From Government Budgets to Sustainable Social Policy Community Forum
The Australian Budget came down last night. I had a quick look over it without going into the detail, as I am not interested in the details but am feeling for another way of looking at Government budgets with a new future in mind. So I will just write a stream of consciousness here, without… Continue reading
United Nations: MDG – Ending Poverty is Gender Equality
Did you know?
“A woman living in sub-Saharan Africa has a 1 in 16 chance of dying in pregnancy. This compares with a 1 in 3,700 risk for a woman from North America.”
“Lack of safe water and sanitation is the world’s single largest cause of illness.”
I am being inspired on this issue of… Continue reading
Peace Transcends into a New World
The knowledge we have of the world and cosmos, is miniscule. I love the fact we think we are in control and that we have all the knowledge. The truth is, we haven’t even touched the tip of the iceberg of true knowledge, more like Mount Everest. Most of it is beneath the surface. That… Continue reading
Nicholas Stern: From Pessimism to Optimism
I am currently reading his Blue Print for a Safer Planet. Nicholas Stern encourages people to not become pessimistic as we will surely fail. I recall listening to Bob Brown, the Leader of the Australian Greens, at his launch encouraging his supporters to be optimistic. I also agree with this. I don’t feel pessimistic, I… Continue reading
State of the World Report 2011: Innovative Food Security
Food Security is the theme of this blog and the one before. I will focus on the State of the World Report 2011 produced by the Worldwatch Institute.
First I would like to start sharing with you my observations when I was in India in 2010. I found it hard to connect to the poverty.… Continue reading
Food Security Resilience or Genetically Modified Obsolescence?
“Nowhere in the world, in no act of genocide, in no war, are so many people killed per minute, per hour and per day as those who are killed by hunger and poverty on our planet.” —Fidel Castro, 1998
I think of a planet that has evolved over 4 billion years. I think of natural… Continue reading