The Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado, is one of the premier environmental film festivals in the country; thousands of people attend each spring. This year’s theme was “The New Normal” and the festival featured films on climate change, food security, outdoor adventures, and wildlife, and presentations by leading thinkers such as environmentalist and author Paul […]
The Assassination of Berta Cáceres
We are still reeling from the shock, sadness, and outrage from the news of the assassination of Berta Cáceres. Berta was a leading environmental and indigenous activist. She and the organization that she helped found, the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), led the struggle against destructive mines and dams and […]
COP21: What does it mean for the Lower Lempa?
As the 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) winds down, we at EcoViva reflect on what these negotiations may mean, if anything, for the people most vulnerable to climate change – particularly those of El Salvador’s Lower Lempa. People of the Lower Lempa are experiencing the effects of climate change firsthand, suffering prolonged […]
New Team Member Returns to El Salvador to Work with EcoViva
Amanda Foster recently joined the EcoViva team as our International Programs Intern. She is a graduate student in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She will be working alongside EcoViva and the Mangrove Association until the spring of 2016 while completing her graduate work. Waking up […]
The Pope, the Activist, the Martyr – And the Organization Putting Their Words Into Action
The future of humanity is in great measure in your own hands, through your ability to organize and carry out creative alternatives – Pope Francis at the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Thursday, July 9, 2015. If you believe in the ecological and moral mandates of Pope Francis, activist-author (and […]
