Environmentalist, Author, Philosopher
At the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Durban, South Africa in December, the representatives of Indigenous Peoples from around the world made their own Declaration (full text in English below—sourced from Forest Peoples). See also the Proposal for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth made at the World People’s [...]
The construction of the Belo Monte dam is one of the most controversial developments ever seen in Brazilian history. The issues raised by its construction go beyond environmental, cultural and social impacts. The approval of a gigantic development in the heart of the Amazon forest, among indigenous lands, has raised alarming concerns. The independent film [...]
Árpád Pusztai is the pioneering biochemist who first alerted the public to the health risks of consuming genetically modified food. After immediate, and widespread praise for his findings, he was summarily dismissed from his post at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health—his career in tatters. Who was behind this silencing of public-interest science? With [...]
Food, Climate, Human Rights and the Economy This new report by Debbie Barker examines how many of the major crises of our day are deeply interlinked, and yet are too often treated as if they are disconnected from one another by our policy makers. As a result, policies fail to tackle the root causes, and [...]
Despite rumours that the world has been cooling recently, the most comprehensive and carefully detailed study of climate data made so far by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) provides the clearest demonstration yet that 2010 (along with 2005) was the warmest year on record for global surface temperatures, culminating the warmest decade on [...]
Learn about the harmful impacts of (and alternatives to) the massive Belo Monte Dam Complex on the Amazon’s Xingu River in the videos below. Read Edward Goldsmith’s and Nicholas Hildyard’s groundbreaking study The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams on this website. Find out more at— amazonwatch.org internationalrivers.org xinguvivo.org.br “Belo Monte—Announcement of a War” [...]
Water Whisperers: Tangaroa is a film that celebrates ten communities facing serious water issues, who come up with amazingly simple solutions. Filmed in stunning locations around Aotearoa (New Zealand), Water Whisperers: Tangaroa take us into the world of Golden Bay dairy farmers and shell fishermen. Together they restore the Aorere River. In the Far North, [...]
Yann Arthus-Bertrand‘s breathtaking reflection upon the state of the planet. Narrated by Glenn Close. Click here to watch on YouTube
