Articles Tagged with the word ‘Earth’
Beyond Crisis: Growing Up on Planet Earth
30 Jun 2002
Global Net, in association with Positive News, is delighted to be publishing a wonderfully useful, inspiring and vital handbook: You Can Change the World, is written by Professor Ervin Laszlo, founder director of the Club of Budapest. The message speaks to all of us, to each of us in person, but Professor Laszlo is especially keen that it should...
Children’s Earth Sumitt
30 Jun 2002
Children all over India took part in a Children's Earth Summit in April in preparation for the larger event taking place in Johannesburg at the end of August. Organised by Navdanya, a non-governmental organisation involved in ecological and environmental conservation the Summit helped children to learn about the environment in their local community and encouraged them to think of...
Children’s Earth Sumitt
30 Jun 2002
Children all over India took part in a Children's Earth Summit in April in preparation for the larger event taking place in Johannesburg at the end of August. Organised by Navdanya, a non-governmental organisation involved in ecological and environmental conservation the Summit helped children to learn about the environment in their local community and encouraged them to think of...
Earth Democracy
30 Jun 2002
Vandana Shiva explained at the Restore the Earth Conference. 'Democracy is about bringing back the world that we live in, the world we inherited. We are part of the Earth family, all beings in the human community.
Restore the Earth
30 Jun 2002
Dr.Vandana Shiva, Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India explained that the Earth Democracy Movement gets its inspiration from the timeless Indian concept of Earth Family which recognises that humans are part of the web of life and not above and apart from it.
Restore the Earth
30 Jun 2002
Dr.Vandana Shiva, Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India explained that the Earth Democracy Movement gets its inspiration from the timeless Indian concept of Earth Family which recognises that humans are part of the web of life and not above and apart from it.
Envisioning the Future
30 Jun 2002
Envision was set up by four young dynamic individuals in 2001 to inspire and empower people to be positive agents for sustainable change. The Young Envisionaries Award (YEVA) encourages 16-18 year olds to take responsibility for environmental and social issues at school and within their local community.
Hope Project
30 Jun 2002
...is for those who think that life is about something more than being consumers and producers and who see the necessity for a far reaching change in our way of living on planet Earth.
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,...
May Peace Prevail on Earth
30 Dec 2001
We all have this common mission that we must fulfil. World peace will be achieved when every member of humanity becomes aware of this common mission - when we all join together for our common purpose. Every one of us has a role to play in the evolution of our planet, and to achieve world peace each of us...
Building an Economy for the Earth
30 Dec 2001
n 1543 Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, challenged the view that the Sun revolved around the Earth, arguing instead that the Earth revolved around the Sun. His alternative model led to a revolution in thinking, to a new worldview. Today we need a similar shift in our worldview writes Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington.
Singing the Sacred Songs of Heaven and Earth
29 Dec 2001
The value of singing in opening us to experience of the sacred has always been recognised. In earlier times, music and religion were so indistinguishable that it was almost impossible to make music without presupposing its connection with the divine ñ for example Indian Ragas invoking the union of man and God.
First Eden — Now Gaia
30 Sep 2001
Feeling gloomy about global warming? The Gaia Energy Centre is the place for you! With the aim of making the consumption of energy sustainable, the centre is a power-house of inspiration and information on all aspects of renewable energy: from water, wind and solar power to geothermal heat and biomass crops.
First Eden — Now Gaia
30 Sep 2001
Feeling gloomy about global warming? The Gaia Energy Centre is the place for you! With the aim of making the consumption of energy sustainable, the centre is a power-house of inspiration and information on all aspects of renewable energy: from water, wind and solar power to geothermal heat and biomass crops.