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Notes from the Field: Measuring the Health Impacts of Clean Cookstoves in Honduras

Aug 25, 2014

I first met Maggie Clark, an environmental epidemiologist at Colorado State University (CSU) , back in 2005 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, when she came to test the health of women exposed to wood smoke from cooking over open fires. Since then, we have both worked continually on improving conditions in Central American kitchens via clean cookstoves designed and built by […]


Climate in the Americas: a challenge or an opportunity for a more solidary America

Aug 13, 2014

Since late last year and early 2014, the systems of global and regional climate warning have been reporting on the possibility of occurrence of the weather phenomenon called El Niño (warm anomalies of the oceanic component of ENSO). This phenomenon, which is associated with the natural variability of the planet and today is under constantly […]


Colombia to Implement Closed Looped Cycle Production

Jul 01, 2014

The C2C manufacturing approach aims at minimizing the environmental impact of a product by employing sustainable production, operation, and disposal practices. To this end, the sustainability and efficiency of a manufacturing process is assessed. The goal is to ensure that adequate materials are used during production and that the final product is non-toxic and has a […]


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