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Human Rights: A challenge and a Victory
In the course of our work supporting the human rights of persons in the Global South, IDEX stands in solidarity with several organizations and their representatives in their fight for justice. Today,...
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SDCEA: For a Breath of Fresh Air
Apartheid’s Toxic Legacy Environmental justice has historically been at the vanguard of South Africa’s struggle for human rights. As apartheid ended, huge numbers of people were forced to relocate,...
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Desmond D’Sa wins 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize
Our heartfelt congratulations to Desmond D’Sa, Coordinator of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA), for winning the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize! IDEX nominated him for The...
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Photo of the Week 4/29/14
IDEX is delighted to announce that Desmond D’Sa, co-founder of our South African partner SDCEA, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize (also called the ‘Green Nobel’) for 2014. He...
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People’s Climate March
IDEX rallied at the historic People’s Climate March on October 21st in New York City with our partners Desmond D’Sa from SDCEA in South Africa, Jorge Santiago from DESMI in Mexico, and Srijana Poudel...
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“I Can’t Breathe”: The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance’s Toxic...
IDEX supporter Gregory Hodge reflects from South Africa.* This post originally appeared on Medium. The impact of air pollution is ever-present in South Durban, or rather Cancer Alley “on steroids.”...
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IDEX celebrates Dr. Desmond D’Sa!
Environmental activist Desmond D’Sa receives his honorary doctorate from Professor Thenjiwe Meyiwa at the Durban Institute of Technology on September 2nd. Photo courtesy The Mercury. By Sphelele...
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Joanna’s Nourishing Salvadoran Fish Soup
Joanna Levitt Cea, IDEX’s Impact Investments consultant, shares with us nourishing soup that has long been prepared by her husband’s family in El Salvador. “This recipe is so simple, and yet packs a...
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Prize-Winning South African Bunny Chow
Bunny chow is a South African dish consisting of a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry. To eat this, you break off hunks of the bread-loaf top to sop up the curry within. Though usually with...
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Pilar’s Corn Tortillas
When IDEX’s fundraising advisor and friend, Pilar Gonzalez, was growing up as the child of farmworkers in California, she found energy in what she calls “mighty little discs of corn love,” or folded,...
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Durban Port Expansion Squashed, Victory for Communities and Environment
Triumph! When Desmond D’Sa won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014, the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) was fighting to stop the Durban Port and Petro-Chemical Expansion, now...
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IDEX Statement of Solidarity with SDCEA
UPON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF SOUTH DURBAN COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (SDCEA) IDEX’s staff, grantees, board members, supporters, and allies are pleased to share our admiration and gratitude for...
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Victory in Durban highlights the power of grassroots organizing
Now more than ever, we stand with our partners who are on the frontlines of environmental justice. Their victories are our victories. Their struggles are our struggles. In the face of increasing...
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7 stories of courage to inspire you in 2017
As 2016 comes to a close, we are celebrating the resolve and ingenuity of visionary leaders all over the world who are daring to create local solutions for a more just and sustainable world for us...
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