ELLAS enviropreneur, photo by Franklin Ruiz Morales

The ELLAS Initiative Concludes

“I feel empowered, and now I look at myself as an entrepreneur. We went from informality to having vision . . . Aspiring is not only believing in dreams, it is changing one’s attitude to see the changes.” – Sonia, hostel …

pasoblogThe ELLAS Initiative Concludes

ELLAS Progress Report: Measurable Achievements

This month we’re reflecting on our ELLAS program, and the commitment we made to the community at the Clinton Global Initiative Five women launched one sea turtle nursery which protected over 6500 sea turtle hatchlings and transformed the way their community interacts …

pasoblogELLAS Progress Report: Measurable Achievements

ELLAS Progress Report: Challenges & Achievements

This month we’re reflecting on our ELLAS program, and the commitment we made to the community at the Clinton Global Initiative. Empowering Women Economically Throughout our existence, but this past year especially, we at Paso Pacifico have watched rural women in Central America’s …

pasoblogELLAS Progress Report: Challenges & Achievements

¡Votá por Ellas!

Thank you to everyone who has voted for our ELLAS program in the NatGeo Ashoka Changemakers Geotourism Challenge. We appreciate all the support! El Nuevo Diario yesterday: La iniciativa “ELLAS” que promueve el Organismo No Gubernamental Paso Pacífico, el cual …

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Vote ELLAS

We are finalists in NatGeo’s Geotourism Challenge on Ashoka’s Changemakers website. If we win this challenge, we will receive funding for our watershed and coastal restoration work from the National Geographic foundation, the Multilateral Investment Fund, and the Inter-American Development Bank. …

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International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day, these Nicaraguan school girls look toward their future. A featured commitment of the Clinton Global Initiative, our ELLAS Initiative works directly with women, children, and communities to ensure the region’s current and future ability to sustain …

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The Importance of Science Transfer

As part of their Global Reset series, Seed Magazine explores how a reformation of the culture and practice of science could help the scientific community respond to global challenges: An interdisciplinary approach is necessary for the weighty, interconnected problems—from sustainable …

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Central American Changemakers

From our friends at PRETOMA and the Wildlife Conservation Society of Nicaragua: For all of you who have been following Pretoma’s activities and supported our campaigns, many thanks. We need your help again. We are finalists in a competition called …

pasoblogCentral American Changemakers

Arribada en playa La Flor

De nuestros amigos de Parque Maritimo el Coco: Nos es grato informarles que la madrugada del miercoles 1ro de Septiembre del 2010 inicio la primera arribada masiva de tortugas marinas de la variedad Paslama en playa La Flor. Por ser …

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Las Areas Protegidas

By, Rick Smith, Paso Pacifico Director and Retired US-National Park Ranger Desde los años medios del siglo 19, la idea de crear áreas protegidas públicas se ha desarrollado en el mundo. Usando las reservas en manos particulares o las reservas …

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