Press
Check out GAIA's latest work and media coverage below. For GAIA media spokespeople, click here.
Sign up to stay informed about breaking news and events in GAIA's work to advance real solutions to the world's waste crisis.
News Articles
El sinsentido del incinerador de Oslo: un ejemplo de mala planificacion
Un artículo del New York Times ilustra muy bien la ruina que significa para el planeta y para los ciudadanos el hecho de tener infraestructura mal planificada construida en modelos de sociedad como Noruega. Es desastroso para el planeta y para los ciudadanos.
El Premio Goldman reconoce iniciativas de basura cero.
Radio Mundo Real-En otra sintonía
Nohra Padilla, recicladora colombiana, recibio el Premio Goldman oficialmente el 15 de abril en una ceremonia realizada en la ciudad de San Francisco, Estados Unidos. “Nohra es destacada por su lucha por la dignidad y el reconocimiento al rol de los recicladores en el manejo de los residuos urbanos”, resalto la coordinacion latinoamericana de GAIA.
Goldman Prize winners inspired during trip to SF
by Cheryl Jennings, abclocal.go.com
April 16th, 2013
by Cheryl Jennings, abclocal.go.com
April 16th, 2013
Two of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize winners were honored for promoting recycling in their countries. While they were in the Bay Area, they got a look at San Francisco's model program.
Press Releases
PARTICULATE POLLUTION NEAR OKHLA INCINERATOR LIFE THREATENING: REPORT
The levels of fine particulate pollution found air samples taken from two locations around the municipal waste incinerator in Sukhdev Vihar, Delhi would have "triggered a health warning of emergency conditions," had the incinerator been in the United States.
Promotores de Basura Cero son destacados por el "Nobel Verde" - el Premio Ambiental Goldman 2013
April 15th, 2013
April 15th, 2013
Premiados de Colombia e Italia son lideres del reciclaje de base y de movimientos de Basura Cero.
EXIGEN DETENER APROBACIÓN
DE CEMENTERA EN MÉXICO
January 28th, 2013
January 28th, 2013
A través del Mecanismo de Desarrollo Limpio (MDL) se aprobaría propuesta que ya había sido detenida por la comunidad y declarada ilegal por el Gobierno del Estado.
MultiMedia
Space for Waste Pickers in Solid Waste Management
A meeting of waste pickers from around the world was held in April of 2012 in India. Participants with common experiences were able to share their successes, strategies, challenges, ideas, and mutual support. This video highlights what was learned.
Informal Recyclers Share Ideas Related to Extended Producer Responsibility
In this brief film, members of the informal recycling workers' organization, SWaCH, share their experiences and their insights into what designers and manufacturers can do to cut down on waste.
We, SWaCH
This film show members of the informal waste workers' organization, SWaCH, at work in Pune India.
GAIA and Allies in the News
Trash the throw-away culture
by Saraswathy Nagarajan, http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2900295.ece
by Saraswathy Nagarajan, http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2900295.ece
As the subject of garbage raises a stink, environmentalist Shibu K. Nair, a volunteer of Thanal, explains how the problem can be alleviated to a certain extent by collective action
Greens Dump Waste-to-Energy Plan
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOICH&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOICH&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW
Chennai: It’s a simple choice, really, say environmentalists: Either spend as much as . 150 crore on a waste-to-energy plant that does not work and currently is being phased out in developed countries or use a fraction of the money to recycle and compost waste while providing employment to thousands of poor people.
