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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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January 13 2012
The Ethics of Sustainability
Sustainability yet remains inherently difficult to implement because
of its complexity and due to the enormous shifts in thinking that ...
By Anna Peterson ◾ Charles J. Kibert ◾ Leslie Thiele ◾ Martha Monroe
January 10 2012
Switching paradigms: the only way forward
The current crisis of the international system as a whole opens up
the possibility of rethinking the relationship between state ...
By Alejandro Chanona ◾ Social Watch
January 02 2012
The Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability
We have examined our scenarios in great quantitative detail to the
year 2100 for eleven world regions. The summary presented ...
By Christi Electris ◾ Paul Raskin ◾ Richard Rosen ◾ Tellus Institute
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
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
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
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
November 22 2011
Development without Carbon: Climate and the
Global Economy through the 21st Century
Economic development and the eradication of energy poverty are
increasingly seen as key components in a comprehensive strategy ...
By Elizabeth A. Stanton ◾ Stockholm Environment Institute
November 21 2011
Green economy: gain or pain for the the Earth’s
poor?
The upcoming UNCSD should therefore be a challenge and an
opportunity for the world’s leaders to confront the ...
By IBON International
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