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June 03 2012
The Green economy: a new stage of capitalist
expansion
What is really being sought in this green corporative economy is to
deepen the commodification, privatization, and financialization ...
By Campaign No to the Green economy ◾ Thematic Social Forum
May 23 2012
State of the World’s Cities. Bridging the urban
divide
The world is inexorably becoming urban. By 2030, developping
regions, including Asia and Africa, will have more people living ...
By UN Habitat
May 23 2012
Time for a sustainable economic paradigm
We need nothing less now than a new sustainability-based economic
paradigm, with new progress measures, accounting systems ...
By Royal Government of Bhutan
May 03 2012
The Commons at the Core of our Next Economic
Models?
The conceptual framework of a commons based economic model would
enable a series of narratives anchored in ...
By Helene Finidori
May 02 2012
World Happiness Report
These analisis put a clear limit on the extent to which rich
countries can become happier through the simple device of ...
By Jeffrey Sachs ◾ John Helliwell ◾ Richard Layard ◾ the Earth Institute
April 18 2012
Green New Deal or Globalisation Lite?
The word ‘deal’ gives the lie to new, for these are mostly trade-off
packages designed to hold together the narrow political arena ...
By Ariel Salleh
March 08 2012
Rio+20 Earth Summit: time to change the
narrative
First is the proposal to recognise planetary boundaries. Second is
the proposal to make Ecocide the Fifth International Crime ...
By LSX Occupy: Energy Equity and Environment Group
March 03 2012
Transnational Corporations: Major Players in
Human Rights Violations
To understand the system of dominant power in contemporary society,
it is necessary to understand the role that TNCs play within it.
By Europa-Third World Center
March 03 2012
Life beyond Growth
After thousands of years of steadily increasing growth, it seems
possible that the human species is realizing that it will soon ...
By Institute for Studies in Happiness Economy and Society
March 01 2012
The Global Social Crisis
Over the period 2008-2009, the world experienced its worst financial
and economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. ...
By United Nations