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Counter Balance - Challenging the European Investment Bank18th November 2009, BrusselsThe European Investment Bank - Ready for development?Nick Hildyard, The Corner House

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July 3rd 2009University of Cagliari, Monteponi, IglesiasIII Session: “Undermining ” local developmentCo-facilitators and interviewers: Anne-Sophie Simpere (Les Amis de la Terre, France), Kjetil Abildsnes (Norvegian Church Aid, Norway)Alternatives in resources managementBasilio Tzoy Grijalva (Council for the protection of the territory of Indigenous people, Guatemala) talks about it with Jean Marie Ferraris (Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Philippines) and a representative of a local group (Sardinia)*Conflict on the use of landKyapa Kapatamoyo (Civil ... continua

Il 75 per cento delle varietà di piante coltivate per l’alimentazione nel passato sono sparite negli ultimi 100 anni. Oggi, dipendiamo da solo tre – grano, riso e granoturco – per oltre due terzi delle nostre calorie. La spinta globale per modernizzare l’agricoltura e la « Rivoluzione verde » degli anni ’60 e ’70 hanno accelerato la tendenza verso la standardizzazione delle raccolte. Ma ora alcuni scienziati si preoccupano dal fatto che le tentative per migliorare poche culture possano essere all’origine della trascuratezza di molte altre culture ... continua

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The rules that govern nutrition labelling have already been in force for over a decade. In general nutrition labelling is included on a voluntary basis so the inclusion on most products depends on the goodwill of the agri-and-food industry. When nutrition labelling can be found, it may be difficult to find since it can be in small or very small print. Moreover, the type of labelling varies from one product to the next and from one country to the other. As a result, when filling their shopping carts, few European consumers take the time to ... continua

SHOCKING AND AWFUL.
A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation.
Shocking and awful is the way many people view the current situation in Iraq and The United States. The war continues to take its toll on Iraqi civilians, international aid workers, journalists and U.S. troops. Here at home we are seeing how living in a state of 'perpetual war' is affecting our own lives as well.
Deep Dish TV has collected and produced thirteen programs about the war and the occupation, wich are being distributed to communities all over United States on satellite and cable television ... continua

In Belgium, women working on the cash desks and stacking the shelves in Delhaize supermarkets were dismayed to find out that they were earning less than their male colleagues. Now the company is using a new analytical classification system to re-evaluate its salary structure. In Spain, a new equality law was introduced in 2007. As well as insisting on equal pay for jobs of equal value, it introduces paternity leave for the first time and also sets targets for companies to include more women in the board room. Interviews: ... continua

Opening session of the sixth Assembly of the People's UNO
3:30 pm to 7 pm in the Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia
Welcome addresses from:
Renato Locchi, mayor of Perugia
Giulio Cozzari, chairman of the National Coordination Committee of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights
Rita Lorenzetti, chairman of the Umbria Region
In memory of absent friends
Introduction to and presentation of the assembly's objectives
Flavio Lotti, national coordinator of the Round Table for Peace
Aminata Traorè ... continua