‘Global Citizenship’
News on groups, NGOs, companies seeking to take responsibility for the common good and whole human family and the planet.
Relates to: SRI News, Transforming Finance, GTS, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science, Beyond GDP, Power of Yin
FOCUS: Media Blackout on Mayor Bloomberg’s Raid on Zuccotti Park
Reader Supported News | 15 November 11 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Media Blackout on Mayor Bloomberg's Raid on Zuccotti Park Mayor Michael Bloomberg suspends the First Amendment. (photo: Andrew Burton/Reuters) Barbara Morrill, Daily Kos Intro: "When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to stage a [...]
Efficient Resource Management Crucial In War-Torn Nations To Ensure Peace Un
EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CRUCIAL IN WAR-TORN NATIONS TO ENSURE PEACE ? UN New York, Nov 15 2011 1:05PM A new book published by the United Nations and partners tackles the key challenges faced by post-conflict countries on how to efficiently manage their natural resources so they contribute to economic recovery without causing further [...]
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (2): Consensus is not Self-Management
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (2): Consensus is not Self-Management Excerpted from Michael Albert: “In Greece and Spain, a single message predominated. It had nothing to do with analyses of capitalism or other analytic focuses. Instead, Greek and Spanish activists reported that they had massive assemblies in [...]
Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry
Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry by Bryan Farrell Published on Monday, November 7, 2011 by Waging Nonviolence “We don’t know how many people it takes to encircle the White House, but we’re about to find out,” Bill McKibben told a crowd of over 12,000 gathered in Lafayette Square [...]
GWB11 Conference Invitation
This is to announce the call for participation at the Global Warming and Business conference 2011(GWB11), 9th - 13th December 2011 at Kings Garden Hotel, 11, Upper Brook Street, West Central, London, W1K 6PB, United Kingdom. Concept GWB Conference 2011 themed mpacts of the Global Warming on Business Development", Global Warming Policy and [...]
Concrete Steps for Cannes
By Ann Hollingshead Ann Hollingshead is a Task Force blog contributor, whose posts appear on Wednesdays and Fridays. Formerly a Junior Economist at Global Financial Integrity, Ann is now a Research Analyst for ECONorthwest, an economic consulting firm in the Pacific Northwest. Follow her on Twitter: @AnnHollingshead. Mountaintops provide a [...]
Peace is good for business & business is good for peace
Structures of Peace We are thrilled to release Structures of Peace, a research report produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace identifying key economic, political and cultural determinants that foster peaceful societies. Through an empirical and statistical analysis of the Global Peace Index, the report details eight key factors that [...]
Fabulous ‘Unite For Girls Tour’ Is Coming To San Francisco
THE FABULOUS 'UNITE FOR GIRLS TOUR' IS COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 from 3-5 PM PROGRAM AND CONCERT at LEVI STRAUSS HQ -1155 BATTERY STREET, SF 'GIRL UP' IS A PROGRAM OF UNA-USA AND UN FOUNDATION PROVIDING MENTORS AND TOOLS TO EMPOWER YOUNG GIRLS. Learn More About Girl UP at http://www.GirlUP.org PLEASE RSVP - AND [...]
Why the message from Rio+20 matters more than ever
Why the message from Rio+20 matters more than ever The upcoming summit must take account of the public's psychological dimensions if it is going to transform climate change cynics into champions of sustainable living George Bernard Shaw saw the world as divided into two sorts of people. Those who looked at it and asked "why?", and those [...]
GIFT monthly newsletter
Welcome! This is GIFT's new monthly newsletter and we hope you enjoy reading it. For new subscribers to GIFT, and for those who just want to be reminded of what we do, we begin this edition with a video of the 13th Global Young Leaders Programme (YLP Aceh, Indonesia). Click here to see the video It charts the journey of 25 global [...]
