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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Nayantara Nanda Kumar |Pratap Antony |Esther Afolaranmi |Arun Narayan Toke
Amongst the many related categories of development, ‘human development’ ‘political development’, ‘economic development’, ‘social development’ or ‘cultural development’, human development is the most important to all of us. Human development focuses on improving the lives people lead rather than assuming that economic growth will lead, automatically, to greater wellbeing for all. Income growth is seen as a means to development, rather than an end in itself.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Arun Narayan Toke |Paola Subacchi |Clarence Lusane |Bharat Dogra
We will continue with our exploration of the sustainable development journey in this part. Our Pressing ProblemsBecause in nature, as well as in our global systems, everything is interconnected, to achieve the 17 SDGs (see Part I), all our initiatives must be sustainable as well—ecologically, economically, and culturally.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Jagmohan Singh |Arun Narayan Toke |Medea Benjamin
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan SinghDespite inheriting a rich cultural legacy Punjabi society has not been able to avoid high levels of distress and stress created by several social distortions of recent decades.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Arun Narayan Toke |Paola Subacchi |zeenat khan |Bharat Dogra
An in-depth look at the issues surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals for the world. I was born and raised in the city of Indore in the central part of India. We lived in a three-story apartment complex, right in the heart of city, on the main street. We had hot and dry summers. Afternoon temperatures soared past 100°F for 50 to 60 days, and over 110°F for at least a few days.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Arun Narayan Toke |T Vijayendra |Nnimmo Bassey |Sanjay N. Parate
Last month, I bicycled along the east rim of Crater Lake with two good friends of mine. You might ask what’s so special about this bicycle ride? On two Saturdays in early September, the Crater Lake National Park in Oregon (USA) closes down the East Rim Drive for automobile traffic. Only bicycles and walkers are allowed to enjoy this beautiful mountainous landscape overlooking the incredibly beautiful natural, 2,000 ft.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Laurel Sutherlin |Reynard Loki |Arun Narayan Toke
While observing the 50th anniversary of the Chipko movement for saving forests many inspiring stories were related but we did not hear much about the highly inspiring Appiko movement of Karnataka and some other parts of South India. As this writer has visited some of these villages let me try to fill in this gap here, even though some time has passed since my two visits to these villages.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Laurel Sutherlin |Reynard Loki |Arun Narayan Toke |Melissa Garriga
In a global context where tropical rainforests play a critical role in biodiversity conservation and climate regulation, these ecosystems are severely threatened by expanding agribusiness and logging activities. This poses significant risks to the environment, wildlife, and communities dependent on rainforests.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Reynard Loki |Arun Narayan Toke |Melissa Garriga |Bharat Dogra
100+ environmental and human rights organisations and 400+ individuals issue a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change demanding the roll back of the Green Credit Rules 2023 and the methodology introduced under the Notification dated 22nd February 2024, which in effect provides incentive for forest diversion activities through green credit earnings, at huge cost to the environment, forest and climate and to the rights of forest dwelling communities.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Reynard Loki |Arun Narayan Toke |Melissa Garriga |Bharat Dogra
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court. On December 3, 2019, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu made an audacious proposal: Make ecocide—the destruction of nature—an international crime. “An amendment of the Rome Statute could criminalize acts that amount to Ecocide,” stated Ambassador of Vanuatu John Licht at the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) annual Assembly of States Parties in the Hague.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Pratap Antony |Sally Dugman |Bharat Dogra |Arun Narayan Toke
An anonymous ‘they’ are accused of damaging our pretty blue planet, but we know for certain it is not ‘they’. It is ‘Us’. ‘We’. It’s we who are ravaging and plundering our Earth. ‘We’ are like a virus pandemic that devastates the environment, it is overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels and by deforestation that have caused climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. World Earth Day 2024: on this year’s Earth Day, April 22, 2024.
