Water and Sustainable Development: One Voice From Zaragoza
www.unwater.org The UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference was held in January and kicked off the year that will shine a spotlight on water and sustainable development. “2015 is an important year. An important year for disaster risk reduction, an important year for climate and an important year for water,” said the UN-Water Chair, Michel Jarraud […]
Involving Youth in the Sustainable Development Goals: the ECOSOC Youth Forum
From the 2nd to the 3rd of February, the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Youth Forum brought together UN Member States, UN agencies, youth delegates, representatives of youth organisations and other young people in the UN Headquarters in New York City. The sessions focused on youth engagement in the transition from MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) to SDGs […]
COORDINADORA NACIONAL DE PUEBLOS ORIGINARIOS DE EL SALVADOR (CNPO-ES)
POSICIONAMIENTO ANTE LA CONMEMORACION DEL 83 ANIVERSARIO DE LA MASACRE INDIGENA DE 1932 EN EL SALVADOR A 83 años de la masacre de 1932, los daños históricos y las condiciones de exclusión y desigualdades en la vida de los pueblos en general y de los pueblos originarios en particular siguen vigentes, sin contar con políticas públicas efectivas, tanto de […]
HUMANISFESTO: THE BIOMIMETIC SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Learning from the Nature in the Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippines. Versión castellana Solidarity is a trans-dimensional phenomenon that goes beyond the ontological essence of human nature. In fact, when we analyze the connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm, we perceive that human beingsare not involved in chaos and arbitrariness, but belongs to […]
HUMANIFESTO: La Simbiosis Biomimética entre la Sustentabilidad Ecológica y los Derechos Humanos
Aprendiendo de la Naturaleza en las terrazas de arroz de Banaue, Filipinas. English Version La solidaridad es un fenómeno transdimensional que ultrapasa la esencia ontólogica de la naturaleza humana. De hecho, cuando observamos las conexiones entre el microcosmos y el macrocosmos, percibimos que el ser humano no está en medio del caos y la arbitrariedad, […]
Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies: Preparing for Post-2015
Download final report here On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building peaceful and sustainable societies: preparing for post-2015 In support of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) 28-30 January 2015, Room XI, UNESCO HQ, Paris Organized by the Division of Education for […]
The Value of Friendship, Tolerance and Respect within Education of Economics and Business
Saskia Troy (MSc.) is a business economist specialized in Global Business and Stakeholder Management and amongst others Regional Coordinator Europe and Chapter Leader Netherlands Children of the Earth (NGO of the United Nations) and she is a member of the Working Group Sustainable Finance (Changing Finance, Financing Change) of the UNEP/World Resources Institute in Washington. […]
ASTRONOMY IN THE FRAME OF THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
Magda Stavinschi Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy E-mail: magda_stavinschi@yahoo.fr / Web: www.astro.ro/magda . Mirela Mureșan Institutional Filiation Moise Nicoara College, Arad, Romania E-mail: mirela_muresan@hotmail.com . ABSTRACT This paper aims to point out the unexpected and generous perspectives the transdisciplinarity approach can bring to the astronomical education. 1. What does transdisciplinarity really mean? Will try to […]
Monitoring the Greek Case during the Financial Crisis
Athanasia Zagorianou Strathclyde University, Master in Human Rights Law, Researcher & Member, Trustees Council, Citizens’ Rights Watch (CRW) E-mail: nassia_izago@yahoo.gr, / zagorianoua@gmail.com . Abstract In the effort to inform, condemn and most importantly prevent global poverty this paper examines the promises and policies of Greek politicians during the Greek crisis and its social effects and consequences […]
A Need for a Convention on International Solidarity
Javier Molero Segovia Colaborador de la Oficina de Derechos Humanos en el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación del Gobierno de España . . ”Law should help us to build a more solidarity world instead of restrain solidarity”. This affirmation is self-evident and everybody would agree with it, but unfortunately, it is not […]
