A RESEARCH REVEALS POLLUTION ON WATER AND SOIL IN ESPINAR, CUSCO.   According to a recently research directed by Peruvian Ministry of Health between 2011 and 2012, soil and water in Espinar (Cusco) are polluted, pointed environmental researchers Patricia Rojas (Peru) and Eike Humpel (Germany). However, the Anglo-Swiss multinational Xtrata’s mining corporation said that this information is not right at … Continue reading →

We had the great opportunity of having a three days workshop in our school “Colegio Mayor Secundario Presidente del Peru”. It was from October, 17th to Octuber, 18th. Our guess was Mr. Jaime Sperberg from Youthinkgreen. In these activities participated experts from our country and Germany with the purpose of teaching about sustainable consumption of water and renewable energies. These speakers … Continue reading →

For this topic, I would like to give an example like: Mantaro basin has a high indicator about its vulnerability about climate change and acording with new predictions it will be bigger in the next few years. The frequent extreme meteorological events produce natural disasters like: floods, rising sea levels, water shotages, damage of crops in each part of highlands. … Continue reading →

Peru has a variety of people, regions, climate, landscapes and resources. The coast of Peru is a desert that is fortunately interrupted with a few valleys where live around the 50% of total population. The Andes is the region that provides minerals, plants and water. Water is the most important source of life and energy that Andean region provides to … Continue reading →

Dr. Antonio Brack Egg, Peruvian Ex Minister of Environment said that one of the biggest problem that concern people from Lima is transportation. Brack added that 47,8% of citizens are worried about pollution in Lima and Callao and 45,9% of them are upset about public transportation. On the contrary, Mariana Alegre, director of ‘Lima Cómo Vamos’ NGO pointed that 21,5% … Continue reading →

People in Perú who have a 24 hours drinking water service at their homes represent only the 50% said Kuczynzky, the director of the Clean Water’s NGO. He said that these people use it to water their gardens instead of using recycled water. He added that water consumption in Lima is more than in the rest of Perú. Otherwise, in the World Water … Continue reading →

This week eighteen congressmen from the Democratic Party send a letter to The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and to The U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to complain about the Doe Run Mining Company’s operation in Peru. They asked the US government to adopt measures to solve the plumb pollution in La Oroya-Peru where Doe Run operates. “We believed that the negative … Continue reading →

Perú Team Presentation Video Permalink: http://www.youthinkgreen.org/group-peru-01/2012/03/30/24

The People’s Defender Counsel in Perú said that the peruvian government has to solve more than 200 social conflicts, around 10 of then are refered to social enviromental problems. The document precise that Puno (21) and Ancash (21) are the regions that have the most social problems to solve. In Cajamarca there is a social enviromental problem, It is referred … Continue reading →

On March 15th, the film director Thomas Frick arrived in Lima and came to our school as a teacher of movie-making. We were glad to meet him and introduce ourselves to him. We have working the next five days on making our scripts, treatments and getting ideas to create a short-movie. It was a wonderful experience for all of us.