5.15.02 sustainable development

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The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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It has always been assumed that attendance at environmental conferences would always be 90 percent white and overwhelmingly affluent. Not this time.

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While King's vision for winning economic rights was cut tragically short, 40 years later his call to action is undeniable.

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Winning the right to decide if resource extraction should take place.

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Democracy means participation.

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The real inconvenient truth, which no legislator or former legislator will publicly acknowledge, is that even to attempt to reconcile the American way of life with the sustainability of the planet will require decisive actions and dramatic change.

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The worker-owners of a Nicaraguan sewing cooperative have faced Hurricane Mitch, homelessness, unemployment, power outages, mistrust, professional disputes, and global capitalism. The cooperative thrives.

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By supressing the action of a gene, cottonseeds could become a safe and nutritious protein source for 500 million people.

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The grain required to make enough ethanol to fill an SUV tank is enough to feed a person for a whole year.

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Biodemocracy means democratic control by the global grassroots over the policies and institutions that impact our health and environment.