Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development: An Interview with Georgios Kostakos
About Fen Wang Founder and President at GEC; UNEP Reform Project Leader at Tema at Linkoping University; SCO Project Leader at Vermont University; My mission is to contribute myself in global environmental and sustainable development governance and act to accelerate transitioning the society to green economy with sustainable development, and to join together with world […]
From Rio+20 to the New Development Agenda: An Interview with Felix Dodds
About Maria Bolevich Maria Bolevich is a specialist of environmental protection and a journalist. She likes books, languages, journalism, green lifestyle. She lives in Croatia. Her favorite quote is ” Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm” . Maria Bolevich: I have the honor to present you our interview with Felix Dodds, a fellow at […]
International Decade for Action “WATER FOR LIFE” 2005-2015
In December 2003, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period 2005-2015 International Decade for Action “Water for Life” in its resolution A/RES/58/217. The decade officially started on World Water Day, March 22, 2005. The ‘Water for Life’ Decade aims to promote efforts to fulfill international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015. Focus […]
Le droit de rêver… à un autre monde possible
Le droit de rêver est synonyme de recherche de (micro ou macro) alternatives, dans une réalité sociale chaque jour en construction ou dans l’élaboration de concepts et de théories aspirant à promouvoir le bien commun. Un pari pour comprendre autrement la planète, la solidarité internationale et les nouvelles relations entre les peuples. Terre, démocratie sociale […]
La journée de l’eau potable entre les mains d’enfants
Read English version here Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . Enzo est un petit garçon vif, qui aime fourrer son nez partout et apprendre en grandissant. Enzo visite notre monde et découvre souvent les tragédies qui frappent notre terre. Nous croisons des enfants malades causés par l’eau polluée. Ces […]
The Day of Drinking Water in the Hands of Children
Français version ici Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo The Day of Drinking Water in the Hands of Children Enzo is a bright boy, who likes to poke its nose everywhere and learn while growing up. Enzo visit our world and often view the tragedies that hit our planet. We meet sick children caused by polluted water. These same children and their parents do not know how to use the water, and we should take a few moments of our lives to educate them on a few simple gestures. Several associations or/and foundations gather to help the most disadvantaged and learn together the means to properly use drinking water. Enzo participates one day to this awareness, as all past by daily gestures and in the hands of today’s children. These are the same children proud of their learning that guides their elder to the right moves to prevent poisoning accidents. Drinking water production matches the action to produce drinking water from natural water sources. The processing requires a quality source. It also varies with the level of demands, the standards applied and different depending on the country. We all know, in countries like Africa or […]
EL AGUA ES VIDA
Araceli Lozano Pulido Área de Agua y Saneamiento de ONGAWA info@ongawa.org www.ongawa.org , Resumen El agua es fuente de vida. Así reza el lema del Decenio Internacional para la Acción de Naciones Unidas, cuyo objetivo fundamental es el de promover los esfuerzos para cumplir los compromisos adquiridos en materia de agua y saneamiento para 2015: […]
EL FUTURO EMBOTELLADO: Agua y Seguridad para el Tercer Mundo
Olenka Ochoa Berreteaga Activista peruana, miembro de la Huairou Comisión, Red Ciudades Seguras y MIRA-Iberoamérica. olenka.ochoa@gmail.com . . Resumen El derecho al agua, entendido como acceso a agua potable y segura a las fuentes de agua natural, está en grave peligro por intereses de las multinacionales y por un ideario que se expande globalmente. La […]
A Brazilian View on Global Citizenship Education
Madza Ednir Centro de Criação de Imagem Popular, Brasil. (With gratitude towars Claudia Ceccon, whose critical comments much have contributed to enrich this article). madza.ednir@terra.com.br / http://www.cecip.org.br / @Madzed . Read here Portuguese version / Leia aqua a versão em português. Abstract: This article is an improved and expanded version of apresentation made at the Journée Educasol […]
Human Consciousness & Values for Solving Global Problems
Dr. Surendra Pathak Director Research, Dean Social Sciences and Professor, CVMS, IASE Deemed University, Rajasthan, India. pathak06@gmail.com / http://existentialharmony.org / @pathak2009 . . Abstract: Mother earth is considered as one of the most beautiful planets in the Universe. Earth is the only planet in our galaxy that has enough water and environment to support plant, animal and […]
