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Women as catalysts for change
"If poverty has a female face 70% of the world's poor are women - then in Gujarat she's probably wearing a pink sari and toiling in the fields. But she's probably also fighting for a better wage."
The Guardian (UK) has launched a journalism competition on international development.
Among the finalists is Sylvia Rowley, who chose to write about SEWA, India's Self Employed Women's Association. - A good opportunity to get some more insights into an organisation which received the Right Livelihood Award 24 years ago.
Learn more about the lives of women like Renuka Karli and Chanchi Bhikai!
Renewables, oil and nuclear power
Find out what Amory Lovins (USA, RLA 1983) has to say about nuclear power, oil and the alternatives that exist.
"(...) Making efficient cars is equivalent to finding an all-American Saudi Arabia under Detroit, about eight-and-a-half million barrels a day, inexhaustible, climate-safe and costing about twelve bucks a barrel."
