Excellent article:
http://www.sharing.org/information-centre/articles/global-justice-sustainability-and-sharing-economy
Category Archives: Social Justice
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The impossibility of growth
http://www.monbiot.com/2014/05/27/the-impossibility-of-growth/
Guatemala evictions of peaceful mining resistance
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/guatemala-archives-33/4863-guatemala-violent-eviction-of-the-la-puya-peaceful-mining-resistance
Groundswell Grassroots Economic Alternatives
Groundswell is an exciting new Vancouver-based group that runs training for young people interested in new economies and local movements.
They’re having an open house on May 26 for potential participants. Check out their facebook event, or their page to learn more!
Success for Awa tribe in Brazil against logging companies
http://www.survivalinternational.org/films/awa-success
Rethinking Modern Education
https://www.facebook.com/schoolingtheworld?fref=nf
Geography of Poverty
http://www.geographyofpoverty.com
Progressive Geographies
Delta expansion projects threaten farms and wildlife
An interesting overview of the Farms v. Ports debate taking place in Delta:
http://www.straight.com/news/343311/delta-expansion-projects-threaten-farms-and-wildlife
Child Poverty in Richmond…
Hi all,
I thought I’d post the Vancouver Sun article I referenced yesterday in class. A couple surprising quotes:
“Richmond has the second highest poverty rate in Canada at 22 per cent”
“British Columbia continues to have the highest rate of child and family poverty in Canada.”
Yikes.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of B.C. kids go to school hungry