UniEcoBudget Working 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...

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