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Peru – a case for degrowth in the North
Peru shows that International Law is not effective in enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment in Extractive contexts. Anna Heikkinen and Aramis Castro write in the Guardian about how one of the biggest zinc mines in the world, Antamina located in Peru, is causing glaciers to melt and water to dry up. Mining can…
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The Art of Organising Hope
Listen to Ana Cecilia Dinerstein on the Art of Organising Hope, and the ontology of becoming, so important for social movements. We have been convinced by power that there is no alternative. Indeed, referring the post-Covid amnesia governments in the global North seem to be having, Rowan Williams writes that we are constantly being fed…
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Citizens’ Assembly – what is it?
Understanding social processes that disable political systems from addressing climate and natural emergencies is key to combating climate and natural crises. People need to be included in decision-making processes as without people’s agreement, we cannot advance in decision-making. Deliberative democracy means the possibility of citizens to influence decision-making processes between elections. A Citizens’ Assembly using…
