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- Ethical and philosophical fundamentals: subjectivity, domination, and emancipation
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![The future we don’t want: Some thoughts after Rio+20 The future we don’t want: Some thoughts after Rio+20](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Children-play-with-a-gian-017_bis-160x110.jpg)
September 01 2012
The future we don’t want: Some thoughts after
Rio+20
Sustainable development is a highly political issue, dealing with
huge struggles of power and (short term) economic interest.
By Leida Rijnhout ◾ Northern Alliance for Sustainibility
![Local Sustainability: Taking Stock and Moving Forward Local Sustainability: Taking Stock and Moving Forward](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image_preview_bis-160x110.jpg)
August 05 2012
Local Sustainability: Taking Stock and Moving
Forward
Cities are cooperating internationally without borders, without
customs, without military forces.
By ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainibility
![Commons a model for managing natural resources Os bens comuns modelo de gestão dos recursos naturais](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/commons_bis2-160x110.jpg)
July 16 2012
Commons a model for managing natural resources
The world has become so interdependent in so many ways that it is no
longer enough to address problems solely on a local scale. ...
By Confederation of Resources for Global Democracy
![A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own Sustainable Futures after a Summit that Promised Nothing! A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own Sustainable Futures after a Summit that Promised Nothing!](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5726185040_3062b0b769_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 14 2012
A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own
Sustainable Futures after a Summit ...
We as citizens of the world are now left to look after our own
sustainable futures. Advancing global citizen’s movement to ...
By Rights for Sustainability Initiative ◾ Uchita de Zoysa
![After Rio, we know. Governments have given up on the planet After Rio, we know. Governments have given up on the planet](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fim-da-rio-mais-vinte-220612-alecrim-humor-politico_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 14 2012
After Rio, we know. Governments have given up
on the planet
The post-summit pledge was an admission of defeat against consumer
capitalism. But we can still salvage the natural world.
By George Monbiot
![The world needs an ambitious global agenda that links finances, society and the environment The world needs an ambitious global agenda that links finances, society and the environment](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2719837662_53d24c56f7_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 13 2012
The world needs an ambitious global agenda that
links finances, society and the environment
No country or group of countries today has the capacity to exercise
policy leadership, globally speaking. The traditional ...
By International Labour Organization ◾ Juan Somavia
![Financial and social sustainability are as vital as environmental sustainability Financial and social sustainability are as vital as environmental sustainability](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5336873789_92774a6932_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 13 2012
Financial and social sustainability are as
vital as environmental sustainability
Financial sustainability is as vital as environmental
sustainability. And after all what happened in 2011 around the ...
By Robert Bissio ◾ Social Watch
![Carbon Disclosure Project Cities 2012 Global Report Carbon Disclosure Project Cities 2012 Global Report](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/6733464961_3b9889a7b1_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 08 2012
Carbon Disclosure Project Cities 2012 Global
Report
Larger, denser cities, on the whole, demonstrate smaller per capita
greenhouse gas emissions.
By Carbon Disclosure Project
![The terms of the present ecological debate Términos de la discusión ecológica actual](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Rio20-United-Nations-Con-007_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 06 2012
The terms of the present ecological debate
Río+20 showed that the industrialized countries do not want to
abdicate their position. The emerging countries want to catch ...
By Leonardo Boff
![Statement of Civil Society in Latin American and the Caribbean on Rio+20 Posicionamiento de la sociedad civil de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Río+20 y la economía verde](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5623626426_5e0a5df12b_bis-160x110.jpg)
June 22 2012
Statement of Civil Society in Latin American
and the Caribbean on Rio+20
The imposition of the green economy in Latin America and the
Caribbean will be going far behind the achievements of the ...
By Meeting for a transformative agenda in Rio+20 and beyond