‘A lot is happening, but nothing is going on,’ John Lennon once said.
Behind the happenings and short-like hypes of everyday life, often much more important developments are going on. Things we are rarely aware of. Examples like the climate hype - what is really going on, behind the emotionally loaded quotes of politicians and [...]
Entries from April 2007
It’s the demography, stupid!">It’s the demography, stupid!
April 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Actuality · Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Globalization & Global Culture · Sustainable Development
Change.org">Change.org
April 21st, 2007 · No Comments
What Do You Want to Change in the World?
Here’s a nice inspirational platform. Go and change the world!
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Tags: Design & Technology · Globalization & Global Culture · Sustainable Development
Fifteen guidelines for peacekeepers">Fifteen guidelines for peacekeepers
April 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Fifteen guidelines for peacekeepers, by Jan Pronk, published on his weblog. Nice words. But when are they being translated into action…?
Here’s an abstract of some of the guidelines.
Twelve: Fight bureaucracy. Fight also the bureaucrat in yourself. Stay a movement; keep the spirit of a pioneer.
Thirteen: Care for people. People first.
Fourteen: Peacekeeping is a calling, not [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · Society · War & Terrorism · World
Africa Day 2007">Africa Day 2007
April 19th, 2007 · No Comments
The Dutch Africa Day 2007, this year in the Hague Polytechnic University and organized by the Evert Vermeer Stichting, was a great success: around 1500 poeple came to listen to speeches, workshops and debates by a.o. Jan Pronk, Mo Ibrahim, Jerry Rawlings, Minister of Development Cooperation Bert Koenders, and many more…
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Tags: Actuality · Articles by Christopher Baan · Developing Countries · Photography & journalism
Global warming an issue for UN Security Council">Global warming an issue for UN Security Council
April 17th, 2007 · No Comments
It’s the first time that such “hard core” issue as international politics, has been spoken about in connection with “soft issues” such as gender rights, HIV/AIDS and peacekeeping.
On the eve of the first United Nations Security Council debate on global warming, the UK foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, warned US businesses to invest in carbon-free technology [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Politics & International Relations · Sustainable Development
India welcomes ethical investing fund launched by ABN AMRO">India welcomes ethical investing fund launched by ABN AMRO
April 16th, 2007 · No Comments
ABN AMRO has launched the first Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) fund in India. The initiative was warmly welcomed in the Indian business media. “India joined the globally growing ethical-investing force,†exults the Asia Times Online. For India the fund is a novelty. Not for ABN AMRO Asset Management, having similar schemes in 24 countries in [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · Sustainable Development
Livestock’s long shadow">Livestock’s long shadow
April 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Livestock and climate change, an article by Joris Tielens
Anyone who wants to help prevent climate change would do better to give up eating meat rather than their car, suggests a recent FAO report. Scientists agree that livestock are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, but not all of them endorse the proposed solution – [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Sustainable Development · World
Sustainable development is dead! Long live sustainable development!">Sustainable development is dead! Long live sustainable development!
April 10th, 2007 · No Comments
A 20-year international effort to put the planet on a path to sustainable development has been woefully inadequate and will need a radical rethink if it is to achieve its aims, says a report published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
The report was written by Steve Bass, a senior fellow at [...]
Tags: Sustainable Development · World
India’s Growing Pains">India’s Growing Pains
April 5th, 2007 · No Comments
India’s torrid economic expansion over the past five years delighted investors internationally, but the inevitable shakeouts of rapid growth are starting to rub some nerves raw at home. Thousands of Indian farmers battled police (Telegraph) in the country’s West Bengal state in March, protesting government plans to confiscate their land and turn it into a [...]
Tags: Asia · Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · Society · World
Good 50×70">Good 50×70
April 4th, 2007 · No Comments
Good 50X70 is a communication design competition focusing on five of the burning social issues which the UN recognizes as the plagues of our millennium: AIDS, Environmental damage, Human rights violation, Underdevelopment and War.
Designers are invited to submit a 50cm X 70cm poster design addressing one of the categories above. The international jury will initially [...]
Tags: Earth & Environment · Sustainable Development · World







