At Green America, green always mean social and economic
justice people AND the planet.
Not exact matches
Naomi Klein will lead the Holy See's meeting, called «
People and Planet First: the Imperative to Change Course» on July 2nd, alongside the Ghanaian President of the Pontifical Council for Peace
and Justice, Cardinal Peter Turkson.
It is found in the message of some sermons that seem to imply the belief that we can bomb
people into freedom,
justice,
and liberty, that we can use
and abuse this
planet, because it will all burn in the end,
and we're going to get a new earth anyway.
John Hilary War on Want, Nick Dearden Jubilee Debt Campaign, Liz Nelson Tax
Justice Network, Neal Lawson Compass, Mark Serwotka PCS, Jeremy Dear NUJ, Len McCluskey Unite,
People and Planet
Stand with Howie next week
and show your support for a political vision that prioritizes the needs of
people and planet and economic
justice and fairness.
The founders of Ghana, President Akufo - Addo stressed, chose the words Freedom
and Justice as the country's motto, «because they envisaged us as a shining example to the black
peoples of the world of what a free, dedicated, enterprising, Ghanaian
people can do to build a society the equal of any, any where on the face of the
planet.
Jupiter
and Uranus, both «power to the
people»
planets, remind us to be vocal about
justice and equality now.
Teleseminar keywords: commons trusts, the wealth divide, earth rights, jubilee laws, the end of poverty, earned versus unearned incomes, cooperatives, sharing the world's resources, new land ethic,
person /
planet finance, ethical markets, new economics, PROUT, resource rent
and land value taxation, environmental
justice, from war to peace, from crisis to transformation.
Designers including Rene Geneva Design, Room to Roam,
and Tammam are taking sustainable
and ethical design to a whole new level of chic,, working in organic cotton, hemp - silk blends,
and peace silks that don't only do
justice to
people and the
planet, they are masters of artful tailoring
and textile design as well.
Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment,
and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the
planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine
and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social
justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «
people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements,
and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»
These fundamental rights are a basis for young
people to expect fairness
and justice in a matter as essential as the condition of the
planet they will inhabit.
«The UN is working with governments, civil society
and other partners to shape an ambitious sustainable development framework to meet the needs of both
people and planet, providing economic transformation
and opportunity to lift
people out of poverty, advancing social
justice and protecting the environment.
«Corporate polluters
and the banks that fund them must decide if they want to side with the public, human rights
and environmental advocates,
and climate
justice by pledging to stay out of the Arctic Refuge, or whether they want to lose the support of millions of
people and trillions in funds while threatening the future of our communities
and our
planet.»