Category: Environmental Advocacy

Encouraging The Human Rights Ripple Effect

Human rights successes are hard-won, and require the coordinated efforts of many people working in solidarity—often across backgrounds, sectors, and even international borders. Victories can provide lessons, strategies, connections and inspiration to others struggling with similar problems, and video can help maximize these positive ripple effects. In 2015, N-Map had the privilege of documenting a… Read More Encouraging The Human Rights Ripple Effect

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El Poderoso Impacto de las Proyecciones Comunitarias en México

Plan Hídrico

Por Nancy Gocher, Project Manager La ciudad de México representa uno de los impactos ambientales más grandes del mundo. Quizá no nos damos cuenta, pero si tenemos agua en nuestras casas muy probablemente sea a costa del derecho de acceso al agua de nuestros vecinos, como es el caso de la zona de Valle de… Read More El Poderoso Impacto de las Proyecciones Comunitarias en México

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Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Mexico through Community Screenings

Water at the Foot of the Volcano

By Nancy Gocher, N-Map’s Project Manager in Mexico City Mexico City faces a large environmental crisis. Often when the City’s residents have water in their homes, it is at the expense of water access in neighboring cities and towns. This was the case in the Valley of Chalco, Tlahuac, in the State of Mexico, where… Read More Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Mexico through Community Screenings

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The Water at the Foot of the Volcano

Amecameca: Water for the People Last Friday, Dr. Óscar Monroy Hermosillo, President of the Comisión de Cuenca de los Rios Amecameca y La Compañía (Citizen Commission of the Amecameca Basin in Mexico or “Comisión”), presented a new N-Map film: The Water at the Foot of the Volcano. The film—produced in partnership with Controla Tu Gobierno and… Read More The Water at the Foot of the Volcano

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Nigeria Field Post #3: Political, Legal, and Environmental Rights

This third, and last, field report from Nigeria, focuses on the political, legal, and environmental issues that Adam and I learned about during meeting with Nigerian NGOs last month. While I write about just three examples of Nigeria’s challenges in these areas, they provide a window into some of the most pressing problems that the… Read More Nigeria Field Post #3: Political, Legal, and Environmental Rights

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