Polly Higgins – Lawyer for the Earth. Taking Ecocide to the ICC
Polly is on the course of making environmental destruction history – through law. While this idea may seem a hopeless dream to most, Polly’s proposition is already...
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Campaign for Seed Freedom. Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva calls us to join the Campaign for Seed Freedom by setting up seed banks – from private gardens to cooperatives. . “Seed is the source of life...
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August News from the World Future Council
As governments have failed to agree upon appropriate action in the interest of future generations at the Rio+20 Summit this summer, the World Future Council is now...
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Vandana Shiva @ Bill Moyers
Bill talks to scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva, who’s become a rock star in the global battle over genetically modified seeds. These seeds —...
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Ecocide. Unseen UN documents discovered!
Imagine my surprise when a journalist called me a year ago to ask for my comment on the news that a law of Ecocide had been considered an international...
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The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy
The seed is the first link in the food chain – and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open...
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Wrecking an International Project. Notes from a saboteur’s vade mecum
Observations on why important things don’t happen. The author has observed the global efforts for sustainable development and sustainability since the words were...
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rio+20: revisiting “The Art of Non-decision Making.” An Elegy to Old Politics
I have just browsed and responded to Tony’s current musing, and am sharing this 1997(!) post with you. The Art of Non-Decision Making. It’s an good eye...
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Grandpa Oyster & the ‘Forests are Lovers of the Sea’ Campaign. Meet Shigeatsu Hatakeyama.
Grandpa Oyster is the mythical alias attached to Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, the nurturer of forests and the cleanser of oceans in Japan’s Kesennuma Bay. Faced with the...
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Eradicating Ecocide
Can you End Ecocide in 99 seconds? You can do exactly this, by entering a video competition. Not your thing but know a whiz with a camera? Share this with them! What is...
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350.Org leading hard-hitting climate activism. Worldwide!
How often do we think of our planet and all the elements which help it to function; the sea, rivers, eco systems, weather patterns? When we wake up in the morning do...
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Jessie-Ruth Corkins: Vermont’s sustainable energy initiator
High school science fairs are usually limited to soda volcanos, the life cycle of a butterfly and the tending of plants through different circumstance. But at Mount...
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South Africa – Working for Water
Ayliff Nasayi Madlokazi was 18 years old when he was alongside the person who planted the first wattle tree in South Africa in 1928. What he didn’t know was that he...
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Alafuro Sikoki: Design for Ecosystem Benefits
The water hyacinth is a beautiful plant, floating in water with beautiful purple and pink blooms. However, this plant can quickly take over, choking lakes and ponds,...
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Mihir Bhatt + AIDMI = Significantly minimizing risks of catastrophes in India and beyond
Have you ever wondered what happens to the people affected from disasters? And how that one disaster completely changes the course of their lives? Most probably not or...
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Danilo Atilano: One Man Who Can Feed The World
Can one man feed the entire world? If experts are to be believed, Danilo Atilano is a man who can do just that. Or let’s say – many Danilos. In the rice...
Read MoreEnvironmental Educator and an eco-hero Kartikeya Sarabhai
The person we’d like to introduce you today is none other than the Mr. Kartikeya Sarabhai. He is the director of Center for Environment Education (CEE), the...
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Music for Education in Nepali villages. The Playing for Change Foundation in Tintale
7-10,000 nepalese girls between the age of 9 and 16 are being lured away, sold and trafficked to India each year. About 70% of the rescued girls are HIV positive.So, you...
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GRAIN- Exposing the Global Farmland Grab
“Today’s food and financial crises have, in tandem, triggered a new global land-grab. On the one hand, “food insecure” governments that rely on imports to...
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Grand Theft Congo- A Nation Struggling for Peace and Justice
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.) includes the greater part of the Congo River basin, which covers an area of almost one million square kilometers (400,000...
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FAIRTRADE USA: Empowering 10,000 farmer families in Brazil
Producing coffee under Fair Trade conditions means protecting the environment, it means bettering the conditions of the families that live off of coffee-production, it...
