Civil society reaches every corner of the globe, even the frozen North
The International Institute for Strategic Studies refers repeatedly to the role of civil society in addressing new questions about the thawing Arctic on www.realclearworld.org.
Tag: ENVIRONMENT
World Commission on Dams
The World Commission on Dams is one of the first examples of a broad-based, consensus-seeking project on a global issue.
Burma Rivers Network
The Burma Rivers Network is a great example of local, issue-focused advocacy.
An example for the future? The World Commission on Dams
The World Commission on Dams is one of the first multilateral efforts to involve global and local civil society of many kinds in deliberations. Do you think it’s a success?
The Case Against Shell: ‘The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil’
A film on the Ogoni people in the Niger delta in Nigeria who protested against environmental destruction and exclusion from the oil funds at the beginning of the 1990s. The Nigerian military bloodily oppressed the protests. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced.
Environmental Destruction in the Niger Delta
Blogpost on the role of multinational corporations in the environmental destruction and human rights abuses in the Niger delta in Nigeria.
Institute for Computational Sustainability
The Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell University explores computational methods for a sustainable environment, economy, and society.
On a Mission to End Oil
Better Place: Green Transportation & Mobility I’ve heard Shai Agassi’s story for the first time in January 2007. It was at DLD Conference in Munich. Since then I am wondering [...]
