Tag: "environment"
Video: Heavy rains in Mexico can’t beat the drought
Although Mexico is currently in the grip of the worst drought it has suffered since World War Two, houses flooded and streets turned into lakes this week when torrential rainfall lashed down on Mexico City and the neighboring State of Mexico.
Video: Drought leaves Mexicans high and dry
Crops are wilting in the countryside, and the capital’s water shortage has turned dire as Mexico grapples with its worst drought in more than half a century. See the Los Angeles Times report here.
Video: Mexico City mural makeover
A government project mobilized more than 1,000 youngsters earlier this month to clean up and repaint a graffiti-covered wall in the south of the city, as part of an urban spruce-up scheme for the summer.
Video: Cars inspire Mexican artist’s show with a green message
Mexico visual artist Betsabee Romero used cars to create installations for “A vuelta de rueda (driving slowly),” an outdoor exhibition in downtown Mexico City that has a decidedly green feel to it.
Snorkelling Cenotes – but can they be saved?
Read MexicoReporter.com’s dispatch for CNN Traveler on the Mayan Riviera’s cenotes here.
Video: Mexico’s deteriorating environment
] Water pollution is one of the biggest problems, and the growth of tourism in the area prompts the growth of new settlements due to the new jobs created. The hotels are required to have a water-treatment plant, but the settlements for hotel workers have no such facilities obligations or facilities. The direct impact of [...]
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