March 28, 2012 /
David Conrad, Micah Albert
Nairobi’s Dandora Municipal Dump Site has been officially "full" for years and is implicated in a host of diseases--yet provides employment to scavengers. Views from the dump and from those nearby.
March 2, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Sara Shahriari, Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
In Bolivia, urban growth poses a major pollution threat to Lake Titicaca, South America's largest freshwater lake. Some downstream communities are trying to fight back.
February 28, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Peter Sawyer
After 15 years, a neighborhood in Accra gets access to safe running water.
February 16, 2012 /
Bobby Bascomb
The Sahara is steadily advancing south into the Sahel region of Africa, but leaders of 11 African nations hope to plant a Great Green Wall of trees to block the world’s largest desert.
February 16, 2012 /
Living on Earth
Bobby Bascomb
From Senegal to Djibouti, there is a plan to halt the advancing Sahara desert with a Great Green Wall of trees.
February 2, 2012 /
Asia Society
Aria Curtis
The Asia Society interviews James Whitlow Delano about his reporting on deforestation, palm oil production and its effect on indigenous people in Malaysia.
January 25, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Sara Shahriari, Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
A new kind of toilet may be the salvation of Lake Titicaca. It's sanitary and it may even produce compost suitable for growing food.
January 19, 2012 /
iWatch
Christiane Badgley
As Ghana ramps up off-shore oil production, the government promises to attend to environmental concerns. But plans to cope with a catastrophic spill are noticeably missing.
January 19, 2012 /
Asia Society
Sean Gallagher
Pulitzer Center grantee Sean Gallagher reflects on his reporting about deforestation in China and its impact on the giant panda.
January 17, 2012 /
The Guardian
Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
With urban populations increasing, Lake Titicaca is being polluted with waste from booming cities in Peru and Bolivia.