Six cooperative organizations in the Amazon are promoted to develop regenerative food businesses
Regenerative Food Businesses (NAR) are associated with production processes of food generation in which the conservation, restoration and strengthening of ecosystems and their self-regulation capacity are central to the activities,…
Minimum wages in Latin America for 2023
For a large number of workers in Latin America, the new year brings with it a readjustment of the legal minimum wage. This is the case of Mexico, which despite…
They launch a platform with tools to enforce rights
There are numerous obstacles that prevent migrants, children and adolescents, people living in slums and people with disabilities from exercising their fundamental rights. For this reason, the Civil Association for…
Two social organizations inaugurate a community pool for a thousand boys and girls
On December 17, Casa del Niño and the “Creadores de sueños” Youth Center in Bernal Oeste, Buenos Aires, Argentina, inaugurated, together with Ingeniería Sin Fronteras Argentina, a heated swimming pool…
Five trends for 2023 in terms of social responsibility and sustainable development
The director of CENARSECS (FCE-UBA) Julián D’Angelo analyzes the five trends of 2023 in terms of social responsibility and sustainable development. Responsible and sustainable consumption; diversity, equity and inclusion; reporting…
The United States is the country that exports the most plastic waste to Latin America
The amount of plastic waste generated by humanity has been out of control for a long time. Recycling, as the only possible tool, proved to be insufficient on its own:…
Uruguay: the hydrogen economy could create some 34,000 jobs by 2040
Uruguay is already working on the development of its green hydrogen economy and in 2022 it published its Roadmap, which establishes its ambition, together with the specific objectives for the…
Wildlife implements a Safari in Argentina
Fundación Vida Silvestre invites people and institutions from all over the country to participate in the 2023 Summer Safari, which will take place between February 3 and 6, to be…
Medellín implemented a nature-based solution to reduce the impact of climate change
Between 2016 and 2019, the Medellín Green Corridors project created an ecological continuity between various natural spaces to restore the connectivity of green and freshwater ecosystems, promoting the mobility of…
Promotion of Mexican rural enterprises through international tourism
Cancun and the Riviera Maya are tourist destinations that grew very quickly and for this reason, a large number of new employment and business opportunities were created. But for some…
Isolated communities of the Paraguayan Chaco begin 2023 with connectivity
Entering 2023, it was possible to shorten the digital gap by bringing connectivity to six communities in the territory of the Paraguayan Chaco, thanks to the work of Grupo Sunu,…
Municipal Marketplace connects, digitizes and reactivates tourist services
The Chilean startup HeyAndes, with the support of Corfo, the Municipality of Panguipulli, the Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, TelSur and the University of Chile, launched the Marketplace that aims to…
Nature-based solutions from the Bolivian Chaco
In the community of Timboy Tiguasu, an hour and a half from Yacuiba, in the Bolivian Chaco, during 2020, with the impacts of the pandemic and climate change, the population…
Community compost bins: while organic waste feeds the soil, the city reduces its pollution
The Community Compost Bins program, implemented by the government of Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires, Argentina) has the objective of increasing the environmental awareness of the population and, in this way,…
The triple impact entrepreneurial ecosystem of the City of Buenos Aires
75% of the entrepreneurs in the City of Buenos Aires are between 25 and 45 years old, 95% reached the university or postgraduate level and 91% have previous work experience…
How the legacy of Chico Mendes promotes youth climate action
After 34 years of the death of Chico Mendes, an international reference in the socio-environmental fight in defense of the protection of the Amazon and its peoples, his legacy continues…
Somalia: ophthalmological fields that help restore sight
Since 2018, Doctors Without Borders has organized a series of eye camps in Somalia with the aim of providing treatment and surgery for various eye conditions. Eye camps are held…
Hospitals that reduce their environmental footprint online
For more than 25 years, Salud Sin Daño has worked together with the health sector to address environmental problems. Given the current scenario of the serious climate crisis that the…
A century-old spinning mill promotes sustainable textile production with a social impact
Warmi, a hundred-year-old spinning mill in Jujuy, Argentina, made a commitment to its community and a challenge to itself: make visible the traceability of the production process of its exclusive…
Drought in Argentina impacts producers and communities
The climatic disaster that is taking place in the current 2022/23 agricultural campaign will cause a decrease in foreign currency income that will affect both productive communities and the Argentine…