Category: Rio+20

Date with History (again)

Nathan Thanki June 12, 2012 0 Comments
"The Future We Want" Earth in Brackets from Devin Altobello Documentarian on Vimeo.   The Date with History competition is long gone, but we thought that we'd share our entry, our vision, ahead of the opening of the prep comm in Rio tomorrow, where negotiations will resume on "The Future We Want," a document that is many miles off the Future We Really Want.

¿Qué hace Colombia en Rio+20?: intenta producir un resultado tangible

Maria Escalante June 12, 2012 0 Comments
by Maria Alejandra Escalante No recuerdo la última vez que Colombia, como delegación representativa, tuvo un papel significativo en algún encuentro de negociaciones intergubernamentales en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU). Colombia, país denominado como en `vía de desarrollo` (en muchos aspectos un término cierto dadas las condiciones de vida de la mayoría de la población),...

[Earth] and Rio+20

COA Admin June 6, 2012 2 Comments
Rio+20 delegation member Nimisha Bastedo created this video about Earth in Brackets and Rio+20! Earth in Brackets at Rio+20 from on Vimeo. Earth in Brackets is a student organization based out of College of College of the Atlantic that engages with international environmental and sustainable development politics. We have been following the process leading up to the United Nations Conference on...

Tweeting, Blogging, Shouting, Learning

mcalderon June 5, 2012 0 Comments
By Mariana Calderon Recently, in an online conversation about expectations for Rio+20, and the point of it all, Nathan Thanki was informed that “nothing of any worth” would happen at the conference in June. Entirety of the conversation, arguments and responses aside, I was struck by a simple truth in Nathan’s reply: “We’re students, and so place value in learning.” We are students....