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 […]
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 […]
Local Seed and Producers Win Out in Face of Dubious U.S. Criticism
Inside U.S. Trade calls into question U.S. criticism of Salvadoran seed procurement process; transnational agribusinesses deny having major stake in issue. In 2014, EcoViva advocated on behalf of corn and bean producers in El Salvador who supply the Salvadoran government with seed for the popular and successful Family Agriculture Program (PAF), a program that since […]
Viva Fund: Cara’s Story
We’re in the fifth week of the Viva Fund campaign to support youth leaders in El Salvador. This post was contributed by Cara Hagan, a recent graduate of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey who traveled to El Salvador with EcoViva in March. She is serving as an ambassador for the fifth annual Viva Fund. […]
Solidarity, Democracy, and Environmental Stewardship: the next “killer app”
Triple bottom line, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder participation, disruptive innovation: these aren’t just buzzwords thrown around in trendy MBA programs. If you peel away the jargon, these words are lived experiences of campesino entrepreneurs in Honduras who work with Red COMAL. Red COMAL (Alternative Community Marketing Network) is a Honduras-based network of small-scale farmers, entrepreneurs, cooperatives […]
