Date with History: 17-year-old to Address Leaders @ Rio+20
(May 24, 2012 – London/New York/Wellington/Rio de Janeiro) A school pupil from Wellington, New Zealand has been selected as winner of a global youth speech contest, to ‘speak truth to power’ and to...
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A small favor for a big cause [@PlanetEarth]
Ecocity Builders and the United Nations NGO Major Group's proposal 'Global Standards of Sustainability for Cities' has advanced to the final round of the Rio+20 Dialogues. Please support us so that the...
View ArticleGlobal Climate Justice gets its 15 Minutes
This article was written by Tom Athanasiou, Executive Director of EcoEquity, a project of Earth Island Institute. It is being cross-posted with his permission. (See original)The Bonn workshop on...
View ArticleRiogram: "Punctuation, Not Principles"
As the countdown for civic participation on final recommendations for sustainable development looms, the last round of official negotiations begins tomorrow with only 20% agreement on the final draft...
View ArticleThe Earth is the Biggest Employer: RioRaps
Vandana Shiva "The Earth is the Biggest Employer"As the elite group of world leaders launch the official Rio talks tomorrow, activists and representatives of "the 99%", are reporting on innovative and...
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On eve of Rio+20 climate conference, John Kerry kicks ass in Senate speech:...
Beginning Wednesday, delegates from around the planet will meet in Brazil for Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. As pointed out by FishOutofWater in his too little noted...
View ArticleMcKibben says "Lame it on Rio" as #riofail trends on twitter
Bill McKibben, who was back on line tweeting an hour after participating in a walkout from the official Rio+20 negotiations, reports in a Grist article on the 'listlessness" of a "lame"...
View ArticleYep, they went 'there'
As negotiations are still underway for the final draft of the Rio+20 summit on global sustainability which runs June 20-22 in Rio, the scientists overseeing the discussions are voicing a warning:...
View ArticleHillary Clinton to attend Rio+20
President Obama will not be attending the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainability. He will be sending a strong surrogate in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who will lead the American...
View Article"I stand here with fire in my heart!" Rio
A Date with History: 17 yr old Brittany Trilford addresses world leaders at the UN Earth Summit And the talks begin. (Follow the Guardian's Live blog)UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was upbeat this...
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"The Future We Don't Want": NGOs Face off Against Negotiators @ Rio+20
Greenpeace is @CallingAllOwls - pls RT and @ it to leaders #RioPlus20 + Zero #deforestation.As the three days of official Rio+20 talks commenced today, representatives of the major groups addressed the...
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LIVE WALKOUT @RIO Begins #riofail Participate NOW!
Civil Society groups have walked out of the official Rio+20 talks in protest of the failure of the key negotiators to listen to the calls for a conference which adequately addresses the key issues of...
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