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Our Team
LIZETH OLAYA
Country Director
ANDREA VERA
Investigator Pure Earth
LINA HERNÁNDEZ
Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean
ANGIE TATIANA ORTEGA
Project Coordinator
DIEGO FERNANDO MARÍN
Investigator Pure Earth
ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ
Technical Manager
Global Mercury Strategy Coordinator
Prize winners of Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge: The Amazon
Four teams were announced as winners in The Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge: The Amazon for their achievements developing new innovations to conserve the Amazon rainforest, Pure Earth was one of them. With the improvement of a technique that uses silver-coated copper plates to decontaminate ASGM tailings, Pure Earth team won one of the prizes that the challenge awarded. This global competition, through innovation and technology, seeks to transform artisanal and small-scale gold mining into a more environmentally responsible and socially equitable practice. Find more here.
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About Pure Earth Colombia
In Colombia, air, water, and soil pollution was responsible for 8% of deaths in 2019, according to the study conducted by the National Health Observatory (ONS) of the National Institute of Health (INS). This study indicated that there were a total of 17,549 deaths attributed to environmental risk factors.
Since we started operations in Colombia at the end of 2016, we have been working on multiple fronts to reduce the prevalence of toxic pollution and the cost associated with human health; It is a long-term work, in alliance with local and national authorities as a contribution to country programs and defined public policies. In this way, the programs have focused on vulnerable communities in the context of the social problems that impact Colombia.
Trapping a Slippery Foe
Alfonso Rodriguez and Charlie Espinosa explain innovations to map and remove mercury contamination in Colombia.
Projects
Ongoing Projects:
Completed Projects:
Programmatic Solutions
Mercury Contamination Project
Lead Contamination Project
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Advocacy and Campaigns
Minamata Convention COP-4
March 21-25th, 2022. The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4) was held in Bali, Indonesia, and Pure Earth was there. See our participation and main advances.
Pure Earth Day 2022
Award-winning actor and environmentalist Matthew Modine joins Pure Earth for this special Earth Day virtual world tour, making stops in Colombia, Ghana and the Philippines. See Pure Earth pollution experts in action, and find out what’s at stake for their communities and yours.
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
October 23-29th, 2022
Knowledge Materials
The pollution present in the air, water, and soil is affecting our health and our communities, challenging us to take urgent measures to eliminate it. A challenge that needs superheroes to eliminate the pollution from our lives and communities.
That’s why we are looking for superheroes who want to win this pollution challenge. The main duty of these superheroes is to assume responsibility with their community and families to promote healthy lifestyle habits that allow us to overcome the challenge of pollution.
Do you want to become a superhero and be part of this pollution challenge?
Blog Posts
Read more about our work in Colombia Here:
- Helping Communities Hard Hit by Covid (May 2020)
- Activating Communities to Solve Pollution (March 2020)
- Colombia Lead Poisoning: More Children Can Now Sleep Safely with Lead-Free Mattresses (Oct 2019)
- Colombia Lead Poisoning: A Clean, Lead-Free Mattress For His Birthday (Nov 2018)
- Helping Children Break Free of Lead Poisoning (June 2018)
- Report From Colombia: Investigating Toxic Sites (Jan 2017)
- A Friendship Based On Giving Back – Colombian Star Taliana Vargas and Designer Pili Restrepo (April 2018)
- Activating Communities To Solve Pollution (March 2020)
