Articles Tagged with the word ‘development’
Finding Your Vision
30 Dec 2002
Moving from teenage years into adult life is a time of rapid change and development, often a time of highs and lows. The Life Foundation run a series of courses specifically aimed at helping the new you' to evolve, teaching techniques to stabilise emotions, overcome fears and awaken the amazing potential that is within everyone.
The World's Largest Solar Cooker
30 Dec 2002
Mount Abu, in the state of Rajasthtan, India, possesses favourable sources of potential renewable energy
What on Earth was the Summit all About?
30 Sep 2002
The United Nations World Summit for Sustainable Development, also called the Earth Summit, happened in Johannesburg, South Africa for six days in August/September 2002. It's aim was to explore how we can all work together to save the planet. World leaders came together to talk about what they had achieved since the last Earth Summit ten years ago in...
Small Farmers Appeal for the Earth
30 Sep 2002
A moving appeal for the world to respect and uphold the traditional way of life of the small farmer was presented at the Johannesburg World Summit. Their appeal could not have been written more clearly.
Small Farmers Appeal for the Earth
30 Sep 2002
A moving appeal for the world to respect and uphold the traditional way of life of the small farmer was presented at the Johannesburg World Summit. Their appeal could not have been written more clearly.
Mountain of Hope
30 Jun 2002
In August this year 60,000 delegates will descend on Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Down the road, a disused water tower on a barren mountain in the heart of Soweto is fast becoming an iconic landmark of social potential. It is being reclaimed and transformed into a creative hub fusing traditional and contemporary music, discussion, organic...
First Neighbourhood Think Tank in Gorbals
30 Jun 2002
The New Economics Foundation is pioneering Neighbourhood Think Tanks with the Gorbals Initiative, a local development company in Glasgow. 'We all need to get away from the idea of top-down approaches for generating good ideas on social and economic policy,' says Perry Walker, the Foundation's Director of the Centre for Participation. 'Too often think tanks in the UK work...
Green Plan for London
30 Jun 2002
The London Plan will require the use of renewable energy in big developments; a big increase in the provision of solar energy technology where technically feasible and wider use of green roofs planted on top of buildings.
Messengers of Hope
30 Jun 2002
'The Messengers Campaign aims to challenge people's perspectives on sustainability and development,' explained Rowenna, who began campaigning at the age of seven when she created an anti-litter poster and mailed it to every house in her street.
Mountain of Hope
30 Jun 2002
In August this year 60,000 delegates will descend on Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Down the road, a disused water tower on a barren mountain in the heart of Soweto is fast becoming an iconic landmark of social potential. It is being reclaimed and transformed into a creative hub fusing traditional and contemporary music, discussion, organic...
Our World, Our Life but Who Decides?
28 Feb 2002
From all corners of the globe, attention will soon focus on the World Summit on Sustainable Development being held in South Africa in 2002 ñ 10 years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Expectations and interest are already building, and as the Earth Summit approaches, everyone from politicians to primary school children will be looking for answers,...
Building a Culture of Peace
30 Dec 2001
'This war has changed the role of global civil society', Rafaella Bolini from the Genoa Social Forum told the 4th Assembly of the People's UN. 'A little miracle occurred in Perugia. A movement has developed in the name of peace, positive democracy and global justice. Now we must fight for the United Nations because we desperately need a credible...
Co-Housing: the Greatest Advance Since the Cave!
29 Dec 2001
32 families have signed up to take part in a pioneering co-housing development, the first to be built in the UK. Building is due to start in January on two acres of land in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
thirdsectorbarter.net: An alternative to the Global Monetary System?
30 Sep 2001
There are plans afoot to set up thirdsectorbarter on the Internet to provide an alternative method of ex-change and help build a robust electronic alternative to the global monetary system. It would work as an exchange of global information, communication, goods, services and time and be specifically designed to support the work of people and organisations in the fields...
Spirit of Learning
30 Sep 2001
The seed of Spirit of Learning was planted in Sydney in the early nineties as an individual action research project by Dawn Griggs into the nature and science of life-long learning. The idea spread to other like-minded and life-long' learners around Australia and in March 1995, it was incorporated as a non-profit association. It has now spread to the...
Rural Links Guided by Gandhi
30 Sep 2001
The philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi is guiding the work of Rural Links in West Devon, which is co-operating with experts from India and Ireland on sustainable community development.
Very Good News – An Ethical Code of the Media
30 Jul 2001
The Good News Agency is based in Italy and each month issues an electronic newsletter packed with positive and constructive news from all over the world relating to organisations and institutions engaged in improving quality of life. It is distributed via the internet to over 1,900 editorial offices of daily newspapers, periodicals, radio and television stations in 20 countries.