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- Main Themes- Ethical and philosophical fundamentals: subjectivity, domination, and emancipation
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Documents > Production, distribution and consumption, access to wealt... < Volver
 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						 
			     
			 	 
			             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 					
						