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Editorial
Shauna Crockett-Burrows
 Recently we have been drawing people’s attention to groups and organisations
forming alliances. I was at two events over the weekend, before this current issue was compiled, that invited people to come together to shift awareness towards peace,
social justice, human rights and environmental sustainability.
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Our Aim is Simple: to Change the World
 Leadership from national governments is crucial in tackling climate change,
but when it comes to practical action on the ground cities are centre stage. Cities have a special responsibility to cut emissions because they are huge consumers of
energy and uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. And as the urgency for action increases, we cities need to build wider and stronger links across the
world." This was the call to arms given by Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London speaking before The World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit. This, the first
conference of the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group was held last year in London, and brought together representatives from over twenty international cities in an
effort to tackle climate change on a municipal level.
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World Wisdom Alliance
 The World Wisdom Alliance was launched in Canada this July. It is envisaged as a
‘mega-network’ of like-minded groups, organisations and individuals actively engaged in addressing all the challenges and opportunities facing our society.
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Crossing the Divide
 This year a team, which included a New York firefighter, an Israeli
ex-combat pilot and a Ukrainian soldier, embarked on a journey across the Sahara Desert. Each had lost friends or family as a result of international conflicts and
all had strong opinions on war, peace and Islamic and Western ideology. "Each team member has come from an extreme background which makes them natural enemies, and
they will only survive if they can learn to trust each other," said Heskel Nathaniel, organisation founder.
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100 Mile Diet: local eating for global change
 'When a North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled
at least 1,500 miles from farm to plate. What would it be like to eat locally for a year?'
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Driving without the side order of guilt
 It has two seats, has a top speed of 130 mph and George Clooney has already
ordered one, despite this it's for different reasons that the Tesla Roadster is receiving so much publicity, namely that it's fuelled 100percent by electricity.
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 Dalai Lama urges Peace
and
Vegetarianism
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama recently spoke in favour of vegetarianism and against the fur trade, and expressed his wish to see ‘a one
country-two systems’ style of government in Tibet at an international gathering of 100,000 people at a Buddhist peace ceremony in south India.
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A Child of the Tsunami
 Tsunamika is a tiny doll representing joy, hope and our unconditional giving.
Born from the Asian tsunami and stitched from colourful scraps of waste fabric, she has become a living symbol of the good that comes from destruction.
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Youth Stories
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ViewPoint:
What Gives You Hope?
 Living Lightly, the subscribers magazine of Positive News, asked
three questions to three people renowned in their own fields. What gives you hope? What change would you like to see? How can we contribute as individuals?
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Global Resources
Websites devoted to Positive Planetary Transformation
www.bigbarn.co.uk
BigBarn is the UK's no.1 local food website helping people to find good, safe, accountable food from local sources. The first thing people need when they decide to buy
food locally is information. Unfortunately as we are now so dependent on supermarkets, and they in turn so powerful, that it's hard to know where the alternatives are
any more. The BigBarn map shows you where your alternatives are. Just enter your postcode in the 'Find Your Local Producers' box and it'll show you a map of your area
with all your producers listed as icons on it.
www.seacology.org
Seacology is the world's premier nonprofit environmental organization with the sole purpose of preserving the highly endangered biodiversity of islands throughout the
world. In the last 400 years the majority of the world's plant and animal extinctions have taken place on islands, leading biologist Dr. Peter J. Bryant to call this
unprecedented rate of species extinctions "one of the swiftest and most profound biological catastrophes in the history of the earth." Indigenous people are all
too often faced with the dilemma of choosing between protecting their precious natural resources, and economic development. Seacology searches for win-win situations
where both the local environment is protected and islanders receive some tangible benefit for doing so.
www.lowimpact.org
Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) is an environmental organisation (founded 2001) based at Redfield Community (founded 1978) in Buckinghamshire The aim is to help
people to understand the damage that human impact is causing to our planet, to change aspects of their lives to lower their own impact, and at the same time save money
and improve their quality of life.
www.planetfriendly.net
People & Planet is a unique gateway to environment, peace and sustainable living, in Canada and beyond. They are probably best known for their listings of jobs,
contracts and internships, volunteer opportunities, and events. Each of these has a corresponding section of the website, and an e-mail list. They also offer Gateways
& Guides on topics ranging from Organic/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, to Renewable Energy, to Alternative & Eco-Media, to Sustainable Living Links.
The Simplicity Resource Guide gallagherpress.com/pierce
In this site you will find a wide spectrum of resources related to voluntary simplicity, a way of life that addresses the widespread yearning in North America and
other western countries for a slower pace of life with more time for joyful relationships, fulfilling work, and living one's dreams. For some, though not all, people,
to live more simply involves working less, wanting less, and spending less. But voluntary simplicity is not about doing without. In fact it's just the opposite -- it's
about having enough. Enough intimacy with others and with nature, enough sense of purpose and fulfilling work, enough fun and joy. Voluntary simplicity is about living
life fully, of experiencing life as a whole human being. It's also about caring for the earth and people throughout the world who truly do not have enough. Included in
this site are many book reviews, a few articles and essays, and information about organizations and activities related to simplicity.
(The above resources are provided
as public a service. GVNR has not researched nor does it endorse any
products or services listed in the Resource section. Readers are advised
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