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- Ethical and philosophical fundamentals: subjectivity, domination, and emancipation
- Human rights, peoples, territories, and defense of Mother Earth
- Political subjects, the architecture of power, and democracy
- Production, distribution and consumption, access to wealth, common goods, and economies in transition
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![Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Local Governments Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Local Governments](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2558075052_ac76207405_obis-160x110.jpg)
December 13 2011
Global Environmental Governance: The Role of
Local Governments
What could a model for involvement of local governments in
international environmental governance look like?
By ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainibility ◾ Konrad Otto-Zimmermann
![The Green Economy: the Wolf in Sheep’s clothing La economía verde: el lobo se viste con piel de cordero](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1037676685_151bd1eebe_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 10 2011
The Green Economy: the Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
Faced with evidence of the planet’s limitations, it is even more
urgent to stop the capitalist machinery of systematic ...
By Edgardo Lander ◾ Transnational Institute
![Tracks and Sidetracks for Biocivilization Caminos y descaminos hacia una Biocivilización](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/4855913610_a9f673cdea_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 09 2011
Tracks and Sidetracks for Biocivilization
Thinking the basis of a new civilization and becoming part of the
long process of social dismantlement and of reconstruction ...
By Cândido Grzybowski
![Let’s mobilize together towards Rio+20 and beyond Nos movilizamos juntas/os camino a Río+20 y más allá](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1593864146_12f09ead81_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 06 2011
Let’s mobilize together towards Rio+20 and
beyond
Let's mobilize together to build the Peoples’ Summit for social and
environmental justice and the Permanent Peoples' Assembly.
By Convergence of Movements of the Peoples of the Americas ◾ Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean ◾ Grass...
![Global Environmental Governance and Rio+20: Thinking Big – Doing Little? Global Environmental Governance and Rio +20: Thinking Big – Doing Little?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2040285645_6382aeb1d7_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 03 2011
Global Environmental Governance and Rio+20:
Thinking Big – Doing Little?
There is little faith in the reform of the UN system; nonetheless,
the Rio+20 Conference is not only to set the stage for a ...
By Barbara Unmüßig
![The Switch Special Rio+20 Issue The Switch Special Rio+20 Issue](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/6135664166_9513294673_bis-160x110.jpg)
December 01 2011
The Switch Special Rio+20 Issue
While the Rio+20 conference changed its dates to 20-22 June 2012,
what is really needed is a change in the current debates on ...
By Northern Alliance for Sustainibility
![Other worlds are possible. Human progress in an age of climate change Other worlds are possible. Human progress in an age of climate change](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/other_worlds-160x110.jpg)
November 27 2011
Other worlds are possible. Human progress in an
age of climate change
This report argues that our chances of triumphing over climate
change will rise dramatically if we change the context within ...
By Working Group on Climate Change and Development
![Great Transition: the Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead Great Transition The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Raskinetal_2002_GreatTransition-160x110.jpg)
November 26 2011
Great Transition: the Promise and Lure of the
Times Ahead
The global transition has begun—a planetary society will take shape
over the coming decades. But its outcome is in question. ...
By Global Scenario Group ◾ Paul Raskin ◾ Stockholm Environment Institute
![Human Security, Environmental Sustainability and Globalized Economy Human Security, Environmental Sustainability and Globalized Economy](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/5984475022_56c6b81f3b_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 20 2011
Human Security, Environmental Sustainability
and Globalized Economy
Like a rampaging tsunami, global capital harnesses the bubble energy
of the money markets, corporate-military might of the ...
By Vinod Raina
![How to Build a Sustainable World: Practical Guidelines to Change How We Live and Work How to Build a Sustainable World: Practical Guidelines to Change How We Live and Work](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4134011104_73817804ab_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 15 2011
How to Build a Sustainable World: Practical
Guidelines to Change How We Live and Work
It is now up to our political leadership to back up promises and
rhetoric about creating green jobs. If we actively pursue ...
By Glenn Ashton ◾ South African Civil Society Information Service