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In The News…
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Editorial
Shauna Crockett-Burrows
There is much more positive news in the world than
negative news but it is the negative that is consistently more widely
reported by the mainstream media.
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I Hugged 80 People
Today!
“This is the most life changing experience, except giving birth, that I
have ever had,” says Lee Riddell after hugging people on the Commons in
Ithaca, NY. For Full Article, Click Here:
http://www.gvnr.com/120/1.htm
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Generation Kyoto
Half way through the UN Climate Change
Conference, held in Nairobi from November 6-17, Dr. Joseph Ouma Muga,
a 70 year old Kenyan professor of geology and environmental studies,
stood up in a meeting and said, “This is one of the best days of my
life.”
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Noticias Positivas!
Argentina’s Positive News – Noticias Positivas,
was recently awarded the Slow Food Latin American Film Prize, for
their short film, Sacred Seeds.
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 From
Surplus to Big Plus
What do three schools in Berkshire County
Massachusetts have to do with a Chiquita Banana truck? And what does
all that have to do with Guaimaca, Honduras?
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All Rise – How Gandhi’s
thinking can help us in the 21st Century
 Gandhi
was a whole system, living systems thinker. His systemic analysis of
the world’s problems is as relevant today as when he lived. He
offers a systems approach to tackling these problems rather than
“fixes” that don’t work. Gandhi is a guide to those who wish to work
to change things for the better. Gandhian thinking is essentially
about a sustainable way of life, an economic system based on
trusteeship or servant leadership for universal welfare and a
society in which everyone gains rather than the few become rich at
the expense of the many. It is a complex, inter-related system of
thought.
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Global Resources
Websites devoted to Positive Planetary Transformation
www.shopsocialenterprise.com
If you're interested in making a difference as a consumer,
shopsocialenterprise.com
makes it easier for you to find businesses in the UK whose main goal is
not only to make profit but to have a positive impact on society by
using that profit to better their communities and the environment.
Social enterprises embrace the double bottom line:
balancing economic and social/environmental success. With this in mind,
shopsocialenterprise.com brings these enterprises, goods and
ideals to you through the click of a mouse.
www.ethicalnetwork.org
Ethicalnetwork.org is
a non-profit organisation formed in 2005 with the aim of bringing
together environmentalists, intellectuals, activists and all those who
feel dissatisfied with the unsustainable consumption-based culture that
is gripping the planet and creating countless problems along the way.
Their hope is that together we will have the numbers
and influence to actually do something about it, and improve upon the
state of the world for ours and future generations to come.
www.rivercottage.net
Started by chef and environmentalist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall,
rivercottage.net is
website about food, where it comes from, and why that matters. A great
place for any food lover, the site include recipes, seasonal eating
guides and a forum, where everything from food miles to good restaurants
are discussed.
www.100milediet.org A project promoting local eating for
global change, 100milediet.org
is run by Alissa and James, a couple who decided to spend a whole year
eating only food that had been grown and produced within 100 mile radius
of their home. The success of their experiment caused others to take up
the diet and this site is an online diary of peoples efforts as well as
a forum on the benefits and drawbacks of only eating local food.
www.globalcool.com
Globalcool.com is an upbeat, up to date site where you can find out
about leading a "cooler", more eco-friendly lifestyle. With celebrity
interviews, handy tips and the latest news on climate issues this site
is a practical and fun guide to doing your bit to fight global warming.
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as public a service. GVNR has not researched nor does it endorse any
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