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Yet Another Disappointment

COA Admin June 22, 2012 0 Comments
Filmed by: Nimisha Bastedo A group of passionate, frustrated women gathered in Rio Centro on June 19th, protesting against the current state of the document. They proclaim that as far as women's rights are concerned, "it's worse than in1992"! They are especially disgusted at the fact that reproductive rights are not included in the text. The list of...

Our Red Line: Action at Rio+20

Lara Shirley June 21, 2012 0 Comments
by Lara Shirley Earth in Brackets participated in an action today called 'Our Red Line'. 'Our Red Line' was an action aimed at drawing the essential, red line that Rio+20 should uphold for humanity, the earth and the future. It evolved from how the term was used over the past few days, as Brazil has been asking countries to remove brackets from the text and instead only state...

Reactions to the People’s Summit

aodell June 20, 2012 0 Comments
  By Anna Odell  After my first week in Rio, which I spent almost entirely cooped up in buildings, I was ready for a change of scenery. After spending just three days at the PrepComm in Riocentro with UN delegates and negotiators made me crave the sunlight and some fresh air. I was looking forward to feeling some sand beneath my toes and to finding some inspiration at People’s...

Conference Rio+20: A message to Indigenous people from Andrea Carmem (with subtitles in Spanish)

COA Admin June 20, 2012 0 Comments
Interviewer Anyuri Betegón To spread the voice of others. Here is a message to indigenous people from Andrea Carmem, Excecutive Director International Indian Treatry Council, and a little bit of what happened during the PrepCom.   Conference Rio+20: A message for the indigenous people (with subtitles in Spanish) from on Vimeo.

Food S_________ty

Lara Shirley June 19, 2012 0 Comments
by Lara Shirley We have just published a primer on food sovereignty and how it’s different from food security: check it out here! (In a nutshell, food security means everyone having enough to eat, but without taking into consideration where the food is coming from and what effect it has on the communities it is bought or distributed in. Food sovereignty means the right of everyone to grow their...