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World Change-Maker

World Change-Maker

Autor: Ann Mclaughlin

Número de Páginas: 236

After directing the organization NGOabroad: International Careers and Volunteering for 20 years, the author wrote this guidebook to help both prospective and active social and humanitarian workers pursue their careers in international development. She has witnessed many individuals miss international job opportunities because they lack knowledge of the realities on the ground or the requisite skills. This practical book fills in the gaps. Chapters detail the common problems of global poverty and injustice and instruct on community-building as a means of creating lasting change. The book is designed for those who wish to work or volunteer abroad in nursing, public health, engineering, education, entrepreneurship, environmental work, women's empowerment and other fields.

Casa Pueblo

Casa Pueblo

Autor: Alexis Massol González

Número de Páginas: 225

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol-González, Casa Pueblo’s founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization’s initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This collective translation was undertaken in the spirit of the organization and offers a chronological account of Casa Pueblo’s evolution from a small group of concerned citizens to an internationally recognized model for activism.

Socially Just Mining

Socially Just Mining

Autor: Jordan Aitken , Rita Armstrong , Vicki Bilro , Andy Fourie , Kylie Macpherson

Número de Páginas: 228

In this book we consider ways in which mining companies do and can/should respect the human rights of communities affected by mining operations. We examine what "can and should" means and to whom, in a variety of mostly Peruvian contexts, and how engineers engage in "normative" practices that may interfere with the communities' best interests. We hope to raise awareness of the complexity of issues at stake and begin the necessary process of critique—of self and of the industry in which an engineer chooses to work. This book aims to alert engineering students to the price paid not only by vulnerable communities but also by the natural environment when mining companies engage in irresponsible and, often, illegal mining practices. If mining is to be in our future, and if we are to have a future which is sustainable, engineering students must learn to mine and support mining, in new ways—ways which are fairer, more equitable, and cleaner than today.

The Battle for Paradise

The Battle for Paradise

Autor: Naomi Klein

Número de Páginas: 52

Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the ‘battle of utopias’ that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico” (Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) “We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and María unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for?” —Carmen Yulín Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich “Puertopians” are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation’s radical, resilient vision for a “just recovery.” All royalties from the sale of this book in English and...

Energy Islands

Energy Islands

Autor: Catalina M De Onís

Número de Páginas: 300

"Weaving together historical and ethnographic research, Catalina M. de Onâis challenges the master narratives of Puerto Rico as a tourist destination and site of 'natural' disasters. She demonstrates how fossil-fuel economies are inextricably entwined with colonial practices and policies and how local community groups in Puerto Rico have struggled against energy coloniality and energy privilege to mobilize and transform power from the ground up. This work decenters continental contexts and deconstructs damaging hierarchies that devalue and exploit disenfranchised rural, coastal communities"--

Deciding for Ourselves

Deciding for Ourselves

Autor: Cindy Milstein

Número de Páginas: 169

In a time of social and ecological crises, people everywhere are looking for solutions. States and capitalism, rather than providing them, only make matters worse. There’s a growing sense that we’ll have to fix this mess on our own. But how? Deciding for Ourselves, in the spirit of the Zapatistas, demonstrates that “the impossible is possible.” A better world through self-determination and self-governance is not only achievable. It is already happening in urban and rural communities around the world—from Mexico to Rojava, Denmark to Greece—as an implicit or explicit replacement for nations, police, and other forms of hierarchical social control. This anthology explores this “sense of freedom in the air,” as one piece puts it, by looking at contemporary examples of autonomous, directly democratic spaces and the real-world dilemmas they experience, all the while underscoring the egalitarian ways of life that are collectively generated in them.

Racial Ecologies

Racial Ecologies

Autor: Leilani Nishime , Kim D. Hester Williams

Número de Páginas: 291

From the Flint water crisis to the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy, environmental threats and degradation disproportionately affect communities of color, with often dire consequences for people’s lives and health. Racial Ecologies explores activist strategies and creative responses, such as those of Mexican migrant women, New Zealand Maori, and African American farmers in urban Detroit, demonstrating that people of color have always been and continue to be leaders in the fight for a more equitable and ecologically just world. Grounded in an ethnic-studies perspective, this interdisciplinary collection illustrates how race intersects with Indigeneity, colonialism, gender, nationality, and class to shape our understanding of both nature and environmental harm, showing how and why environmental issues are also racial issues. Indeed, Indigenous, critical race, and postcolonial frameworks are crucial for comprehending and addressing accelerating anthropogenic change, from the local to the global, and for imagining speculative futures. This forward-looking, critical intervention bridges environmental scholarship and ethnic studies and will prove indispensable to activists,...

Le choc des utopies

Le choc des utopies

Autor: Naomi Klein

Número de Páginas: 76

Dans les décombres laissés par les tempêtes meurtrières de 2017, les habitants de Porto Rico rebâtissent leur monde et se mesurent à de puissants adversaires dans une lutte pour l’avenir : pour qui reconstruira-t-on l’île ? Pour ceux qui y vivent ou pour ceux qui veulent y faire fortune ? Après un désastre écologique comme ceux qui promettent de frapper partout et de plus en plus souvent, deux visions du monde s’affrontent : celle d’ultrariches libertariens, déterminés à transformer l’île en un paradis où ils pourraient vivre à l’abri des tumultes d’un monde dont ils ont su tirer profit, et celle d’une population déterminée à reconstruire ses communautés autrement, pour mieux vivre ensemble, et mieux vivre dans le monde. Naomi Klein reprend ici la grille d’analyse de La stratégie du choc pour décrire le pillage en cours, mais elle raconte surtout l’histoire de femmes et d’hommes qui s’organisent pour subvenir à leurs besoins et pour bâtir une société durable et démocratique.

