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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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![The scaling up of agroecology: spreading the hope for food sovereignty and resiliency Agroecología: única esperanza para la soberanía alimentaria y la resiliencia socioecológica](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5572477710_6133229e91_bis-160x110.jpg)
June 08 2012
The scaling up of agroecology: spreading the
hope for food sovereignty and resiliency
There is no doubt that humanity needs an alternative agricultural
development paradigm, one that encourages more ...
By Clara Nicholls ◾ Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology ◾ Miguel Altieri
![Rethinking and changing world governance Repensar y construir una Nueva Gobernanza Mundial](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1923-160x110.jpg)
May 14 2012
Rethinking and changing world governance
The key questions that could guide us are: What are the alternatives
for building a new governance architecture? How do we create them?
By Cândido Grzybowski ◾ Forum for a New World Governance ◾ Gustavo Marin ◾ Ricardo Jimenez
![Towards a Global Finance System at the Service of Sustainable Development e Service of Sustainable DevelopmentSystem | Towards a Global Finance Sards a Global Finance System at the Service of Sustainable DevelopmentSTowards a Global Finance System at the Service of Sustainable Development](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5481296133_ca71bab682_bis-160x110.jpg)
February 02 2012
Towards a Global Finance System at the Service
of Sustainable Development
The crisis is a consequence of the global rise of neoliberalism. An
unwavering belief that markets are efficient and banks ...
By New Economics Foundation
![Social Growth: model of a Progressive Economic Policy Social Growth: Model of a Progressive Economic Policy](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/growth_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 22 2012
Social Growth: model of a Progressive Economic
Policy
The aim is to develop a growth model that combines prosperity for
all with sustainability and justice. Social growth, with its ...
By Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
![Territories: paradigm shifts that need to be made for the transition Territoire: les ruptures nécessaires pour la transition](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/india1_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 22 2012
Territories: paradigm shifts that need to be
made for the transition
Territories are objectively called to play a decisive role in
designing and conducting the necessary transition.
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ French Collective Rio+20 ◾ Pierre Calame
![Governance: paradigm shifts that need to be made for the transition Gouvernance: les ruptures nécessaires pour la transition](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/471524334_ee03228d89_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 22 2012
Governance: paradigm shifts that need to be
made for the transition
In societies in full transformation as is the case for us, we need
to adopt a more dynamic point of view on governance.
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ French Collective Rio+20 ◾ Pierre Calame
![Ethics: paradigm shifts that need to be made for the transition Ethique : les ruptures nécessaires pour la transition](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/5481311286_f06b9af93e_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 21 2012
Ethics: paradigm shifts that need to be made
for the transition
As peoples of the Earth, we need to agree on a number of common
principles for its management. Our religious and ...
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ French Collective Rio+20 ◾ Pierre Calame
![Economy: paradigm shifts that need to be made for the transition Les ruptures nécessaires pour la transition](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pierrot1-160x110.jpg)
January 21 2012
Economy: paradigm shifts that need to be made
for the transition
Only a change in concept is able to stress the necessary shifts. The
word "economy" is too closely associated with what is being ...
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ French Collective Rio+20 ◾ Pierre Calame
![Beating poverty Beating poverty](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/5313582980_1064e98259_bis-160x110.jpg)
November 28 2011
Beating poverty
Many different local, citizen and/or social and solidarity economy
initiatives are being launched. But they are not well ...
By Citizens for Europe ◾ Institute of Superior Studies in Social Communications
![Declaration by French Local Authorities on Rio+20 Déclaration des collectivités locales et territoriales françaises pour Rio+20](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6243231468_cb04e27879_b-160x110.jpg)
November 11 2011
Declaration by French Local Authorities on
Rio+20
This declaration by Local Authorities1 on Rio+20 was drafted during
the French National Assizes of Sustainable Development, hosted ...
By French National Congress of Sustainable Development