Mois : août 2009

NRSD is a public forum for information and communication concerning natural resources and their interface with the economy, the environment and society. Natural resources featured on this website include minerals, oil and gas, biodiversity, energy, and water … (full text Homepage).

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Minerals MRF; Oil/Gas; Biodiversity; Energy; Water;
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Contact.

Sustainable Development Agenda 21: Agenda 21 is the programme of action for sustainable development adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, in 1992. Continuer la lecture de « Natural Resources and Sustainable Development NRSD »

fairly trades coffee, tea, chocolate and snacks

Linked with Small Farmers Big Change – a campaign of Equal Exchange.

• Equal Exchange has created Big Change since 1986. Our founders envisioned a food system that empowers farmers and consumers, supports small farmer co-ops, and uses sustainable farming methods. They started with fairly traded coffee from Nicaragua and didn’t look back. Today, we continue to find new and powerful ways to build a better food system. We partner with co-operatives of farmers who provide high-quality organic coffees, teas, chocolates and snacks from farmers all over the world, including here in the United States.
• We invite you to join us. Together we can create stronger local communities, a more just food system and a healthier planet. (Homepage).

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Wholesale; Story; Products; Farmer Partners;
Program; Resources; Get involved; Fundraising; Newsletter; Links; FAQs;
Contacts (and many Addresses).

Our Co-op: Equal Exchange has created Big Change for over 20 years. It all started with an idea: what if food could be traded in a way that is honest and fair, a way that empowers both farmers and consumers? What if trade supported family farms that use organic methods, rather than industrialized agribusinesses that rely on harmful chemicals?   Continuer la lecture de « Equal Exchange »

a green and more just food system starts with small farmers – Linked with Equal Exchange and its links.

… Our new campaign, “Small Farmers. Big Change: Creating a Green and More Just Food System,” represents a path to bringing justice to the food system and health to the planet. Through our actions, we can take steps to reduce our environmental footprint, help farmers save their local ecosystems, and advocate for agriculture and trade policies that actually benefit small-scale producers and workers instead of corporations. The positive impact of these actions would indeed represent a powerful change … (about our campaign 1/2).

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Green Partnership; Take action;
For the rest (Contact, Addresses, etc.), please refer to Equal Exchange.

About our campaign 2/2: … Why are small farmers and their organizations so important? Quite simply, they provide us with really great, high quality, healthy food.   Continuer la lecture de « Small Farmers Big Change – a campaign of Equal Exchange »

• CIEL and other civil society organizations express concerns over the 2004 U.S. model Bilateral Investment Treaty.
• CIEL calls for greater public involvement in trade policy in congressional testimony.
• CIEL argues for cooperative approaches to technology transfer to address climate change that maintain intellectual property flexibilities.
• To mark the July 4th holiday, CIEL proudly joins the Declaration of Independence from Toxic Chemicals and the national campaign for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, a collaborative effort for a new U.S. federal policy that protects people and the environment.
• In a dialogue with member states, CIEL urges the Human Rights Council to take action to ensure that climate change does not harm human rights.

CIEL statement available here … (Homepage).

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Addresses: CIEL (United States), 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite #1100, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
CIEL (Switzerland), 15 rue des Savoises, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland;
Contacts for phone and e-mail: on the Homepage.

About /Mission; The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a nonprofit organization working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society.   Continuer la lecture de « The Center for International Environmental Law CIEL »

Be a Trade Hero

The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing group of organisations including trade unions, aid agencies, environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations, faith and consumer groups … (about 1/2).

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Contacts.

About 1/2: … The movement is supported by more than 80 member organisations that have over 9 million members, and new organisations are joining every month.    Continuer la lecture de « Trade Justice Movement TJM »