Posted by Brandon Knight in Midwest Green Economy on 26th June, 2012 | No Comments
After months of looking through applications, we finally ended up with 20 participants for our summer Green Economy Leadership Training program in Highland Park, Michigan. We are in the middle of our second week of the program, but let’s re-cap what took place in our first week.
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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 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 Kevin Danaher in Building Positive Alternatives, Featured, Guest Posts, Midwest Green Economy, World News & Events on 5th June, 2012 | No Comments
June 5th is World Environment Day. To mark the occasion, Kevin Danaher shares his thoughts about sustainovation and a new type of economic enterprise that values a triple bottom line.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Global Exchange News & Events, Midwest Green Economy on 5th April, 2012 | 5 Comments
Want to participate in community-led projects focused on developing local green economy resources? Interested in learning to organize social entrepreneurship ventures? Between the ages of 18 and 99? Want to spend the summer in Highland Park, MI and meet like-minded people from across the country working for social justice while working with the local community? Then apply to GELT today!
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 21st March, 2012 | No Comments
The international peasants and farmers organization, La Via Campesina, ends their global Call to Action for the upcoming June 16-18 Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) with ‘GLOBALIZE THE STRUGGLE!! GLOBALIZE HOPE!!!’
The stakes are high in Rio. As Via Campesina points out, “Twenty years later, governments should have reconvened to review their commitments and progress, but in reality the issue to debate will be the “green economy” led development, propagating the same capitalist model that caused climate chaos and other deep social and environmental crises.”
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Posted by Brandon Knight in Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Midwest Green Economy on 9th March, 2012 | 4 Comments
Want to participate in community-led projects focused on developing local green economy resources? Interested in learning to organize social entrepreneurship ventures? Between the ages of 18 and 99? Want to spend the summer in Highland Park, MI and meet like-minded people from across the country working for social just while working with the local community? Then apply to GELT today.
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Posted by Brandon Knight in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events, Midwest Green Economy on 19th January, 2012 | No Comments
Signs of hope continue to sprout in Detroit. For many of us working on the revitalization of Detroit, 2012 may prove to be the year when the tide finally shifts towards a rebirth of our great city. Some consider this a bottoming out after over a decade of massive manufacturing job losses to the tune of 200,000 jobs lost since the year 2000 and eye-opening population loss.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange News & Events on 21st December, 2011 | 1 Comment
As we ring in 2012, let the revolution begin! From Tunisia to New York, from Spain and Greece to Oakland and ‘Occupies’ everywhere, people have taken to the streets to reclaim what is rightfully ours. Here are some highlights from this memorable year 2011.
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Posted by Beth Garriott in Global Exchange News & Events, Midwest Green Economy on 15th December, 2011 | 3 Comments
Global Exchange’s Green Economy Leadership Training in Highland Park, MI aims to educate, engage and empower both youth and adults to be active agents of change in building the necessary clean energy, green economy future. Their work is Highland Park, Michigan. Their future looks bright. Global Exchange’s Beth Garriott takes us to GELT’s recent Open House, where Detroit area residents came out to show their support. Here are some highlights:
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