Fuentes energéticas, luchas comunitarias y medioambiente en Puerto Rico

Fuentes energéticas, luchas comunitarias y medioambiente en Puerto Rico

Autor: Edwin Irizarry Mora

Número de Páginas: 428

"En el libro se examinan aspectos esenciales de algunas de las luchas comunitarias relacionadas con proyectos energéticos impulsados por distintas administraciones gubernamentales, se sugieren alternativas tecnológicas que se adapten mejor a las condiciones ambientales del país y se ofrece una extensa bibliografía para aquellas personas interesadas en temas tales como las fuentes energéticas renovables, la situación energética y el cambio climático las crisis recurrentes del petróleo y el rol de los combustibles fósiles en la economía mundial .

The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico

The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico

Autor: Stephen Keeling

Número de Páginas: 430

Discover a land of lush jungles and dazzling white sand with The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico. The full-colour introduction will inspire you with stunning photography of the 'things not to miss' from the cosmopolitan city of San Juan to the exotic flora and fauna of the Caribbean National Forest. Dozens of user-friendly maps will guide you to our recommended accommodation and there are hundreds of restaurant reviews for gourmet eateries and local food stalls across the island. Covering all must-sees such as the Río Camuy caves and the romantic colonial town of Ponce, the guide also features full-colour inserts on Festivals dedicated to fruits and flowers, and Food, including independent gourmet coffee producers and regional specialties. The guide features in-depth sections on Mayagüez, La Cordillera, Vieques and Culebra, as well as all the practical information you'd expect from a Rough Guide. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico.

Historia de las Antillas

Historia de las Antillas

Autor: Ana Crespo Solana , Ma. Dolores González-ripoll Navarro , Luis E. González Vales

Número de Páginas: 958
Making Livable Worlds

Making Livable Worlds

Autor: Hilda Lloréns

Número de Páginas: 224

When Hurricanes Irma and María made landfall in Puerto Rico in September 2017, their destructive force further devastated an archipelago already pummeled by economic austerity, political upheaval, and environmental calamities. To navigate these ongoing multiple crises, Afro–Puerto Rican women have drawn from their cultural knowledge to engage in daily improvisations that enable their communities to survive and thrive. Their life-affirming practices, developed and passed down through generations, offer powerful modes of resistance to gendered and racialized exploitation, ecological ruination, and deepening capitalist extraction. Through solidarity, reciprocity, and an ethics of care, these women create restorative alternatives to dispossession to produce good, meaningful lives for their communities. Making Livable Worlds weaves together autobiography, ethnography, interviews, memories, and fieldwork to recast narratives that continuously erase Black Puerto Rican women as agents of social change. In doing so, Lloréns serves as an “ethnographer of home” as she brings to life the powerful histories and testimonies of a marginalized, disavowed community that has been treated as ...

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The Evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico

Autor: Alexis Massol-gonzález , Avril Andromache Johnnidis , Arturo Massol-deyá

Número de Páginas: 0
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Casa Pueblo cultiva esperanzas

Autor: Alexis Massol González

Número de Páginas: 229

"El ingeniero Alexis Massol, líder de Casa Pueblo en Adjuntas estará presentando su libro Casa Pueblo Cultiva Esperanzas, en el cual articula cómo se desarrolla un proyecto de autogestión comunitaria con proyección local y nacional desde las narrativas y memorias de los pasados 39 años. En su libro, Massol destila grandes lecciones en torno a la gestión comunitaria, la educación desde la base, el uso de las artes y la cultura como mecanismo de desarrollo y los esfuerzos hacia la independencia energética desde la propia organización comunitaria en alianza con diversos grupos locales, nacionales e internacionales." -- publisher.

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Infraestructura verde y nuestros parques

Autor: María A. Juncos Gautier , Doris J. Morales Rodríguez , Universidad Metropolitana Centro De Estudios Para El Desarrollo Sustentable , Compañía De Parques Nacionales De Puerto Rico , International Institute Of Tropical Forestry (p.r.). , Universidad Metropolitana Escuela De Asuntos Ambientales Instituto De Educación Ambiental , United States. Forest Service

Número de Páginas: 96
La selección natural

La selección natural

Autor: Charles Darwin

Número de Páginas: 119

«Expresado muy brevemente, Darwin sustanció con muy variadas evidencias la idea (que otros antes que él habían propuesto) de que las especies evolucionan, encontrando además un mecanismo que hacía plausible tal evolución; defendió que la vida es como un árbol, de cuyas raíces han ido brotando diferentes ramas, esto es, especies, que con el paso del tiempo continúan diversificándose, dando origen a otras bajo la presión de determinados condicionamientos. [...] A lo largo del siglo y medio que nos separa de la publicación de El origen de las especies, la esencia de su contenido no ha hecho sino recibir confirmación tras confirmación. Puede que aún resten cuestiones por dilucidar, pero el evolucionismo darwiniano nos suministra un marco conceptual y explicativo imprescindible para comprender el mundo natural de manera racional, sin recurrir a mitos». José Manuel Sánchez Ron, El País

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