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Andrea Arzaba

Journalist, interested in environment, culture and development. Blogger for different online publications such as Global Voices Online, Adopt a Negotiator and founder of The SunFlower Post project. Andrea has participated in international peace initiatives such as People to People’s Peace Camp, Clinton Global Initiative and in several World Youth Congresses. She has also been invited as a panelist on Journalism, Youth Leadership and Mexico in Montreal, Moscow and Quebec. Today she is finishing her last year on a BA on Communications, focusing on Journalism, and she is a freelance writer for National Geographic Traveler. She is based in Mexico City.

Greenpeace: Looking Forward to Doha COP18

Posted by: Andrea Arzaba Posted date: November 14, 2012 | comment : 0

Climate change activists are looking beyond Rio+20. Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace, talks about what to expect from Doha COP18. Andrea Arzaba reports from Brasilia. ...

True Knowledge Is Not Only in Classrooms: Mexican Native Environmental Leader

Posted by: Andrea Arzaba Posted date: October 08, 2012 | comment : 2

The Raramuri - indigenous people of northwestern Mexico - believe that all living beings are guides to us, humans. One Raramuri environmental leader explains. ...

Mathare: Life in a Slum in Kenya

Posted by: Andrea Arzaba Posted date: September 19, 2012 | comment : 1

Mathare, one of the oldest slums in Africa: A photo essay . ...

Rio+20: What Happened inside the Walls of the Earth Summit

Posted by: Andrea Arzaba Posted date: July 09, 2012 | comment : 1

Rio+20 could have been the conference that changed lead countries to powerful sustainable development commitments. But it was not. ...

Contextualising Mexican Climate Change Law

Posted by: Andrea Arzaba Posted date: May 02, 2012 | comment : 0

Consequences of Climate Change in Mexico City. This was the first city in Latin America to launch a local climate change strategy. ...

Ecovillages: Muddy Roads and Clear Visions

Posted by: Andrea Arzaba and Larisa Rankovic Posted date: April 13, 2012 | comment : 0

Founders and inhabitants of ecovillages (human sustainable community settlements that use green energy and ecotechnologies in order to become more socially, economically and ecologically sustainable than any city) may be living in remote areas and with purposefully limited daily communication with the rest of the world, but they could as well be fully aware of the pressing issues of that world and having id ...