Cocoa galore
As any chocolate lover can imagine, cocoa sells at a good price these days, meaning the growers can use the extra income to improve their...
Running Rainwater in Rural Schools
Imagine not having water in school to wash your hands, or carrying buckets from a well to clean floors and surfaces. Up until recently...
25 years of Conserving the Sierra
Many years ago people came in search of minerals to Sierra de las Minas (“the Mining Sierra”), as its Spanish name indicates. Today,...
School children bought the rainforest
30 years ago a passionate elementary teacher and her students in Sweden raised one million dollars to buy a rainforest in Guatemala....
Iguanas to the rescue
How can a village stop the extinction of a species? Well, we think we´ve got it figured out. The green iguanas (Iguana iguana) are not...
Scarlet macaws released into the wild
The first 9 Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao cyanoptera) that were raised in captivity in the Scarlet Macaw Reproduction Program were recently...
The Howler Newsletter
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Don Mauricio’s Pine Trees
If it makes economic sense to plant trees, wouldn´t more people reforest their land? Indeed they would. In Guatemala landowners are paid...
Vegetables that Make a Difference
New crops provide better nutrition and can be sold for a higher price than commonly planted crops such as corn and beans. That’s why we...
The Gift of a Goat
Gradually, the river becomes smaller and smaller until we have to duck our heads not to get smashed by heavy branches. The tunnel of...
