COP30: Descarbonizando la Movilidad: Un Camino hacia la Salud Pública y la Justicia Ambiental en las Américas
GreenLatinos en la Amazonía: COP30 Read in English here Mientras líderes mundiales, activistas y comunidades indígenas se reúnen en Belém, Brasil, para la COP30, la urgencia de reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero vuelve a estar al centro de la conversación. Mucha de la atención se enfocará en los sectores de energía e […]
COP30: Decarbonizing Mobility: A Path to Public Health and Environmental Justice in the Americas
GreenLatinos in the Amazon: COP30 Read in Spanish Here As world leaders, activists, and indigenous communities gather in Belem, Brazil, for COP30, the urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors will once again take center stage. Much of the attention will focus on the energy and industrial systems that drive the bulk of […]
The Future of Sharks Depends on Us
By: Dr. Camila Cáceres, Dr. Val Schüll, Kristin Butler Sharks have been around for almost 450 million years, before trees evolved on Earth and longer than Saturn has had its rings. Sharks are an incredibly diverse group of fish, with over 500 different species ranging from 8 inches in length (the dwarf lantern shark) to […]
George Meléndez Wright Made It Right. We Can Too.
135 years ago on October 1, an Act of Congress established Yosemite National Park making it the third national park designated after Yellowstone and Sequoia. There, the first Latino National Park Service employee of El Salvadoran heritage joined the Park Service as an Assistant Park Naturalist in 1927: George Meléndez Wright. At 23 years old, […]
From Erasure to Empowerment: Latino History, Public Lands, and the Fight for Truth
By: Olivia Juarez Will you tell the next generation you did everything you could to defend public land and the truth? Take the pledge to future generations. Cinco de Mayo has long been misunderstood and misrepresented in mainstream American culture, stripped of its roots in anti-imperialist resistance and Latino resilience. Today, reclaiming the truth behind […]