Peace & Democracy

 
Tree love
 

, / Environment, Justice

14 Feb 2012

 

A campaign in support of a proposed new law on environmental destruction wants one million 'love letters to the Earth' to be sent to world leaders ahead of the 2012 Earth Summit

 

Website helps campaign groups fund advertising

 
 

/ Innovation, Peace & Democracy

20 Jan 2012

 

A new crowd-funding scheme is helping people and organisations that are working for good causes, to advertise to the public

 
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/ Justice, Positive People, Sustainable Development

12 Dec 2011

 

Polly Higgins says a feasible amendment to international law could catapult global society into a sustainable future

 
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/ Politics, Positive Perspective

05 Dec 2011

 

Ellie Mae O'Hagan takes in the atmosphere outside St Paul's

 

Occupy movement sets up Bank of Ideas

 
 

/ Peace & Democracy

30 Nov 2011

 

Members of the Occupy movement in London are transforming an abandoned office block into a space to share ideas for how to solve pressing economic, social and environmental problems

 
Mock trial to pave way for ecocide law
 

/ Environment, Justice

28 Nov 2011

 

Following a mock trial to test the viability of large-scale ecosystem destruction being designated a crime against peace, an ecocide law is a step closer to becoming reality

 
Michael Meacher MP for Oldham West and Royton
 

/ Politics

10 Oct 2011

 

Labour MP Michael Meacher shares his views on science, spirituality and being a politician

 
Vandana Shiva
 

/ Environment, Justice

30 Sep 2011

 

Mock trial on ‘ecocide’ to take place at UK Supreme Court

 
Mock trial to pave way for ecocide law
 

, / Conservation, Justice

27 Sep 2011

 

A potential new law to protect the Earth from degradation will be tested at the UK Supreme Court during a mock ecocide trial on 30 September 2011

 
World Food Prize
 

, / Food, Politics

02 Sep 2011

 

John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva awarded The World Food Prize 2011

 
riot crop 3
 

/ Peace & Democracy, Positive Perspective, Wellbeing

12 Aug 2011

 

Mark Williamson: We must pursue a fundamentally different way of life where we care less about what we can get for ourselves and more about the happiness of others

 
Rights for nature proposed in Turkey
 

, / Environment, Justice

21 Jun 2011

 

A group of 40 Turkish politicians, academics and lawyers is calling for rights for nature to be incorporated into the country's constitution

 
Dalai Lama praises founder of peace charity at Power of Forgiveness event in Ireland
 

/ Peace, Positive People, Spirit

12 Jun 2011

 

Many of us have difficulty forgiving others sometimes. But for Richard Moore, who at age ten, was shot and blinded by a soldier’s rubber bullet during the troubles in Northern Ireland, forgiveness has brought true inner peace

 
Group cycles from London to Jerusalem to promote social and ecological justice
 

, / Justice, Sustainable Development, Travel

12 Jun 2011

 

A group of 18 artists, food growers and community activists are cycling from London to Jerusalem to unite communities working for social and ecological justice

 
“This is just the start”
 

/ Justice, Politics, Positive Perspective

12 Jun 2011

 

Polly Higgins: Bolivia’s Law for Mother Earth could spark a new world of ecological justice

 
David Cameron and Chris Huhne
 

/ New Economics, Politics, Sustainable Development

12 Jun 2011

 

New targets see Britain take the lead on climate change

 
Bolivia to give legal rights to the Earth
 

/ Conservation, Justice, Politics, Sustainable Development

12 Jun 2011

 

Law of Mother Earth sees Bolivia pilot new social and economic model based on protection of and respect for nature

 
The golden rule for human progress
 

/ Justice, Positive Perspective, Spirit, World Goodwill

08 Jun 2011

 

In recent centuries, one of the most important concepts shaping humanity has been that of human progress. The idea of inevitable progress was accepted as so obviously true that for most people it was beyond doubt. Now however, many people are beginning to question the notion

 

Renewables can power the world

 
 

/ Politics, Renewable Energy

08 Jun 2011

 

Almost 80% of the world‘s energy supply could be met by renewable energy in 2050, if governments implement the right policies, a new report shows.

 
Six billion ways to make a better world possible
 

/ Peace & Democracy

06 May 2011

 

Melanie Strickland attends 6 Billion Ways, an event in London promoting local and global justice, and reflects on its aims