Extreme weather and its effects on migration are becoming more difficult to ignore. This summer, agricultural communities in the Northern Triangle…Continue Reading
Migration’s hidden drivers: Climate change & food insecurity
Late summer and fall in El Salvador is harvest time, when farmers dry corn on hot asphalt roads and families gather… Continue Reading
Why leaving the Paris Agreement is the furthest thing from fair
Yesterday, President Trump announced the United States is “getting out” of the Paris Climate Accord. The US is responsible for one-fifth of all global emissions, putting it in second place behind China. But it will no longer be part of, much less lead in, the solution to a problem it has helped create. The US […]
Empowered Women Protecting El Salvador’s Mangroves
A conversation with geographer Fiona Wilmot. In April I met up with Fiona Wilmot, a longtime friend and collaborator of EcoViva and the Mangrove Association. She presented a paper at the American Association of Geographers conference in San Francisco in the panel Addressing the Interior in Socio-ecological Systems: Affective Transformation and Intentional Acts of Biophysical Rehabilitation. […]
El Salvador’s Burning Ban: A Step in the Right Direction for Sugarcane
Government institutes common-sense limits on burning, while industry motions toward 100% sustainability by 2020. El Salvador experienced its driest period in over 40 years this past summer. The drought caused major crop loss across Central America, and family farmers who depend on rain have been hit particularly hard. Rivers, lakes, and groundwater levels have also […]
