April 2012

Articles

• 30 March 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza

  The Green Economy and Corporate Concerns in Rio+20

  Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June this year, will mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr, Tamkinat Mirza

  Project Briefs

  Stop Online Spying Alternatives is in support of stopspying.ca. The Canadian government and Minister Vic Toews are currently trying to ram through an anti-Internet set of electronic (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr

  CIDA under-fire for partnering with mining company

  The Canadian government’s decision to partner with mining firm Barrick Gold and development NGO World Vision Canada for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project in La Libertad, Peru, has (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr

  Canada tries to remove human right to water and sanitation

  On World Water Day, United Nations water and sanitation expert Catarina de Albuquerque critiqued countries including Canada for spearheading a move to eliminate references to the human right to (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza

  Preview: The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice

  The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice will be held on June 15-23 in Rio de Janeiro this year, running parallel to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Environment and (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Michael D’Alimonte

  Green school initiatives: Saving money, resources and student health

  Green Schools, education institutions that promote interaction with nature as a learning tool while fostering an environmentally friendly campus predicated on healthy living, are now receiving (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Clayton Thomas-Muller , Kevin Smith

  Social Licence: Cultural Complicity in the Age of Extraction

  At first glance, there might not seem to be an obvious common ground between indigenous activists in Canada, performance artists in the UK, and climate activists in both countries. However, the (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Lucie Bourgeois

  The face of transcendence in Palestine

  We spent Wednesday morning discussing and aligning around our own theory of change, our underlying beliefs and hypotheses as to the way in which it can be encouraged and facilitated for (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Forum of Civil Society Organisations

  Declaration of the Forum of Civil Society Organisations

  Bamako, on March 22, 2012. Following the events that occurred in the night of March 21, 2012 in Bamako and in the regions, the Forum of Civil Society Organisations of Mali has held a meeting at (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy

  US defeat won’t be Afghan victory

  Ever since US Sergeant Robert Bales surrendered after calmly massacring Afghan women and children, he has been depicted as a man under unusual personal circumstances. A high-ranking US official (…)
• 30 March 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy

  What Pakistan Should Do In Afghanistan

  Many Pakistanis living and working in Kabul say they feel a palpable hostility towards them once their nationality becomes known. Some occasionally pretend to be Indians, which brings more (…)