Questões Acerca da Transdemocracia ou Multidocracia na Sociedade Telemática Contemporânea
Dante Augusto Galeffi Professor associado IV da UFBA, professor permanente dos programas de pós-graduação em educação dgaleffi@uol.com.br . Há o consenso de que a democracia é ainda a única palavra-chave para indicar o regime político fundado nos direitos e deveres humanos universais. Diz-se, então, que a democracia é a única alternativa política para as sociedades […]
Democracy, Sustainability and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Ashish Kothari Founder-member, Kalpavriksh e-mail: chikikothari@gmail.com http://radicalecologicaldemocracy.wordpress.com / www.iccaconsortium.org Abstract: In the context of the ongoing review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and their possible replacement by a new framework in 2015, it is important to highlight the issues of democracy, ecologically sustainability and socio-economic equity as being central to such a framework. This article puts forth ideas […]
Tilting the Playing Field: The Modular Appeal of Competitive Authoritarianism
Charles Larratt-Smith Vice President of Latin American Affairs for the The Peace by Piece Initiative, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to dialogue on sensitive issues of local and global scope. PhD Student, University of Toronto, Department of Political Science e-mail: c.larratt.smith@mail.utoronto.ca web: www.thepeacebypieceinitiative.com . Abstract: In this article I examine the recent elections found in six competitive authoritarian, ‘semi-democratic’ countries: […]
Human Collaboration the Peoples Revolution of a Global Learning Framework
Richard Close CEO-Servant, The Chrysalis Campaign. As a senior consultant, Richard has developed programs for different companies, including poverty curriculum development in Bridgeport, CT and the development of a UNESCO PPN African portal. e-mail: rclose@richardclose.info web: http://globallearningframework.ning.com . Abstract: “While traditional classrooms wade through indexed text books chapter by chapter in order to pass Friday’s test, […]
Environmental Services in Environmental Education
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Laboratório de Estudos Avançados em Jornalismo (Labjor), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brasil. e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br web: http://naraiz.wordpress.com/ . Absctract: Life quality passes by maintenance of some natural conditions and processes through that the ecosystems and species support human life. It’s relevant to speak about this concept with students, pointing out our dependence […]
The Use of Plant Characterisation Modelling Studies to Substantiate National Conservation and Sustainability Policies
James Furze University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology James.Furze@uwe.ac.uk . Quanmin Zhu Professor at University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology Quan.Zhu@uwe.ac.uk . Jennifer Hill Associate Professor at University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/106152548″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” […]
La Cooperación al Desarrollo a través del turismo en países subdesarrollados
Francisco Orgaz Agüera Profesor en Turismo, Medio Ambiente y Administración de Empresas en Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago, UTESA (República Dominicana). Doctorando en Turismo en Universidad de Sevilla (España). franorgaz@hotmail.com . Resumen: El turismo es uno de los principales sectores económicos a nivel internacional. En este sentido, la industria del turismo se conforma como una herramienta de cooperación […]
International Day of Democracy: The Contribution of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114305025″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Linda Hartling Director, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies; Cofounder, World Dignity University lhartling@humiliationstudies.org . Evelin Lindner Founding President, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, affiliated with the University of Oslo, Norway, and Columbia University, NY, USA; Cofounder, World Dignity University e.g.lindner@psykologi.uio.no . Michael Britton Board Member, Human Dignity […]
GreenEarthCitizen (GEC)
Fen Wang President and Founding Director at GreenEarthCitizen greenearthcitizen.fenwang@gmail.com . Honestly speaking, GreenEarthCitizen (GEC) is still a very young organization, less than one year old. Thus, it require us patience, investment with time and commitment, nurturing it to become a potential influential NGO. You see Greenpeace an influential NGO, but never forget that Greenpeace is already 40 years old. […]
Schools in Emergency: Learning From Past Mistakes
By Donna Goodman Founding Director at Earth Child Institute, UNICEF donna@earthchildinstitute.org . Innovating fun and stimulating ways to raise awareness and to generate support for each and every child to fulfill her/his destiny to ‘be the change’ we need for a peaceful sustainable world for all! Check out the amazing international work of Earth Child […]
