Vi Waghiyi, Environmental Health and Justice Program Director at IPEN Participating Organization Alaska Community Action on Toxics, has been spotlighted on the national Collaborative on Health and the Environment's homepage. Please visit the page for an interview with Vi! http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/homepage/14052
Brussels, 22 January 2013 – From 4 to 11 February 2014, HEAL is co-hosting a programme of Health and Environment documentaries and debates as part of the 31st International Environmental Film Festival (FIFE) in Paris. The aim is to promote recognition of the links between health and our environment and greater understanding of environmental prevention of chronic disease.
Dr Meriel Watts, Coordinator of PAN Aotearoa New Zealand, was recently awarded $2,000 by the Orangi Kaupapa Trust.
This charitable trust in New Zealand was established with the purpose of recognising and rewarding people whose work promotes positive social change and benefits the quality of life in New Zealand, to say thank you to those high achieving people who receive little or no financial recognition for the work they do, yet without whom our society would be poorer.
On December 10th, 2013 during celebrations to mark International Human Rights Day, the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) was awarded the prestigious Human Rights Award by the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) in conjunction with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The award is in recognition of NAPE’s long time work in fighting for sustainable use of Uganda’s natural resources and the rights of communities affected by the numerous development processes in the country.
IPEN Participating Organization Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe produced a press release on a court case it intends to start to obtain a full ban on neonicotinoids from the European Commission, under the Aarhus convention.
The American Public Health Association (APHA), the world's oldest public health organization, today called on the global electronics' industry, public health officials and international agencies to step up efforts to protect workers and communities, citing well documented adverse health effects caused by many toxic chemicals used in the manufacture of electronic and electrical products worldwide. The resolution endorsed three key strategies: right to know; prevention through design; and health surveillance.
Health Liberty Award goes to IPEN Participating Organization Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement, Côte d’Ivoire
June 5, 2012. Mercola.com, a leading U.S. natural health website, has bestowed its Health Liberty Award to Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement (JVE). The article below, written by Charlie Brown of Consumers for Dental Choice, talks about the numerous achievements of JVE Côte d’Ivoire, and provides short biographies of its four leaders: Ange Baimey, Dominique Bally, Charles Baimey, and Dr Kouadio Florent Kouakou.
