• 21 June 2012 | Photo Galleries | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Peoples Summit Mobilized

  First Assembly of the Summit and mobilization to Brazilian company Vale

  The first Assembly of the People Summit started at 2pm, where the participants shared summaries of the discussions that were carried out during the plenary sessions in the past days. Then, several organizations marched to the headquarters of Brazilian organization Vale. See gallery

• 21 June 2012 | Photo Galleries | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Solidarity with Vila Autodromo community

  The first UN conference took place 20 years ago. 20 years ago, a community was displaced to give way to the buildings to host the conference. Today, at Rio+20, different organizations mobilized to denounce this situation. See gallery

• 21 June 2012 | News | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Peoples’ Summit Radio in English

  Live shows from Rio produced by the Social Movements Communications Convergence and Focus on the Global South

  In 30 minutes we take a look at the highlights of the Peoples' Summit in Rio for our English-speaking audience. We have special guests, phone interviews with activists and the participation of panelists of the Summit's plenary sessions and assemblies. We build communication to say NO to 'green economy' and to present real solutions from the social movements. Read more

• 20 June 2012 | Chronicles | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Solidarity Among Peoples

  Social Movements Towards ALBA and Solidarity

  At the Peoples Summit against Green Economy and in Defense of Common Goods (in Rio+20), a massive solidarity action took place in Aterro do Flamengo with the peoples of Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Paraguay. Read more

• 20 June 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Other Recipes

  Interview with Isaac Rojas of Coecoceiba - Friends of the Earth Costa Rica

  The organization Coecoceiba – Friends of the Earth Costa Rica has been analyzing the phenomenon of commodification of nature for many years, and it has become an international model in the struggle against carbon markets and false solutions to climate change. Read more

• 19 June 2012 | Videos | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Beyond Green

  Interview with Friends of the Earth International’s Chair, Nnimmo Bassey

  “The gains of 1992 are slipping through our fingers, this is the danger of Rio+20”, warned the Chair of Friends of the Earth International, Nnimmo Bassey, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the UN conference on sustainable development (also called Rio+20) started on Tuesday. “I don't see progress. We're only seeing alarm signals on every platform”, he added. Watch video

• 19 June 2012 | Videos | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Corporate lobby at work in Rio

  The case of Shell

  Through corporate lobby groups like the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Shell and other transnational corporations are buying influence in decision-making at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. This is a major problem because the sustainable development the world needs cannot be delivered by corporate polluters like Shell. Watch video

• 19 June 2012 | News | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Long-Term Goals

  “The Peoples’ Summit is not an event, it is a social process”

  The plenary sessions of the Peoples' Summit began on Sunday. One of them focused on “Defending common goods against the commodification of life and nature”. The members of social movements and organizations of Brazil and the world exposed the existing threats against common goods and proposed alternatives to protect them from being commodified. Read more

• 19 June 2012 | News | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Taking the Streets

  Peoples Summit: Real World Radio Covers Big Demonstration, Women’s Action and Indigenous Protest Outside BNDES

  Thousands of people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday in a march called by feminist organizations to expose that capitalism oppresses women, exploits their work force while it ignores them and promotes the commodification of their bodies. Women demand respect and equality. Read more

• 18 June 2012 | News | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20

  

  Another Paradigm is Possible

  Feminism : A Key to Finding Real Solutions

  Real World Radio interviewed feminist Miriam Nobre, of the World March of Women (WMW) during an event at the Peoples' Summit that is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, called « Feminism, Agroecology and Food Sovereignty- Building New Paradigms for Human Life ». Read more

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