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Take on energy poverty with the ‘Power the World’ pledge
Music for Relief has launched a new campaign to address the issue of energy poverty.
Civil society determined to have an impact on Rio+20
Innovating and stepping up the pressure on governments are the bywords for civil society participation in the run-up to Rio+20, a conference with the ambitious goal of changing the way humankind relates with the planet.
Narayan Subramanian: Resisting the entrenched forces on the road to global sustainability
If developing nations are to pursue the same trajectory (as they currently are), without a doubt, a crisis of unthinkable proportions is in the making. This is why leading the way in righting the wrongs of the past century has fallen to the hands of developing nations.
Akhila Vijayaraghavan: Pumping Indian farmers out of poverty
In India, poverty is one of the largest reasons for social problems. As a largely agrarian economy, the country is as vulnerable to climate change like any island nation. A study by Purdue University concluded that changes in the weather patterns have direct implications on the monsoons. Farmers depend on the monsoon rains from June to September to irrigate their crops, and bad rains means a failed crop which has economic implications. India’s farmers have the highest rates of suicides, especially following a bad monsoon.
Christopher Garrard: Crafting the future we want
Sarah Corbett has vivid purple-red hair, comes from the north of England and for half of the week, she works for Oxfam. On her arm is a range of arty tattoos and among them are Gandhi’s words, in typewriter lettering, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. She wears her vision on her arm. Sarah is a craftivist.
Priscilla Stuckey: A revolutionary law—for people and nature
Current law elevates the rights of corporations over those of local people. “Under our present system,” he says, “it is perfectly legal for a small number of people within a corporation to override whole communities.” So Thomas Linzey teaches people to rewrite the rules.
Ari Phillips: UT Institute an energy information crossroads
Energy Institute Director Raymond Lee Orbach’s attributes the success of his institution to a public thirst for trustworthy information that cuts through the hype surrounding natural gas extraction. This is the exact type of impact Orbach had in mind when he joined the institute at its inception, and he hopes that future projects will garner the same interest and elevate the conversation around challenging energy issues.
Tom Schueneman: Redefining prosperity and the fallacy of growth
We owe the comfort and abundance of our lives to fossil fuel. Most people, at least in the developed world, enjoy “prosperity” through access to material goods and resources not possible without access to this vast store of “cheap” energy.
Giedre Steikunaite: You and me and everyone we know
Whoever still doubts that our planet is in crisis has their eyes wide shut. The avalanche that is approaching us at a seemingly unstoppable speed presents perhaps the most challenging confrontation of them all, the confrontation with oneself: how far am I ready to go to make the future possible again?
Ruth Terry: One simple way you can create a green sustainable future
With every expert embracing a different magic bullet, is it really any wonder that so many of us feel confused, overwhelmed and paralyzed when it comes to climate change? Fortunately environmental activist and biologist Wangari Maathi has a one-size-fits-all solution for addressing climate change—one that’s simple, free and guaranteed to succeed.
