· November, 2012

Stories about Environment from November, 2012

Nicaragua: Nothing Goes to Waste at ‘El Gansito’

  2 November 2012

Adriana Díaz [es] and Gustavo Salinas wrote a guest post for The Nicaragua Dispatch on ‘El Gansito’, a small business in Managua “that makes products out of recycled plastics and rubber.” There is no doubt that this small business is one of the many “green jewels” we can find in Nicaragua....

Indonesia: Apps for Sustainable Palm Oil Production

  1 November 2012

The World Resources Institute has developed two online mapping tools to track forest change and sustainable palm oil production in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation in many parts of Indonesia is blamed on expanding palm oil plantations.