Climate and Environment

Idle mining cars on a train track in La Oroya, Peru. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiemme/2874972806/">Max Opp (exoppholdsvaer) (flickr)</a>

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Toxic Work in Peru

La Oroya, Peru, is one of the ten most polluted places in the world, according to the Blacksmith Institute, a New York-based global health agency.

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Still Swimming, but Millions Fewer Due to Virus

Chile's salmon industry is worth $2 billion and the fish are one of the country's top four exports. Chile is the biggest supplier of salmon to the U.S. and second to the world.

Kamwi Alphonse, 65, lives in the Bulengo displacement camp and makes charcoal primarily for his family, but occasionally sells it as well. He sells a plastic bag for 600 Francs — about a dollar. Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps

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Congo's "Conflict Charcoal"

This has been reposted from the Mercy Corps blog.

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Research Shows Africa's Crops in Danger of Global Warming

Watch out for blanket statements about all of Africa - it's a huge continent and we've recently written quite a bit about sub-Saharan Africa being a potential breadbasket.

Is there a quote from the article that sets up the study findings?

By the summer of 2008, the price of rice had increased five times from the average price in 2005. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

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Responding to the Global Food Crisis

The following post is from One Table, a Mercy Corps campaign to fight world hunger by investing in the world's women.

Organic tea leaves in Darjeeling, India. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps.

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A New Green Revolution in India?

Over the past few years, hundreds of thousands of farmers in rural India have transitioned organic farming. But can these families grow enough to compete with conventional agriculture?

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Taking Corporations to Court: Why Ivoirians are Suing a British Multinational

What happens when tens of thousands of impoverished Africans sue one of Britain's biggest oil companies for sickening them with toxic waste?

Rice is incredibly important for delta communities. Photo: Jeremy Barnicle/Mercy Corps

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Burmese Farmers Caught in Poverty Trap

Mercy Corps has started an agency blog to give a glimpse into the work, thoughts and ideas of our team around the world. Here's a post I wrote yesterday that is really appropriate for Global Envision.

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The Roots of Green Living

Are the people who've lived on this planet the longest the best-suited to protect it?

Liza O’Reilly thinks so.

The Nano. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11438459@N00/2182726016/">Rajesh Babu (flickr)</a>

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The World's Cheapest Car

If you have $1,979 dollars and live in India, Tata Motors has a car for you.

After a lot of hype, Tata Motors finally released their revolutionary Nano, a tiny, light-bodied vehicle designed and produced in India.

Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vshioshvili/422898142/">shioshvilli</a>

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Watered-Down Diplomacy

Officials attending the World Water Forum in Turkey this week issued a statement that essentially said there's not enough water to waste.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bangladeshboat/2043454833/">BBC World Service (flickr)</a>

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Will Climate Funds Weather the Economic Storm?

Recently, decades of climate change warnings seem to have gained traction in political circles. Long-overdue conversation about the environment is finally underway; but is political will enough to enact environmental legislation in the face of a full-fledged economic crisis?

Global Citizen Corps leaders host a fundraiser for World AIDS Day. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21825274@N08/2104226078/">jessicaphansen (flickr)</a>

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Join the Fight Against Global Poverty

On last year's World AIDS Day, Sam held an afterschool open-mic event to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. Rachel got 200 people to sign a letter asking for more government attention on AIDS — and sent it to Barack Obama.