This World Water Day, 22 March 2012, we look at Bolivia’s glaciers, which are melting at an alarming rate. Farming communities on the slopes beneath the Illimani glacier in La Paz have land to farm, but not enough water to grow the crops they need to feed and sustain their families. Organizations like Christian Aid…Continue Reading World Water Day 2012: Bolivia’s melting glaciers (3:33)
http://vimeo.com/37615523 Adam Berman, director of Urban Adamah, talks about the program’s mission and connection with the community. Located in Berkeley, California, Urban Adamah runs a full time organic farm, summer camp day school programs, and a residential fellowship program for young adults….Continue Reading Urban Adamah, Education and Ecology at Work (4:12)
For decades, religious organizations such as the National Council of Churches, the Catholic bishops, and others have been working with labor organizers to try to improve conditions for farm workers, and there’s been some success, most recently in the tomato fields of south Florida, where immigrants harvest nearly all the winter tomatoes this country grows….Continue Reading Farmworker Justice (9:20)