By Hazel Henderson* – The Wall Street International Magazine We humans, having populated every part of Earth’s surface and visited the Moon, now are perched atop the planet’s food chain. We are learning from this perilous position but hastening the… Continue Reading
By Katie Singer* – Wall Street International Letter to Greta Thunberg: the impact of the Internet on global problems awareness Dear Greta, After centuries of too many white people not seeing racism, smartphones have made it undeniably visible. Without smartphones,… Continue Reading
By António Guterres* The UN Secretary-General, in a statement marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 2020 (IPS) – The ideals of the United Nations – peace, justice, equality and dignity — are beacons to… Continue Reading
By Elizabeth Crisp* – Newsweek President Donald Trump continued to deny the impact of climate change as he traveled to California on Monday for an update on devastating wildfires that have spread along the West Coast. “It will start getting… Continue Reading
By Roy Morrison* – EcoCivilization In the midst of the covid-19 pandemic a new economic global market tool, Sustainability Credits (SCs), promises to help kick start both national and global renewable economic development. Globally, the sale of oil has dropped… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* On August 23, a respected Brazilian polling institute found that the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, enjoys an approval rating of 51 percent, the highest since he was elected. Brazil ranks second as the country with the highest… Continue Reading
By Rosamaria Loures and Sarah Sax – Mongabay (*) Recognition of the role that Indigenous land plays in forest protection, biodiversity conservation and environmental health has been growing, but less attention has been paid to the role of women. An… Continue Reading
The Economist They are ubiquitous, diverse and very powerful I – The outsiders inside Humans are lucky to live a hundred years. Oak trees may live a thousand; mayflies, in their adult form, a single day. But they are all alive… Continue Reading
By Sonia Awale and Ramesh Kumar – The Nepali Times(*) KATHMANDU, Aug 3 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic was a respite for nature everywhere. The air was cleaner, trekking trails were pristine, the summit of Mt Everest was deserted, and… Continue Reading
By Roy Morrison* – EcoCivilization The death of John Lewis is a reminder that power concedes nothing… Continue Reading
By William S. Becker* As we approach the 100-day mark until the presidential election, there is a lot of talk about voter suppression. For those who are unsure what voter suppression means, here is a working definition: It’s what a… Continue Reading
By Cecilia Aguillon* LA JOLLA, California, Jun 22 2020 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic and crisis has led to increasing attention and clamor to redouble efforts toward an energy transition that would help the world reduce C02 emissions. In many… Continue Reading
Editorial The pandemic is an opportunity to tackle the climate emergency by creating productive green jobs for those made redundant by the crisis Britain needs a green job-filled recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Unlike Germany and South Korea, it… Continue Reading
By Samira Sadeque – IPS A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by ensuring biological diversity preservation around the world, experts recently said. How to prevent the current… Continue Reading
Yanis Varoufakis and David McWilliams – The Guardian Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Irish economist David McWilliams on the hope for a global new deal David McWilliams: I think it is fair to say that capitalism – in… Continue Reading
FROM PILLAGE TO SECURITY. LIFE FOR ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH Three scourges are devastating the life of the Earth’s Inhabitants – the Covid-19 pandemic ( more than 230,000 deaths). The explosion and spread of the coronavirus are, according… Continue Reading
Riccardo Petrella* “Science (and economics) for the health of the earth’s inhabitants.” For a common, public, free worldwide coronavirus vaccine. Proposal for a transnational alliance. Humanity does not need any vaccine war. There is no valid reason for the future… Continue Reading
By Jan Lundius* Epidemic diseases are not random events that afflict societies capriciously and without warning, on the contrary, every society produces its own specific vulnerabilities. To study them is to understand the importance of a society’s structure, its standard… Continue Reading
By Francesco Martone* The crisis triggered by COVID-19 is challenging the very meaning of coexistence and cohabitation and redesigning the boundaries of public space in an absolutely unprecedented way, with unpredictable results Measures to contain free movement and prohibitions on… Continue Reading
Riccardo Petrella* I hope not. Guido Viale has written some wise things about this, explaining why a “return to normal” would be a return to catastrophe. And yet, in China and, recently also in North Korea, the return to the… Continue Reading
