by Timo Marquez Arreaza, Maracaibo, Venezuela Waste accumulation is one of the biggest environmental concerns in Latin America and is a key contributor to the urban environmental crisis that many Latin American cities face. [1] Despite several programs and studies about the problem and potential solutions such as recycling [2], the concern remains. In response, citizens [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 20, 2004
by Núria S. Besora Guerola Most people in the world today have an immediate and intuitive sense of the urgent need to build a sustainable future. They may be not be able to provide a precise definition of “sustainability” – indeed, even experts debate this issue – but they clearly sense the danger of “unsustainability” and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2003
by Shruti Chandrasekhar Some smile, a few wave, a couple greet with one kiss, others two, occasionally three -polite civility, grace and the critical eye configure the room. The scene: YES July 2003 35 young people from 24 countries A little village in the Swiss Alps One common goal - A Sustainable Future. The Youth Encounter on Sustainability, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2003
by Dhammika Bokolamulla Chalmers Students for Sustainability CSS wrote a paper about the education of Street Children in Bangladesh that will be presented at the Copernicus Conference that is held this summer in Pécs, Hungary. The hope is to implement this project with the help of Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). A street child is any child [...]
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