Sacramento Sustainability Action Group

Problem: Guadalajara, Mexico is experiencing water scarcity at an advanced stage. Lake Chapala, Mexico’s largest lake, is currently drying up. Guadalajara receives water from Lake Chapala where diminishing water, rampant pollution, and rapid population growth combine to create increasing scarcity. The communities I plan to work with are at a critical point in fighting the construction of the Arcediano dam which will force the dislocation of one community and severely threatens the health of the other....

Action: Adapting to Scarcity is a community water rights and media empowerment project designed to support Guadalajara’s citizen movements for environmental justice and affordable clean drinking water, and to enhance its impact, visibility and synergy with other water rights movements in the world. We are based in Guadalajara, Mexico and work in collaboration with the Mexican Institute of Community Development (Instituto Mexicano para el Desarollo Comunitario).   O...

Problem: The problem is that not enough people lobby their leaders about the environment. Perhaps this is because they do not know how to reach their leaders or they do not know what to say.

Action: www.informaction.org is an easy to use automated lobbying service, allowing people to quickly send emails, letters or faxes to politicians and business leaders all over the world.