Mois : octobre 2006

Linked with Wally N’Dow – Gambia, with Lori Wallach – USA, and with Marshall B. Rosenberg – Switzerland & USA.

Big Picture TV BPTV – an online media channel that streams free video clips of global leaders in sustainability. (To) browse a growing archive of internationally renowned names including scientists, environmentalists, politicians, journalists, academics and activists. BPTV is easy to watch. Simply select a speaker, choose a clip and press play (see how to watch tv). (The) video clips can only be watched with Microsoft’s Media Player (can be downloaded on their website).

They write about themselves: Big Picture TV (BPTV) is a free media channel based in London and San Francisco. We stream short talking heads of some of the most renowned pioneers in Sustainable Development and from the environmental, social justice and peace movements. By offering progressive leaders in these inter-related fields a fully independent web-based media platform, we aim to make the big picture a clearer one for the world’s online community. We would very much like to thank our sponsors Green & Black’s and Groovy Gecko, with particular thanks to Craig Moehl at Groovy Gecko for providing us with their excellent streaming services free of charge. We would also like to thank all the speakers who have so generously contributed to the archive. In addition, we want to thank Petica Watson and Simon Levermore for their much valued technical expertise and advice as consultants. Finally, we wish to thank the following people for their kind help and support: (Read the rest on ‘about‘).

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Linked with Lori Wallach – USA, with Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, and with Why Does the WTO Want My Water?

The Public Citizen for Protecting Health, Safety and Democracy. Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress.

The executive branch and the courts:

• Take Actions;
• the Latest Publications;
• the Latest Press Releases.

We have six divisions and two state offices. To learn more about each of the divisions, click on the links below:

• Auto and Truck Safety;
• Congress Watch;
• Critical Masss Energy Program;
• Global Trade Watch;
• Health Research Group;
• The Litigation Group.

… and Texas and California offices:

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Linked with Lori Wallach – USA, with Why Does the WTO Want My Water?, and with The Public Citizen. Also linked with Third World Traveler, and with Michael Parenti – USA.

Global Trade Watch was created in 1995 as a division of the U.S.-based NGO Public Citizen that monitors the WTO and other trade agreements such as NAFTA and CAFTA. Like Public Citizen in general, GTW advocates for a greater public role in international, federal, state and local policy-making, and for a different set of policies and institutions that govern the current model of globalization, according to its website. [See Public Citizen].

Its director and founder is trade lawyer and activist Lori Wallach. Wallach has been compared to « Ralph Nader with a sense of humor » in a Wall Street Journal profile, dubbed « the Trade Debate’s Guerrilla Warrior » by the National Journal,[see the Journalism School] and « a key player in Washington debates on trade policy » by The Nation. [See commondreams].

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From November 30 – December 3, 2006 will take place WANGOs World Congress. This year in the Mövenpick Resort & Spa, Dead Sea, Jordan.

Some links:

• Conference Committee;
• General Information;
• About Conveners;
• Important Dates;
• Registration;
• Lodging.

Linked with Marshall B. Rosenberg – Switzerland & USA., and with Raising Children Compassionately.
The Center for Nonviolent Communication emerged out of work he was doing with civil rights activists in the early 1960s. During this period he provided mediation and communication skills training to communities working to desegregate schools and other public institutions. (Read much more on wikipedia).
Nonviolent Communication NVC helps us stay connected with what is alive in ourselves and others moment-to-moment, and enhances our ability to make life more wonderful for ourselves and others.

Vision: The Center for Nonviolent Communication CNVC is a global organization whose vision is a world where all people are getting their needs met and resolving their conflicts peacefully. In this vision, people are using Nonviolent Communication NVC to create and participate in networks of worldwide life-serving systems in economics, education, justice, healthcare, and peace-keeping.

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