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The Emotional Costs of Globalisation

Posted by: ajaychabba, 20. January 2012 - 6:59
Source: http://www.bridgetoindia.com

The current Euro crisis and the Durban climate change summit highlight a key and potentially fatal shortcoming in our ability as a species: we find it very hard to cooperate – even, if it we are collectively with our backs to the wall. Read on

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Sustainable energy for all

Posted by: sarah-indra, 3. January 2012 - 12:06
Source: http://ourworld.unu.edu

The United Nations General Assembly has declared that 2012 is the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The resolution was passed in August 2011 and may in part have been influenced by events at Fukushima in Japan and the need to promote new and renewable sources of energy. All the right phrases are in the declaration. Read on

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Where woodcraft is a way of life

Posted by: Supriya.Surya, 19. December 2011 - 13:09
Source: http://www.indiatogether.org

Home to more than two hundred artisans who breathe life into wood, the village of Etikoppaka in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh has an inspiring story to tell. Here, a visitor is delighted by a diverse range of wooden lacquerware: colourful toys like train engines, curios like bangles, and objects of household use like jars and bowls. Read on

Reclaiming the right to development

Posted by: sarah-indra, 22. November 2011 - 12:54
Source: http://ourworld.unu.edu

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. Read on

Culture & Control: Pushing China’s Limits on Web, if Not on Paper

Posted by: Anna-Maria, 12. November 2011 - 8:52
Source: http://www.nytimes.com

When the novelist Murong Xuecun showed up at a ceremony here late last year to collect his first literary prize, he clutched a sheet of paper with some of the most incendiary words he had ever written. Read on

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Watch ‘The Story of Broke’

Posted by: sarah-indra, 10. November 2011 - 13:11
Source: http://www.grist.org

Annie Leonard made a splash with her viral video about our consumerist society, "The Story of Stuff," which inspired a book, an in-depth website, and a series of spinoffs. Her latest installment in the series is "The Story of Broke" -- watch it here! Read on

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A world of seven billion

Posted by: sarah-indra, 1. November 2011 - 12:52
Source: http://www.chinadialogue.net

This year, planet Earth will reach a new population milestone. Environmental thinkers say the real problem isn’t so much the extra people, but the accompanying boom in consumption. Leo Hickman reports. Read on

Live broadcast: how can business help us reach a sustainable world?

Posted by: xamboli, 31. October 2011 - 11:57
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk

As the world's population reaches 7bn, WBCSD hosts a live panel discussion on the role business has in ensuring humanity lives within its resources - live on Wednesday 2 November at 4.45pm (GMT). Read on

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Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations

Posted by: xamboli, 28. October 2011 - 11:38
Source: http://www.downtoearth.org.in

Basel Convention’s tenth Conference of Parties (COP 10) proved the sceptics wrong. It achieved a major breakthrough on the final day when 178 Parties agreed to allow an early entry into force of law of the Basel Ban Amendment.

The Ban Amendment prohibits all export of hazardous wastes, including electronic wastes and obsolete ships from developed to developing countries. Read on

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#OccupyDhaka: Joining The Global Movement Against The 1%

Posted by: sarah-indra, 26. October 2011 - 11:54
Source: http://rezwanul.blogspot.com

Occupy Wall Street, the peaceful protest against financial corruption and capitalism that started last month in the New York City's financial capital, has already spread in many countries of the world. Read on

Two Clear Strategies for a Sustainable Future

Posted by: sarah-indra, 26. October 2011 - 11:50
Source: http://www.worldwatch.org

As the global population surpasses 7 billion people sometime around the end of October, addressing the challenges associated with a still-growing world population will require a two-pronged response, according to experts with the Worldwatch Institute. Read on

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The World vs Wall Street - avaaz petition

Posted by: Jenny, 11. October 2011 - 11:19
Source: http://www.avaaz.org

Thousands of Americans have non-violently occupied Wall St -- an epicentre of global financial power and corruption. They are the latest ray of light in a new movement for social justice that is spreading like wildfire from Madrid to Jerusalem to 146 other cities and counting, but they need our help to succeed. Sign the petition now! Read on

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Cell phones, camels and the global call for democracy

Posted by: sarah-indra, 27. September 2011 - 13:23
Source: http://www.opendemocracy.net

In the Arab spring, new social media and the established media disseminated the voices of dissent and images of state brutality worldwide. The sheer drama of these unfolding events conveyed to us by correspondents physically embedded among the protestors, vividly conveyed the elation involved in challenging repressive state power. Read on

Exploitative jobs prevalent in India’s mobile phone industry

Posted by: sarah-indra, 13. September 2011 - 10:56
Source: http://makeitfair.org

Precarious jobs and insufficient wages are common in the mobile phone industry in India. These are the findings of a new report launched today by the makeITfair campaign. Read on

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Food insecurity and the conflict trap

Posted by: sarah-indra, 6. September 2011 - 11:32
Source: http://ourworld.unu.edu

The ongoing famine in war-prone Somalia has led to much speculation about the link between violent conflict and food insecurity. Some commentators have also connected this year’s political revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia to record high food prices. Read on