Thirst for power: How coal, nuclear and gas waste our water “Capitalism,” wrote the environmental economist K. William Kapp, “must be regarded as an economy of unpaid costs, ‘unpaid’ in so far as a substantial portion of the actual costs of production remain unaccounted for in entrepreneurial outlays; instead they are shifted to, and ultimately … Continue reading
Building the Socialist Commune in Rural Venezuela Jun 25th 2012, by Correo del Orinoco International The small farming community of Hato Arriba doesn’t appear on most maps of Venezuela. About three hours drive from the small city of Tocuyo in the western state of Lara, the agricultural settlement is tucked away in the Andes mountains … Continue reading
By Daan Bauwens Inter Press Service, June 25 2012 Despite growing evidence that biofuel production is causing food insecurity around the world, the new European Union policy blueprint on renewable energy ignores the social effects of biofuels. Last week, Guatemalan victims of the food crisis came to Brussels to make European policy makers aware of … Continue reading
by Shalmali Guttal REDD (Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is one of the most deceptive and risky initiatives proposed to mitigate climate change. REDD creates the illusion that by halting forest destruction and degradation, global emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) will be reduced. In actuality, however, the offset mechanism in REDD allows high GHG emitters … Continue reading
Canada, US, and Vatican unite against human rights at Rio+20 Amnesty International News Release, June 22, 2012 RIO+20 OUTCOME DOCUMENT UNDERMINED BY HUMAN RIGHTS OPPONENTS Global economic troubles are being matched by a recession in human rights with worryingly minimal commitments coming out of the United Nations Rio+20 conference on Sustainable Development, Amnesty International, Human … Continue reading
A tale of two conferences: The social and ecological crises of capitalism by Chris Williams “It’s impossible!” I said. “No Johnny, we’re impossible. It’s like it always was ten million years ago. It hasn’t changed. It’s us and the land that’ve changed, become impossible, us!” —Ray Bradbury, from the short story “The Foghorn”— Sometimes, the … Continue reading
RESERVAS E INTERPRETACIONES A LA DECLARACION “EL FUTURO QUE QUEREMOS” DE LA CONFERENCIA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE – RIO + 20 22 de Junio del 2012 El Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia desea sumarse al consenso de esta Declaración con las siguientes reservas e interpretaciones, las cuales solicitamos sean reflejadas en el … Continue reading
Discurso de Evo Morales Ayma, Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Plenaria de la Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible Rio+20 Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junio de 2012 LA ECONOMÍA VERDE ES EL NUEVO COLONIALISMO PARA SOMETER A NUESTROS PUEBLOS Saludando a todos los presentes y a los pueblos del mundo, el Presidente … Continue reading
What we have to learn from the Ocean My poetic thinking on Rio+20 by Kaganga John When I look out at the ocean water I reflect and wish that we people were like that Each wave, going up and down, mixing, unifying Going here and there Sharing, flowing into each other Ever busy Finding balance … Continue reading
Statement by the Bolivian Climate Change Platform Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012. A warning from civil society to governments that the agreement consolidates the “green economy” and false solutions. We reject the document “The future we want” that has been approved initially and is about to be ratified by heads of state of member … Continue reading
