Conventionally known for its tequila and tacos, Mexico is making a breakthrough in the clean technology sector. Few would associate Mexico with innovation and sustainable technology, but one competition is attempting to change this: the Cleantech Challenge Mexico 2012. Competing for up to US$30 million in venture capital investment, 128 cleantech projects submit their proposals [...]

Lucia, an eight year-old girl from a Mexican indigenous village, tells me how, when she grows up, she wants to be ‘white’. It’s no wonder–you never see a ‘non-white’ woman in the Mexican media, except as a servants. Mixed-race (mestizo) and indigenous people make up nearly 90 percent of the Mexican population, and a mestiza, [...]

Cristobal Jodorowsky presents his expo “Mas Alla del Cuerpo” (Beyond the Body) in Mexico City’s FIFTY24MX art gallery. There, Cristobal presented his brightly colored paintings, as well as a poetry reading and a web cam performance. Son of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Cristobal is a multi-medium artist, with also a profound passion for shamanism and an avid [...]

Feist has just debuted a striking video shot in the beautifully gritty aesthetic of Mexico. Directed by Martin De Thurah, the images capture feelings of love and loss, the vulnerabilities of relationships, and ultimately a feeling of inevitable isolation in the world. While this is one interpretation of the video, Feist explains that everyone will [...]

Who: Marcelo Burlon What he does: I’m a PR, a lover, a DJ, a video maker a men’s stylist, party instigator, art director. Where he is right now: In Tulum, Mexico, shooting x GQ Style Germany. A special Gucci with supermodel Nicolas Malleville and photographer Matteo Montanari. What’s on his mind today: The waves, the [...]

The summer of 2011 is a whirlwind one for Ximena Sariñana. Ximena (pronounced ‘hi-men-a’) has a new single coming out in June, an album in August and supporting another amazing musician on a nationwide tour. Ximena Sariñana is no stranger to success. In Mexico, her Spanish-speaking debut, Mediocre, debuted at #1 in 2008 and would [...]

Google Earth has created a series of tours and videos to address the issue of climate change in anticipation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change occurring this week and next in Cancun, Mexico. To see the videos featuring Kofi Annan amonst others click here.