Read MoreGross National Happiness: Bhutan makes Awesome Approach to Progress
It’s not science versus politics, or oil versus eco-friendly. It’s not even religion versus philosophy, nor rich versus poor. It’s profit versus humanity, and...
Read MoreGross National Happiness in Education: Learning with the Thunder Dragon
The world’s leading nation for holistic sustainability, wealth and happiness has established its nationwide curriculum for Holistic Sustainability Education. All...
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Gross National Happiness in Education: Learning with the Thunder Dragon
The world’s leading nation for holistic sustainability, wealth and happiness has established its nationwide curriculum for Holistic Sustainability Education. All...
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Bhutan – In Pursuit of Gross National Happiness
It’s been a long time coming to develop proper indicators for assessing the well-being and state of development of a nation. Gross National Product isn’t it....
Read MoreDr.Anil Gupta- Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Anil Gupta, a professor at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad, Gujarat has created opportunities and hope for entrepreneurs and innovators...
Read MoreSRISTI:Guiding Rural Inventors
The Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), founded by Dr.Anil Gupta, is trying to connect innovators from all over...
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An Oasis In a Desert- Fighting Desertifiction through Reforestation and Sustainable Agriculture
In 2008, Jesús León Santos and the Center for Integral Farmer Development (CEDICAM) have revolutionized La Mixteca through reforestation and soil conservation ,...
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Program for Strengthening Household Access to Resources (PROSHAR): ACDI/VOCA’s endeavour in creating a stable Bangladesh
Bangladesh has made a reasonable economic and social progress in the past few years. Despite this, it is a country where each day is a challenge and where the gaping...
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IDEI: the force behind a million smiles
IDEI (International Development Enterprises (India)) is an Indian not-for-profit organization, registered in India in 2001 under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956,...
Read MoreAmazon Watch- Aiding the Survival of an Ecological Wonder
Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. They partner with...
Read MoreAn Amazon Journal- Saving the Rainforest
The devastation caused by modern day development has wreaked havoc in the Amazonian rainforest and efforts are on to protect and preserve the rainforest.The Amazon...
Read MoreKalpull Kiej Juju, “Deer Mountain”,- A sustainable model of spiritual land stewardship
“Be responsible. Be a warrior. Be the ones who bring a great shift of the ages to true crystallization. Be the ones who heal. Be the ones who stand there and...
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John Liu. Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration; for Climate Stability and Abundance
For 15 years, John has been identifying ecological ‘concerns’ and documenting effective methods for large-scale ecosystem restoration. His personal method is...
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Plant TREES, Re-create FORESTS, Protect FUTURE: Dr. Akira Miyawaki preaches
“We have to know that we humans are one of the life forms on the earth. Even though we build up artificial environments where all our momentary demands are supplied,...
Read MoreSwechha takes a positive stand; Environmentally
The Lifeline of Delhi, India was in jeopardy. The River Yamuna catering most of the city’s water needs was in pitiable shape. A campaign led by Vimlendu Jha, then a...
Read MoreThe new rickshaw: Making our world a better place
An innovative and sustainable venture is undertaken by a college student which changes the lives of millions in India! Follow this entrepreneur’s story of hard work...
Read More“Once again,we are in the jungle"-voices from Rajasthan, India
“Once again come together and show your strength. Do not wait for help from outside…” -Rabindranath Tagore, Palliprakriti We know that “self help is the best...
Read MoreSwechha takes a positive stand; Environmentally
The Lifeline of Delhi, India was in jeopardy. The River Yamuna catering most of the city’s water needs was in pitiable shape. A campaign led by Vimlendu Jha, then a...
Read MoreGross National Happiness: Bhutan makes Awesome Approach to Progress
It’s not science versus politics, or oil versus eco-friendly. It’s not even religion versus philosophy, nor rich versus poor. It’s profit versus humanity, and we...
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