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Public institutions in El Salvador are trained in efficient driving

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Through two days of practical training, The National Energy Board (CNE) assessed and reoriented driving techniques of administrative departments in charge of transport and human resources of 8 public institutions in order to show the skills adopted by other countries to save fuel and to raise awareness of the benefits in the driving safety that […]


Disaster’s This Week

Monday, April 01, 2013

A billboard that creates clean water from thin air in Peru

Monday, March 25, 2013

“The panel traps humidity in the air and transforms it into water. It’s that simple,” says Jessica Ruas, spokesperson from University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru. The object in conversation (BBC News) is a new advertising billboard – launched by an advertising agency in Mayo Peru DraftFCB and researchers at the University of […]


[VIDEO] Closed Looped Cycle Production in the Americas hosts a ceremony for handing in the first “certified Cradle-to-Cradle” packaging product in Ecuador

Monday, March 25, 2013

Video in Spanish Original post in spanish, available here.


[Press Release] Ecuadorian company, Batery Alimentos SA, gets first “Cradle to Cradle” certification in Latin America

Monday, March 25, 2013

Batery Alimentos of Ecuador became the first company in Latin America and the Caribbean to receive a Cradle to Cradle certification (C2C) for its manufacturing practices. The prestigious certification was awarded at a ceremony organized by The Coordinating Ministry of Production, Employment and Competitiveness (MCPEC) and the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development of the Organization […]


Sustainable Development Expert, Jeff Soule, to Visit Suriname on Behalf of ECPA Senior Fellows

Monday, March 25, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elizabeth Lopez Senior Program Officer, Climate Change Fellows elopez@partners.net (202) 637-6201 Washington, DC., March 22, 2013– Jeff Soule, a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), will be traveling March 25th- April 1st to Suriname to examine the current challenges of urbanization in the historic city […]