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From March 2011 World Rivers ReviewLaurie Stone Laurie Guevara-Stone is the International Program Manager for Solar Energy International, a Colorado-based group that provides hands-on training in renewable energy around the globe. She shared her insights from her more than 20 years' experience in the field of clean, decentralized energy. WRR: Describe what you do. What motivated you to enter the field of clean energy? LGS: I coordinate all of our international workshops and trainings. We have five different workshops in Latin America each year, and we also train in-country organizations and

From March 2011 World Rivers ReviewWang Yongchen at the 2010 Rivers for Life meeting in Mexico A growing environmental movement has taken hold in China. Since the late 1970s, more than 3,500 Chinese NGOs have been formally registered, bringing positive change and a sharpened focus on major environmental challenges in China. A new book, Stories of China's Environmental NGOs (Foreign Languages Press), follows some of the movement's more charismatic leaders. One of the few women profiled in the book is Wang Yongchen, a senior reporter with China National Radio and founder of Green Earth Volunt

From March 2011 World Rivers Review"Water is life. When everyone has access to sources of water that are treated, protected and managed effectively, there will be improvement in the livelihood of the community members - especially women and children who have to move miles away in search of water for daily household activities." Nadiatu Ali and Victoria Yaro (2010 GWWI Grassroots Graduates) These women have just been trained in improved water and sanitation practices by the Global Women's Water Initiative More people die from unsafe water than all forms of violence, including war. Africa fac

How Large Dams Reinforce Gender InequalitiesFrom March 2011 World Rivers Review Large dams have enormous consequences for people's lives and livelihoods. Their far-reaching consequences can affect women and men quite differently. Large dams lead to massive shifts in the ways in which men and women access and control resources across a river basin. In some cases, women might gain access to markets and urban The Narmada struggle in India empowered rural women to stand up to big dams that threaten thier communities. (Karen Robinson) facilities that were not available to them prior to resettleme

Women Speak Out for RiversFrom March 2011 World Rivers Review How do women feel when their rivers are dammed, their forests and villages submerged? What are their main concerns when facing the huge social changes and trauma that these projects bring to their communities? What inspired them to resist large dams and join the movement against all odds? How can they build more strength into their struggles? Women have long taken action to protect rivers. These women would be affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India Karen Robinson These were some of the questions we brought to a special women'

Критика нового протокола оценки Международной ассоциации гидроэнергетики Октябрь 2010 года РезюмеМеждународная ассоциация гидроэнергетики - группа лоббирования отрасли строительства плотин - недавно опубликовала рекомендуемый окончательный проект Протокола оценки устойчивости энергетики (Протокол МАГ) . Авторы назыв

From December 2010 World Rivers Review Over the past several months, protests against big dams in northeast India have been a regular feature in the headlines. What initially started as student's movement against big dams in the state of Arunachal Pradesh has now snowballed into becoming a major election issue for next year's election in the state of Assam. Spearheading the anti-dam protest in Assam is the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), a peasant movement which has declared that political parties supporting the construction of mega- dams in Assam would be voted out. Giving a call of

From December 2010 World Rivers Review In the Mekong region, ongoing economic growth despite the global economic crisis continues to drive a push for extensive dam-building. Since we last reported on the Mekong region's new dam builders from Thailand, Vietnam and China in 2007, these developers have proposed even more ambitious and controversial projects, including a cascade of 11 dams on the Mekong River's mainstream (see "New Report Urges Ten-Year Dam-Building Freeze on Mekong"). Climate change is increasingly cited as a justification for dam building, as is a serious drought and then fl

From December 2010 World Rivers Review The energy issue is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. The intensive use of fossil fuels that made the industrial revolution possible has had many unintended consequences. In Argentina, more than 90% of primary energy is from oil and gas. Yet not only are we running out of fossil fuels in Argentina, but we are already beginning to see the impacts from climate change. The solar fair. Taller Ecologista At Taller Ecologista , we believe it essential to more quickly adopt renewable energy in Argentina not only to reduce energy consumpt

From December 2010 World Rivers Review The historic town of Hasankeyf , under threat from the Ilisu Dam now under construction on the Tigris River in Turkey, was the site of a unique "solidarity camp" in October. Local dancers perform at the solidarity camp. Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Organizers say the intent of the camp was to raise public awareness in Turkey and worldwide about the problems with the dam, and to foster an intense resistance "against" this destructive dam, and a public drive to preserve Hasankeyf and the Tigris Valley. The 12,000-year-old town once served as an i