Last Performing Circus Elephant Of Chile Transported To Sanctuary To Live In Peace
Mandy Froelich – On October 16th, Ramba left Santiago, Chile, accompanied by elephant welfare experts and several dedicated volunteers.
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South America’s Second-Largest Forest is Also Burning – and ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Charcoal is Subsidizing its Destruction
Joel E. Correia – South America’s second-largest forest, the Gran Chaco, is disappearing in plain sight.
The 6 Biggest Threats to the Amazon Rainforest
Michael Whitehouse – The Amazon rainforest is facing utter destruction.
6 Striking Aerial Images Show How Deforestation Has Altered the Earth
Stefanie Spear – There’s no debating that humans have greatly scarred the Earth. And, there’s no better way to see the extent of that damage than via aerial images…
Simple Living: President of Uruguay Leads by Example
Matthew Pike, Positive News Waking Times Despite being the figurehead of a country on the up, Uruguay president José Mujica donates his earnings to charity and lives on a small modest farm. Matthew Pike considers how his grounded principles are changing the political landscape. When José Mujica became Uruguay’s 40th president in 2009, he chose not to …
The Killing Fields: Growing Soy in South America
Waking Times What are the true costs of growing Soy in South America? In Paraguay over 2.6 million hectares are used for growing soy, which is primarily used as animal feed for factory farms in Europe. While European farmers may delight in having access to cheap GMO food for their meat farms, this practice has …