Cochabamba

Out of the Streets and Into the Classroom

Christine Horansky | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Global Citizenship, Bolivia, Cochabamba, Education, Youth, Millenium Development Goals, Children, United Nations, World Learning, Education News
Christine Horansky

The prospects of a nation lie in its youth. In the fight against poverty, educating every child is one of the best investments a country can make.

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Amidst the Rocky Andes, Summiting the Politically Impossible: Power and Rhetoric at Bolivia's World Peoples' Conference

Nathaniel Loewentheil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Cochabamba, Conference, Global Warming, Climate Change, Home News
Nathaniel Loewentheil

"Aquí estámos," the campesina's voice rang out, more heart than tongue, "Bolivia, la esperanza del mundo." Here we are: Bolivia, the hope of the wor...

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VIDEO: The Cochabamba Accord--An Alternative to Copenhagen's Failure

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naomi Klein, Climate Change, Cochabamba, YES! Magazine, Maude Barlow, Copenhagen 2009, Cochabamba-Climate-Conference, Video, Green News
Sarah van Gelder

The climate summit that just wrapped up in Cochabamba was the polar opposite of Copenhagen, not only because it occurred literally on the other side o...

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Weekly Mulch: Citizens Lead Cochabamba Climate Negotiations

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Environmental advocates from around the world gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, this week and resolved that, ...

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"Mother Earth Is a Living Being": Cochabamba and the Civilizational Root of the Climate Crisis

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roberto Lovato

"The climate crisis is not about which civilization is right and which civilization is wrong," said Angelica Navarro, Bolivia's chief climate negotiator. "It's about who has real solutions."

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I Am Meeting with the Bolivian President Tomorrow - Any Questions?

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Cochabamba, Bolivian President, Open for Questions, People's World Conference for Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, Green News
Kety Esquivel

Tomorrow I am meeting with the Bolivian president. I thought I would create an open thread here for you to leave any questions that you want me to ...

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Planeta o Muerte -- Evo Morales and the Revolutionary Politics of Mother Earth

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roberto Lovato

Morales' convening of this unprecedented global conference represents an inspiring a new era in hemispheric and global politics, a fusion of movements in the effort to save mother earth.

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Weekly Mulch: Cochabamba Summit to Combat Climate Change Innovatively

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger On Monday, climate activists, nonprofit leaders, and governmental officials will gather in Cochabamba, Boli...

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Cochabamba PWCCC - Latinos and the Environment

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angela Adrar, Environmental Injustice, Lance Rios From Being Latino, World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, SouthWest Workers Union, Diana Lopez, Afro-Descendant and Latino Leaders, Penny Williams, Climate Change, Roberto Borrero, Indigenous People, Cochabamba, Environmental, Angelica Salazar, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Human Rights, Climate Justice, United Confederation of Taino People, Kety Esquivel, La Trenza Leadership, Climate Movement, Ian Viteri, Migrant, O'Odham Nation, Sierra Club, Talking Feather, Ophelia Rivas, Home News
Kety Esquivel

This blog post was written by Angela Adrar, Lance Rios and myself (Kety Esquivel). "As a Colombiana naturalized in the US, going to Cochabamba for t...

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Bolivia To Hold Alternative 'People's Conference' On Climate Change

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA PAZ (AFP) -- The alternative "people's conference" on climate change called by socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales is expecting 7,500 delegate...

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Cochabamba Climate Conference: The Coca Contradiction

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Talks, Cochabamba, Evo Morales, Coca, Green News
Nikolas Kozloff

How effective is Morales's conference likely to be? And what do environmentalists make of the environmental downsides of Morales' coca nationalism?

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Climate Game Changer: From Copenhagen to Cochabamba

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pablo Solon, United Nations Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Mother Earth, Sarah Van Gelder, Bolivia, Climate Change, The Good Life, Evo Morales, YES! Magazine, Cochabamba, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Sarah van Gelder

Representatives of 50 governments will meet with ordinary people and social movement leaders from around the world in Bolivia to work on solutions to the threat of climate change.

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