So that’s it then. The Rio+20 Earth Summit is already a week into our past and, for all the good that has come from it, our glorious world leaders may as well have written a few scrappy pledges on the back of some postage stamps. At least with the 1992 Summit, there was the semblance [...]
In two days time, The 2012 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Jeneiro opens its doors to over one hundred heads of state, ostensibly all there to discuss the future of global environmental action. But, clamouring for their attention, will be an estimated 50,000 representatives from business, NGOs, local governments and others. News reports, filled [...]
No doubt you are all familiar with this oft-quoted snippet of Cherokee wisdom but, in the true nature of myth and legend, it does no harm to repeat it. In fact, whilst we search for new stories to tell ourselves in this failing world, this one might help to draw us in the right direction. [...]