By: Selen Ozturk As humankind grows increasingly urban, planting trees and parks — far from merely beautifying cities — increasingly becomes a matter of life and death. At a Friday, Dec. 1 Ethnic Media Services briefing, Los Angeles Forestry officials and urban greening experts discussed the city as a case …
Read More »Sonoran Institute to Invest in a New River Improvement Project
-Editorial With an investment of 4.3 million dollars, the Sonoran Institute will take a very important step towards the recovery of the North Collector Drain, which will have a great impact on the environment and the population. This was announced in the presence of the Mexicali Mayor Norma Bustamante Martínez …
Read More »Inspiration and a Call to Environmental Action Defines 2nd Annual Expo Verde
-Editorial The second annual Expo Verde in Mexicali attracted families and people of the community whose primary goal was to educate citizens on how to help the environment and most importantly, to be better citizens. Right after the ribbon cutting, hundreds of people arrived at the parking lot of FEX …
Read More »Community Gathers to Plant More Trees in Mexicali
-Editorial It was a perfect morning as residents got up very early and drive to the office of Davila y Asociados and their trees and make their contribution to help improve the environment. Jaime Davila Galvan has been nicknamed “El Señor De Los Arbolitos” (The Gentleman of the Trees) because …
Read More »HELICE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 13 YEARS OF PROMOTING CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
-Editorial This Thursday, February 3, Fundación Hélice AC celebrates 13 years since its creation, a time in which it has dedicated itself to promoting care for the Environment, through Education and campaigns for the responsible management of Urban Solid Waste, managing to capture in this period, more than 4 thousand …
Read More »HELICE FOUNDATION RESCUES MORE THAN 350 TONS OF WASTE
-Editorial Thanks to the participation of civil society, allies, donors, volunteers, and the media that deal with the environment, Fundación Hélice managed to rescue in Mexicali in 2021, more than 350 tons of urban solid waste such as paper, plastic, aluminum, cardboard, and electrical-electronic equipment. As part of the celebration …
Read More »THE HÉLICE FOUNDATION INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE “COMPOST YOUR TREE” CAMPAIGN
-Editorial To prevent the natural Christmas trees from being thrown away or burned, generating garbage, or polluting the air, Fundación Hélice AC, in alliance with the Directorate of Environmental Protection, the Directorate of Public Services of Mexicali, the Civic Environmental Committee of Mexicali, and the companies CICLO, a generator of …
Read More »Humanity’s vision towards the environment
By: Mario Beltrán Mainero Consul for Community and Political Affairs at the Consulate of Mexico in Calexico For thousands of years most civilizations around the world, and particularly those of Western (European) origin, had the certainty that human beings were the absolute masters of nature. The Judeo-Christian ideology, completely dominant …
Read More »Economics of climate change in 2020 and the following years
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist (Ph.D.) The economics of climate change refers to climate change in economics. The analysis indicates that several factors make this a difficult problem from both an economic and a political perspective and it is an intergenerational problem in the short, medium, and long term. “Climate …
Read More »City of San Diego Goes Green with Red- Colored Fuel for Off-Road Vehicles
-Editorial The City of San Diego Environmental Services Department has started fueling its fleet of off-road vehicles and equipment at the Miramar Landfill with red-dye renewable diesel, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and furthering efforts to meet the City’s Climate Action Plan goals. In 2016, the City became the …
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