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| World’s First Green Bank Loans $1 Billion in First Months | A Great Green Wall Across the African Continent | |||
| "The British Green Bank, a new lending institution exclusively for clean energy projects, opened recently and has already loaned to 11 projects aimed at climate change " | "the great breadth of this enterprise illustrates the motivation of the populations concerned: to regain the right to live in dignity through solidarity " | |||
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| International Symposium 2013 "Science, Technology and Culture of Peace" (France) | The Nobel Peace Prize to Mohamed Yunus and the people of Bangladesh | |||
| "If science and technology is to contribute to human social progress, the civil society needs to ensure that its choices are guided by democracy and peace " | "In his Nobel Prize speech, Yunus offered a new dream for today's youth, inviting them to become a new kind of entrepreneur that 'can change the character of capitalism radically.'" | |||
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| Colloque International 2013: « Science, Technologie et Culture de la paix » (France) | Occupy Wall Street: A "Work of Art" | |||
| "La société civile doit prendre la mesure des progrès humains et sociaux que peuvent apporter les sciences et les technologies dès lors que ces progrès sont maîtrisés et guidés par des choix de démocratie et de paix " | "what moved me even more was the respect, the way people listened to each other and honored and appreciated each other. " | |||
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| UN-Habitat and ICLEI unveil the EcoMobility World Festival | Reflection on the Life of Wangari Maathai | |||
| "EcoMobility is travel through integrated, socially inclusive, and environmentally-friendly transport options, including and integrating walking, cycling, wheeling. " | "Her Nobel prize speech conveys her pride in African women’s resilience; her emphasis on justice, integrity and trust; the contribution of tree-planting to promoting a culture of peace; the need to preserve both local biodiversity and cultural diversity." | |||
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| More Businesses Pursue Triple Bottom Line for a Sustainable Economy | A Call from Africa for Sustainable Tourism: the Lusaka Declaration | |||
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| "A “benefit corporation” . . . has a general purpose of having a positive impact on society and the environment " | "The Lusaka Declaration on Sustainable Tourism Development, Climate Change and Peace was unanimously adopted by the fifth African Conference of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism" | |||
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| World military spending falls, but China, Russia’s spending rises, says SIPRI | Fourth African Conference of International Institute of Peace through Tourism | |||
| "Despite the drop, the global total was still higher in real terms than the peak near the end of the cold war" | "More than 400 delegates from 33 countries participated in the conference sharing their experiences, ideas, wisdom and commitments." | |||
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| Policy Support for Solar Power Grows in Sub-Saharan Nations | Book Review of The Real Wealth of Nations | |||
| "active promotion of renewable energy could see its share of African electricity generation rise from 17 percent in 2009 to 50 percent in 2030 and nearly 75 percent by 2050 " | "Eisler contributes by promoting a "new economics" and by recognizing the recent efforts by a number of economists to include measures of household work as an important part of a nation's economic output." | |||
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| The Movement of Landless Peasants Honored by the city of Guernica for its struggle for Agrarian Reform [Brazil] | Eco-Citizen Programme : Urban Agriculture for Vulnerable Youth | |||
| "We have now achieved more than 1,500 legalized settlements, comprising 350,000 households and a total of 5 million hectares " | "planting of vegetable gardens and medicinal herbs ... awakens new interests and perspectives for the youth" | |||
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| O Movimento Sem Terra recebe homenagem da prefeitura de Guernica pela luta por Reforma Agrária [Brasil] | Event to Benefit Water for Life | |||
| "Há atualmente mais de 1.500 assentamentos legalizados, que reúne 350 mil famílias em um total de 5 milhões de hectares" | "In the Zen lounge, surfers went wild with Spoken Gun's performance." | |||
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| Earth Hour, March 23: Uniting people to protect the planet | The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia’s Historic Bill | |||
| "World famous sports and showbiz celebrities are showing they care for the planet through their support of Earth Hour " | "Mother Earth is a living dynamic system made up of the undivided community of all living beings, who are all interconnected, interdependent and complementary, sharing a common destiny" | |||
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| Global Atlas for Solar and Wind launched | Worldwide Video Gaming for Clean Water | |||
| "The Atlas provides critical information that can help countries evaluate renewable energy potentials and can function as a catalyst to trigger planning and policy development " | "it engages you in critical environmental problems now faced by hundreds of millions worldwide." | |||
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| Historic Tar-Sands Action at Obama’s Door | The World Social Forum prepares for Rio + 20 | |||
| "This Presidents Day weekend will see what is expected to be the largest climate-change protest in history, called Forward on Climate. " | "social movements should organise a strong presence at the 2012 conference, to forge an alliance with the Brazilian government with a view to changing the way the environment and development are thought about" | |||
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| Governments at UN forum agree on legally-binding treaty to curb mercury pollution | Environmental Sustainability as a Tool for Peace Building | |||
| "The Minamata Convention on Mercury . . . provides controls and reductions across a range of products, processes and industries where mercury is used, released or emitted. " | "A pollution prevention initiative called "Operation Clean the Nation" in The Gambia has brought together people from communities of various ethnic groups for the joint cause of ensuring a clean environment. " | |||
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| Earth Charter International enters new phase | Program of Socio-economic Training and Job Placement for Young Ex-Soldiers in North Kivu | |||
| "a program of work predominantly focused on education for sustainable development " | "Barzas have been created by PEREXC for youth in the city of Butembo since January 2008. A barza is a village-based, inter-communal forum for conflict resolution, based on African traditional rituals of reconciliation and non-violent settlement of local conflicts." | |||
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| WWF: Global system to curb aircraft emissions could easily take flight | The Eco Citizen project: Cultivate plants, Cultivate peace | |||
| "Aviation is the most emission-intensive form of transport on the planet and, together with shipping, is the fastest growing source of carbon emissions contributing to climate instability and extreme weather " | "The garden is an alternative space for therapy, learning and human relations. " | |||
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