by amazonaid | Sep 15, 2020 | Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous People
Kelsey Beyeler Environmental injustice always has been, and always will be, inextricably linked to racial injustice. For centuries outsiders and colonists have exploited foreign lands and indigenous peoples for their labor and resources, often causing irreparable...
by Charlie Espinosa | Jun 5, 2020 | Blog, Deforestation, Indigenous People, News, Plants, Uncategorized
Viruses like Covid-19 seem to spring into our lives from nowhere, devastating us with loss and grief. But the reality is that we are almost always the cause of the diseases that make us suffer. The worst epidemics in recent history—AIDS, SARS, Lyme Disease, Ebola, and...
by Charlie Espinosa | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Indigenous People, Mercury, News, Uncategorized
A blood-orange sun is setting over the canopy by the time the miners finally extract a few grams of gold. To get it, they had to clear a patch of trees and dig deep into the ground, scoring a crater in the forest. Once they reach the stream bed, they mix gold-bearing...
by amazonaid | Oct 7, 2019 | Amazon Rainforest, Climate Change, Deforestation, Indigenous People
The Leticia Pact, Explained by Charlie Espinosa October 7, 2019 On September 6, 2019, representatives from seven Amazon countries signed a pact intended to protect the rainforest by expanding regional cooperation. Indigenous leaders also attended the gathering, which...
by amazonaid | Sep 25, 2018 | Acre Care, Blog, Indigenous People, News, Sustainability, Trees, Uncategorized
Amazon Aid Foundation has teamed with Caremob, an innovative online fundraising platform (patent-pending) that “unlocks” donations from corporate donors to charities as website visitors view videos. Additionally, those who sign in and view videos to...
