Stories
Health promoters stop cholera. . . . . 2
Bhopal toxic gas disaster. . . . . 36
Timothy’s story. . . . . 47
How germs travel. . . . . 48
Arsenic in “safe” water. . . . . 61
Partnership improves the water supply. . . . . 62
Industry takes a community’s water. . . . . 67
Villagers teach development workers. . . . . 74
Collecting rainwater in the desert. . . . . 87
Women and men talk about water. . . . . 89
The wrong toilets?. . . . . 107
Urban community sanitation. . . . . 115
People build their own sewers. . . . . 117
Dry toilets help local economy. . . . . 126
Malaria on the Trans-Amazon Highway. . . . . 142
Stopping dengue by stopping mosquitoes. . . . . 152
Aguan River Valley watershed. . . . . 159
How a large dam made the Yaqui people sick 169
Intertribal partnership protects the Yukon River 173
The Green Belt Movement. . . . . 176
Protecting forests and livelihood. . . . . 182
Harvesting medicine from the forest. . . . . 184
Working to protect the Amazon rainforest. . . .193
Forestry that sustains both people and trees. .195
NGO workers learn about erosion from farmers 201
Helping trees plant themselves. . . . . 205
Changes in farming. . . . . 218
Changing diets affect Native Americans’ health 224
Junior Farmer Field School for AIDS orphans 228
The People’s Grocery. . . . . 229
Recovering lost seeds to resist drought. . . . . 232
Vía Campesina. . . . . 235
Farmers resist GE cotton. . . . . 238
Golden rice in Asia. . . . . 243
Mother seeds of resistance. . . . . 245
Villagers organize a seed swap. . . . . 246
A village struggles against pesticides. . . . . 254
Doctors do not always have the answers. . . . . 265
Farmers organize to stay independent. . . . . 274
Juan, Pedro, and Hurricane Mitch. . . . . 280
Stone walls prevent erosion and save water. . 295
Urban farming blossoms. . . . . 312
Farmers market products cooperatively. . . . . 315
Farmer field schools. . . . . 316
Toxic pollution at Love Canal. . . . . 320
Organizing against radiation poisoning. . . . . 344
Improved ventilation solves many problems. . 353
Women improve stoves for fuel and flavor. . . . 359
Natural home cleaning protects health. . . . . 374
Teenagers improve building materials. . . . . 380
Building homes and community. . . . . 385
How Eseng gained better health and respect 388
A community trades trash for cash. . . . . 395
Banning plastic bags. . . . . 397
Community composting and recycling. . . . . 401
Resource recovery centers. . . . . 408
A town struggles with solid waste and wins. . .416
Philippines outlaws incineration. . . . . 417
Sangu’s story. . . . . 421
GroundWork’s bucket brigade. . . . . 456
Cleaner production in tanneries. . . . . 461
A taste of clean production. . . . . 462
The Africa Stockpiles Programme. . . . . 463
Take your toxic waste and go home. . . . . 465
A home run for health. . . . . 466
Mining sickness among the Dineh. . . . . 473
School and nutrition for child miners. . . . . 475
Treatment for miners with silicosis. . . . . 480
Community action saves a river. . . . . 483
Women miners organize a cooperative. . . . . 493
Asbestos miners finally win in court. . . . . 494
Oil communities organize a health study. . . . .500
Flaring can be stopped. . . . . 512
Oil spill clean-up makes workers sick . . . . . 516
A new way to clean spilled oil? . . . . . 520
Women protest oil exploitation . . . . . 521
The case against Texaco . . . . . 523
Solar-powered rural clinics . . . . . 531
Micro hydropower unites communities . . . . . 535
Microcredit helps fund solar power . . . . . 539
Biogas powers rural life . . . . . 542
Maya Pedal bicycle power . . . . . 543
Communities resist mining. . . . . 562
A Community Guide to Environmental Health 2012