Earth Day's this weekend - a good time to think about the idea of a 'green economy'.
sustainable development
Green economy coalitions for change
In green economy and sustainable development debates, some groups have more power to determine goals, policies and outcomes than others. For sustainable development and poverty reduction to be attainable, broad-based participation is required to shift power relations and empower citizens to hold governments and businesses to account for their decisions and actions.
This is the fourth video in the series ""Bringing the Social to Rio+20".
Food for the future: Agriculture in a sustainable world
This video on agriculture in a sustainable world is part of the UN Research Institute for Sustainable Development project "Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development." See the website here: http://www.unrisd.org/greeneconomy
Green economy and sustainable development
Discussions about green economy often ignore the social -- this short 10-minute video addresses this issue. Check out the UN Research Institute for Sustainable Development (UNRISD) Project on the Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development http://www.unrisd.org/greeneconomy
February 6, 2012 |
Rising inequality is not just present in Canada, but all over the world. Yet while poverty is on the rise, the profits of large corporations are skyrocketing.
Bad forestry meets problematic energy policy in N.S.
Add this up if you can. After decades of public outrage and expert testimony about too much clearcutting in Nova Scotia and a three-year process to create a natural resources policy meant to bring about sustainable forestry, the NDP government appears to be sending the whole thing up in smoke at the last minute.
November 9, 2010 |
From Dakar to Cairo to Cape Town, Africa's large cities are in trouble, wracked by a host of problems from a lack of clean water and sanitation to bad government and high unemployment.
