Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
Dag Hammarskjold
Best wishes for a happy Christmas (to whom it may concern), and a bright (green) future!

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Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Some places you should definitely take a look:

Official UN website
Know Your Human Rights
Amnesty International
Opendemocracy | Human Rights at 60: early retirement or another chance?
International Herald Tribune; China hails ‘progress’ but quells protest on human rights anniversary
Right Now (Dutch language, festival, accessible flyer handed out to [...]

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The graphs climbing across these pages (see graph in detail, or explore the data) are a stark reminder of the crisis facing our planet. Consumption of resources is rising rapidly, biodiversity is plummeting and just about every measure shows humans affecting Earth on a vast scale. Most of us accept the need for a more [...]

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Today, hundreds of people are gathering in Poznan to show their commitment to successful climate negotiations at the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14). The 6th of December is announced as Global Climate Action Day. At YouTube, The Big Ask posted this great video:

On 10th August, more than 6,000 people took part in the recording of [...]

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- by Al Gore
Op-Ed Contributor Ny Times
The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he — and we — must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat [...]

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