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	UPDATE: Their green economy = water privatization, commodification Posted by Brent Patterson on January 29, 2012 Tagged with: Green Economy, Privatization Jan 292012 I am in Porto Alegre, Brasil with Blue Planet Project organizer Anil Naidoo for a Thematic Social Forum (titled ‘Capitalist Crisis, Social and Environmental Justice’), which is a primary civil society organizing moment in advance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) – more commonly referred to as Rio+20 – set to be […]

	VIEW: World Bank uses ‘green economy’ to promote more dams, says International Rivers Posted by Brent Patterson on January 25, 2012 Tagged with: Dams, Green Economy Jan 252012 Peter Bosshard, policy director at International Rivers, writes, “The draft document for the Rio+20 summit, which governments are currently discussing in New York, is devoid of substance and ambition. Entitled The Future We Want, it contains no honest analysis, few specific recommendations, and no binding commitments. Instead, it tries to hide its lack of ambition […]

	Coming Soon to Rio+20! Posted on January 19, 2012 Tagged with: Green Economy, Rio+20 Jan 192012 The Blue Planet Project will participate in the “Towards People’s Summit of Rio+20” in Porto Alegre, Brazil January 24-29, 2012 with other civil society organizations and social and popular movements from around the world. Check back regularly for updates.

	UPDATE: Bolivia’s proposals for Rio+20 Posted by Brent Patterson on January 15, 2012 Tagged with: Green Economy, Right to Water, Rights of Nature, Rio+20 Jan 152012 Bolivia has develop a 56-point program for the Rio+20 summit this coming June. Notable among their proposals: Poverty/inequality 1. In this century, the central challenges of sustainable development are: on the one hand, to overcome poverty and the tremendous inequalities that exist and, on the other hand, reestablish the equilibrium of the Earth system. Both objectives are intrinsically […]

	Fighting for a Real Green Economy Posted by The Blue Planet Project on January 12, 2012 Tagged with: Green Economy Jan 122012 Dear Friends, As you may know, the Rio +20 Zero Draft document was released this week and this will be the starting point for the negotiations at the upcoming Earth Summit. It is a very general document which seems to be non-threatening, but please do not be fooled! There is truly a lot at stake in Rio. […]

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