The article below was featured in the May/June 2009 edition of Common Place Magazine and highlights some of the work done by Asofenix in Nicaragua. The article was written by Emily Will and photographed by Melissa Engle.
For her 17 years of married life, Marbellyz Ortíz Espinoza has dreaded one part of each day — rising [...]
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Electricity in Nicaragua – The Power of the Sun
Posted in Nicaragua, solar energy, solar water pumping on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fragil Survival in the Sacred Valley
Posted in Peru, health, water on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Sacred Valley is full of paradoxes. Stunning vertical landscapes. Tourism and a hippy mecca. Andean Waldorf schools. And grinding poverty…
I first meet up with Sandra and Sandy: two good natured, down-to-earth Canadians who are volunteering in Peru. Sandra with Kuasay Wasi Clinic (http://kausaywasi.org/) and Sandy with DESEA, Desarrollo en Accion (www.deseaperu.org), Green Empowerment’s new [...]
University of Michigan’s BLUElab heads down to Nicaragua
Posted in Nicaragua, biodigestor, technologies, university partnership on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Michigan’s Better Living Using Engineering Laboratory’s (BLUElab) Biogas Project focuses on the use of anaerobic biodigesters to recover energy from waste. This group is advised by Dr. Steven Skerlos and is a team of undergraduates and graduates from different disciplines that do work on the project as an extracurricular commitment. The group’s [...]
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