Super typhoon Haiyan is climate wake-up call (tags)
It seems these days that whenever Mother Nature wants to send an urgent message to humankind, it sends it via the Philippines. This year the messenger was Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda.
"Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic (tags)
On this God-forsaken island Bill Gates is investing tens of his millions along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, in what is called the ‘doomsday seed bank.’ Officially the project is named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard island group.
EARTH CHARTER; Sustainability, human security ONLINE VIDEOS (tags)
Check out the footage CNN won’t show you! The British Columbia Council for International Cooperation presents four streamline videos featuring: Martin Khor (Third World Network), Princes Basma Bint Talal (Jordan), Maurice Strong (Canada) and Jan Pronk (UN Special Envoy to the World Summit). These videos will demonstrate that there are people “inside the system” working to promote the Earth Charter, reform of the global governance architecture, and move towards peace. http://www.bccic.org/public/gallery/gallery_video.php