This document reports on findings indicating that the National Pensions Reserve Fund, according to its most recent annual report, has investments worth around €10 million in companies involved in the nuclear weapons industry. It also discloses that AIB, in majority…
As the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) turns 20, there are real concerns about the increasing influence of major corporations and business lobby groups within the UN. Reclaim the UN.pdf — PDF document, 1242Kb
Before Rio +20 summit, this new United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Alter-Echo (alter-echos.org) publishes a 16-minute video fully subtitled in English with interviews of Pablo Solon, Edagardo Lander, Yvonne Yanez, Silvia Ribeiro, Tony Clarke, Nnimmo Bassey, Anabella Rosemberg.…
Waters contaminated by chemical products and heavy metals in Ecuador, the Rio de la Plata polluted by industrial and waste in Argentina, the guarani water-bearing in Paraguay contaminated by soya beans farming, melting glaciers in Bolivia, privatisation of water in…
Dominga lives in Bolivia, Gloria in Ecuador and Norquis in Venezuela. Multinationals arrived in their countries back in the nineties heralding a brighter future. At that time, these companies were associated with the promise of new jobs, greater competitiveness, the…
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In this RSA Animate, renowned academic David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?
The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis
A CAP reform is going on. European Institutions are supporting an unsustainable food system based on low quality food for competitive prices. Changing the CAP is the key in order to achieve FOOD SOVEREIGNTY. Millions of people and many organizations…
As policies and programs to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and to enhance forest carbon stocks (REDD+) are promoted around the world by global and national elites, Indigenous Peoples and other forest-dependent communities are raising the alarm that…
