has treated as a mortal enemy, President Barack Obama has made comments which may serve to dramatically alter US policy toward the nation’s nuclear program.

Palestinians losing out in access to vital shared aquifer in the occupied territories By Rory McCarthy (in Jerusalem) May 27, 2009 A deepening drought in the Middle East is aggravating a dispute over water resources after the World Bank found that Israel is taking four times as much water as the Palestinians from a vital shared aquifer.

Inside the dark art of saving consumerism—and ad agencies. By Ted Genoways May/June 2009 WHEN THE 1981-82 recession put a dent in steak sales, things could have gotten dicey for A1 Steak Sauce. Yet the 100-year-old brand turned adversity into great advertising. You might remember the TV spot: As a family sits around the dinner table, an incredulous [...]

Por JAVIER CÓRDOBA MORALES (j.cordoba@semanario.ucr.ac.cr) 27 de mayo, 2009 Pueblos costeros piden detener los desalojos y administrar su propio desarrollo. Representantes de 36 comunidades costeras de las provincias de Puntarenas, Limón y Guanacaste presentaron la semana anterior un proyecto de ley con el que pretenden garantizarse la permanencia en los territorios que han habitado durante años. Con la nueva [...]

Big business is gearing up to fight the use of green technology by developing countries seeking to reduce carbon emissions By Mark Weisbrot 20 de mayo, 2009 The battle over intellectual property rights is likely to be one of the most important of this century. It has enormous economic, social and political implications in a wide range of [...]

Por PRETOMA 28 de mayo, 2009 (San José, Costa Rica – 28 de mayo del 2009) La organización costarricense Pretoma entregó hoy  al Presidente Óscar Arias una carta firmada por 704 ciudadanos que participaron el pasado fin de semana en Pavones, Puntarenas, en el primer evento nacional para detener las granjas atuneras.  La carta hace un llamado [...]

Por GRAIN Desde que los transgénicos se introdujeron por primera vez a mediados de la década de 1990, grupos de agricultores y ong advirtieron que contaminarían otros cultivos. Como se predijo, esto ya ocurrió. En este artículo analizamos que estrategias para combatir la contaminación están ideando en distintas partes del mundo las comunidades que la sufren.