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One of the first environmental activists

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom  was a journalist, social anthropiligist and photojournailst who spent five decades documenting the Mayan cultures of Chipas, Mexico, particularly the culture of the Lacandon Maya. She was also a pioneering environmental activist. Her home in San Cristobal de Las Casas has been preserved as a cultural and research ...