Despite the fact that Mexico is a country with great renewable energy resources, experts predict that it will face a severe energy crisis in the next decade [1]. Given the constant decrease in production of its major oil wells, and the inevitable growth of energy demand in the country, Mexico is expected to be a net importer of energy by 2020 [2]. In a recent analysis of the potential for…
“People who live in the desert dream about water.” That’s what my friend said, anyway. I just got back from a short stay in my friend’s small desert village in northern Rajasthan, India. It is a village covered in sand, far from any town–a village so remote that it took three phone calls and three hours to get me a paracetamol (aspirin) for a fever I was having. One night…
When I landed in Kansas in 2009 as part of a Visioning committee for the Kansas Scenic Byways, I was brought there to help the state develop nature, cultural, and active travel along their scenic backroads. I conducted nine stakeholder meetings throughout the state and was privileged to be part of a process of input and evaluation with hundreds of people committed to sustainable development of their communities. However, in…
I’m a brand new development scholar, one who just had his first real experience with abject poverty while visiting Nairobi.