Posted by Corey Hill in Building Positive Alternatives, End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange Community on 22nd June, 2012 | No Comments
Did you know that by 2015, solar energy will be the lower cost option for 66% of US homes? Did you also know that you don’t have to live on the Equator to receive adequate sunshine to power your home?
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 19th June, 2012 | 1 Comment
The first “Most Wanted” list appeared shortly after the Battle in Seattle and was intended to check the power of corporations—and provide a tool for citizens around the world to do it. The 2012 “Most Wanted” list is updated to include some of the world’s worst (and current) corporate abusers including Bank of America, Chevron, Monsanto, Pacific Rim and TransCanada. See all the corporations that made the list and why, plus who’s doing something about it.
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, Featured, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 18th June, 2012 | No Comments
Community Rights Program Director, Shannon Biggs, is on the ground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week to launch Global Exchange’s new report, “Rights of Nature: Planting the Seeds of Change.” The report explores how recognizing the Rights of Nature provides an alternative cultural and legal framework to the official corporate-led ‘Green (or Greed) Economy’ agenda being put forward by the UN.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Occupy Our Elections...Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 18th June, 2012 | 2 Comments
What can you #DeclareIndependence from on July 4th?
Sign up today to participate and let us know what you will #DeclareIndependence from this Fourth of July!
Get ready to share via Facebook, Twitter, and on the ground.
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, Uncategorized on 15th June, 2012 | No Comments
Should a river have the right to flow? Do trees have the right to grow? What does it mean to give nature rights and how different would our world look if we did? These are just a few of many questions youth will come together to discuss this summer at our Rights of Nature Youth Summit — with your help.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Community Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 13th June, 2012 | No Comments
World leaders are gathering in Brazil for the Rio Earth Summit next week. Global Exchange will be there, but beforehand, we’re taking part in a global online action to demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies. You can too!
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Featured, Occupy Our Elections...Elect Democracy, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 12th June, 2012 | No Comments
The largest campaign contributions to Congressional candidates of both parties consistently come from the Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate industry (the FIRE sector, which includes big banks). This is just one example of many about why it’s important to add your voice to this petition telling Wall Street that “our democracy is NOT for sale!”
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights on 7th June, 2012 | 11 Comments
For many activists currently packing their bags for Rio, the goal is to protest the so-called “Green Economy”, the name given to the primary agenda for the Rio + 20 negotiations. Nicknamed the “Greed Economy” by many, the theory says we can only “save” nature by putting a price tag on what nature “does” for us. But we’re not showing up just to stand up for what we’re against, but to articulate what we’re for. Rights of Nature is a movement capable of actually changing culture and law to institute new economies based on community values and Earth rights. Check out our new report just in time for Rio + 20.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Building Positive Alternatives, Global Exchange Community, Occupy Our Elections...Elect Democracy on 31st May, 2012 | 1 Comment
Ben & Jerry’s workers know a thing or two about putting dough in ice cream. But this time, they are calling for something different: to get the dough out of politics. Watch this video to see for yourself.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Community Rights, End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange News & Events, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 30th May, 2012 | No Comments
Community members from around the world who have suffered the impacts of Chevron’s actions gathered today outside Chevron’s headquarters in support of human rights, environmental, economic and climate justice. Global Exchange Director of Organizing Kirsten Moller was there and shares her thoughts:
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