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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Stories by Jeremy Shepherd

  • María Zarate bags groceries at a Mexico City supermarket.

    For seniors bagging groceries, tips are their only source of income

    When shopping in a supermarket in Mexico you are likely to see senior citizens bagging groceries. They are not employees but volunteers, subsisting on tips.

    October 4
  • Mexico City’s Mercado Portales celebrates 62 years with birthday bash

    Mercado Portales celebrated its 62nd anniversary on August 10 with live music, festive decorations and gifts for customers.

    August 19
  • When people can't wash dishes for lack of water, they need disposables, says Juan Carlos Collazo.

    Mexico City joins worldwide movement to ban single-use plastic

    The city government will ban plastic bags effective December 2020 and most other single-use plastic products effective January 2021.

    August 5
  • A market stall sells fresh Mexico City produce in exchange for recycled goods.

    Mexico City exchange market a win-win for consumers, environment

    On the second Sunday of every month, Mexico City residents can barter their recyclables for fresh produce grown by local farmers.

    July 22
  • Isla Urbana's Tlaloque catchment system.

    Mexico City to fix leaks, improve distribution in bid to provide water to all

    Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged that in six years, the length of her mayoral term, every resident will have water every single day.

    July 15
  • A Mexico City garbage truck crew.

    Worst part of the job for sanitation workers: adult diapers and kitty litter

    Mexico City’s sanitation workers are not government employees, but volunteers, subsisting on tips and what little money they get from recycling plants.

    June 24
  • Mexico City cyclists are preparing for a 17-kilometer tour next weekend.

    17k bike tour will celebrate bicycle month in Mexico City

    It’s bicycle month in Mexico city and to celebrate, the city agency Muévete en Bici CDMX (Move by Bike Mexico City) will hold a 17-kilometer bicycle tour.

    June 14
  • Free trees are given away at Mexico City nursery.

    Lots of people keen on planting free trees in Mexico City

    Last week in Mexico City, the Environment Secretariat gave away free trees to residents to plant in their communities.

    May 27
  • 'Mitikah killed me,' reads the stump, once a tree that had to come down for a new commercial center.

    Removal of 58 shade-giving trees raises the ire of a neighborhood

    The 80-year-old trees came down to make way for a parking ramp for Mitikah, a luxury development in Colonia Xoco in Benito Juárez.

    May 16
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