Peru’s coffee growers turn carbon traders to save their farms from climate change
Global warming threatens the future of Peru’s poorest coffee farmers, but one brand thinks it has found an answer on the financial markets. In the foothills of the Andes, in the Sierra Piura region of Peru, the problems faced by coffee farmers are clear. Up to 6,600 farmers produce here for the Central Piurana de [...]

EU, US Congratulate Algeria on Elections
The European Union and the United States have endorsed Algeria’s parliamentary elections as an important step toward reform, even as some opposition forces expressed suspicion that the vote was fraudulent. The head of the EU observer team there, Jose Salafranca, criticized Algeria Saturday for not giving foreign observers free access to the nationwide electoral roll. [...]

With great sadness..Shauna Crockett-Burrows, 1930–2012
This taken from her Newspaper’s website.. Founder of the world’s first positive newspaper passes away It is with great regret that we announce that our founder, Shauna Crockett-Burrows, has passed away. A month short of her 82nd birthday – and having been invited to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace at the end of May [...]

Funding boost for Scottish local food network
Europe’s largest local food network is to receive almost half a million pounds of funding from the Scottish government to encourage more people to choose local and sustainably sourced food. he Fife Diet, which has 3,000 active members, will use the £448,000 grant from the Climate Challenge Fund to measure their reduction in carbon emissions and [...]

Jan Christian Gets Her Voice Back After 35 Years Thanks To Incredible Larynx Surgery
When Jan Christian was 17, a traumatic car accident fractured her windpipe and voice box, robbing her of her voice. For her entire adult life, she has not been able to speak above a muted whisper. But now, 35 years on, Christian is finally rediscovering what it feels like to be heard after a miraculous [...]

Bald Barbie in the works for kids with cancer
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Mattel announced plans to create a bald doll for children suffering from hair loss in response to an ongoing campaign on Facebook. Southern California resident Rebecca Sypin was one of the people behind the Facebook campaign, urging Mattel to create a bald Barbie that children battling cancer and other diseases that [...]

Green Practices Study: Littering, Smoking, Gas Guzzling Are Now Frowned Upon
Littering was seen as being more embarrassing than cheating on your taxes, according to a new poll of 1,105 Americans. What does this mean? Being eco-friendly is no longer considered a fringe activity limited to a small group of hard-core activists or early adopters,” said Suzanne Shelton, CEO of Shelton Group. “Thanks to years of [...]

Pulling children out of Nepal’s prisons
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — Pushpa Basnet doesn’t need an alarm clock. Every morning, the sounds of 40 children wake her up in the two-story home she shares with them. As she helps the children dress for school, Basnet might appear to be a housemother of sorts. But the real story is more complicated. All of [...]

Burma’s Opposition Party Wins By-Election in Landslide
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi declared a “new era” for Burma Monday, after her party claimed a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections. Although official results could take days, the opposition National League for Democracy says it won at least 43 of the 44 seats it had contested. That includes the four seats in [...]

Polly Higgins was honoured as Campaigner of the Year at PEA Awards 2012
Polly Higgins was honored on March 21st with the distinction of Campaigner of the Year at the The People and Environment Achievement Awards. The PEA Awards recognise that all major breakthroughs by government, business and NGOs in environmental stewardship and social justice start with a person. Polly Higgins was recognised for her passionate commitment to [...]