Tag: United Nations
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As Rio+20 Approaches, Pleas For Less Language Squabbling & More Respecting Indigenous Wisdom
Check out these two important pieces from Kelly Rigg and David Korten on where the Rio+20 negotiations are and aren't heading.
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How Happy Is Bhutan, Really? Gross National Happiness Unpacked
Gross National Happiness has lots of cache in the environmental and social justice community, but how is Bhutan actually calculating it and how well are they doing?
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Vote Now for the UNEP & TreeHugger Blogging Competition
Let the blogging begin! Help determine the winner of the Rio+20 Blogging Competition.
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There's More to Happiness Than GDP & There's a New Report to Prove It
With two months to go until the Rio+20 environmental conference, the UN is making a push towards moving away from using GDP as the end-all-be-all measurement of progress.
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Four Arrested at Occupy Wall Street's 'Disrupt Dirty Power' Protest
Last Tuesday, #Occupy protests took to the U.N. to protest the influence of the financial sector on polluting power.
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Gus Speth Envisions America the Possible (Podcast)
James Gustave Speth, founder of the World Resources Institute, discusses his new book and the political reform America so dearly needs.
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Global Water Supplies Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Demand
A report from the United Nations stresses that increased demand for fresh water, coupled with the effects of climate change, is threatening the world's water supplies.
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Lenny Kravitz Wants You to Buy Tap Water For a Cause
The rocker/actor has signed up for UNICEF's Tap Project, encouraging the purchase of restaurant tap water to provide clean water to children around the world.
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Agenda 21 Plot Exposed in the New York Times and Grist
The newspaper of record picks up on the issue that we have been covering for some time. Grist finds it all very funny; It's not.
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By 2050 We're All Likely To Be Using Fewer Resources, Whether We Like It Or Not
The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.
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Experts and Executives Agree: The Profit Motive Hinders Sustainability
A survey of academics and business insiders agrees, the short-term push for corporate profits is one of our biggest barriers to environmental sustainability.
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U.N.'s New Sustainability Plan: Double Renewable Power Worldwide, Give Energy Access to All
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announces the official launch of the ambitious sustainability initiative.
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Leaked Rio+20 Document Has Lots For Treehuggers To Like, With One Glaring Shortcoming
My overall impression remains that while it certainly hits all the right points in terms of what the issues are, the central failing will be that all of it is based upon voluntary national actions.
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Countries To Be Asked To Sign 10 Sustainable Development Goals At Rio+20 Summit
It's just about six months until the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development takes place in Brazil and details are emerging (well, being leaked) about what nations will be asked to sign on to.
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John Birch Society Is Back: Municipal Planning & Environmentalism Targeted
John Birch Society-style paranoia has the T-partiers fired up against planning, environmental protection, and climate change adaptation.
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Barcelona Soccer Star Carlos Puyol Steps Up to Save Orangutans
FC Barcelona captain Carlos Puyol has teamed up with UNEP to halt the deforestation that's killing orangutans.
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COP17: Pursuit of a Global Climate Pact Now Underway in Durban, South Africa
Everything you need to know about the climate talks in Durban.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand & Edward Norton Make the Case for Saving Our Forests in a Gorgeous Short Film
The short film "Of Men and Forests" pushes viewers to consider the threat facing the world's forests on a background of amazing images.
