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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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October 22 2012
Waiting to be heard
Ask us what we want. Understanding what people need and want is the
most basic prerequisite to intelligent ...
By Initiative for Equality
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 28 2012
Rio+20: failed diplomacy, feeble democracy
Our world governance has become the most serious risk facing
humanity.
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ Pierre Calame
August 21 2012
After Rio+20: What New World Governance Does
the World Need?
Rio+20 came and went. Twenty years have gone by since the Earth
Summit held in Rio in 1992. The world has continued to ...
By Forum for a New World Governance ◾ Gustavo Marin
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 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