rightlivelihood.org: Right Livelihood News http://www.rightlivelihood.org/ Right Livelihood News en rightlivelihood.org: Right Livelihood News http://www.rightlivelihood.org/fileadmin/tt_news_article.gif http://www.rightlivelihood.org/ Right Livelihood News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:54:00 +0200 Maude Barlow condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=92&cHash=1a9222201e Barlow, former UN water advisor, states: "Last week, the UN General Assembly declared that everyone, everywhere, has the right to water. But now the world witnesses one of Africa's most prosperous countries denying its first inhabitants the right to sink a well, while promoting mining and safari camps just a few miles away." Read more Join the protest against the Bushmen's cruel treatment, write a letter to the Botswana government. Survival International (GB, RLA 1989) has prepared one. You find it here. Barlow, former UN water advisor, states:

"Last week, the UN General Assembly declared that everyone, everywhere, has the right to water. But now the world witnesses one of Africa's most prosperous countries denying its first inhabitants the right to sink a well, while promoting mining and safari camps just a few miles away."

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Join the protest against the Bushmen's cruel treatment, write a letter to the Botswana government. Survival International (GB, RLA 1989) has prepared one. You find it here.

]]> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:54:00 +0200 Maude Barlow about UN declaration on right to water http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=91&cHash=ed85fb6dfd The UN General Assembly has declared for the first time that water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. 122 countries supported the resolution, while over forty countries abstained from voting, including the United States, Canada and several European and other industrialized countries. Amy Goodman interviewed Maude Barlow on the significance of this declaration that has taken her and fellow activists years and years to get to the UN. Learn more The UN General Assembly has declared for the first time that water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. 122 countries supported the resolution, while over forty countries abstained from voting, including the United States, Canada and several European and other industrialized countries.

Amy Goodman interviewed Maude Barlow on the significance of this declaration that has taken her and fellow activists years and years to get to the UN.

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]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:49:00 +0200 First People of the Kalahari denied access to water http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=90&cHash=6ef5cd15e6 A court ruling denies Botswana's bushmen access to a water well in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.The struggle for water has been going on for eight years and has been part of an eviction campaign, which was declared illegal by the Botswana High Court in 2006. In 2005, Roy Sesana and his organisation First People of the Kalahari received a Right Livelihood Award. Read more A court ruling denies Botswana's bushmen access to a water well in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

The struggle for water has been going on for eight years and has been part of an eviction campaign, which was declared illegal by the Botswana High Court in 2006.

In 2005, Roy Sesana and his organisation First People of the Kalahari received a Right Livelihood Award.

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]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:44:00 +0200 Maude Barlow advocating for right to water http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=89&cHash=97b04c0780 An historic vote is coming up at the UN on July 28: the right to water as a basic universal human right. A draft, initiated by Bolivia, which recognises "the human right to water and sanitation," will be presented to the UN General Assembly at the end of July. Opposition to the proposal is coming mostly from Western nations, says Maude Barlow (Canada, RLA 2005). Read more An historic vote is coming up at the UN on July 28: the right to water as a basic universal human right.

A draft, initiated by Bolivia, which recognises "the human right to water and sanitation," will be presented to the UN General Assembly at the end of July.

Opposition to the proposal is coming mostly from Western nations, says Maude Barlow (Canada, RLA 2005).

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]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:24:00 +0200 The Poetry Festival of Medellín celebrates its 20th anniversary http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=88&cHash=bd1d302640 "Poetry is the house of the soul" - The Poetry Festival of Medellín (Colombia, RLA 2006) will celebrate its 20th Anniversary from July 8–17!Celebrate together with about 100 international poets and discover for yourself: "Poetry is a song that humanizes the conscience of all"! Learn more about the program "Poetry is the house of the soul" - The Poetry Festival of Medellín (Colombia, RLA 2006) will celebrate its 20th Anniversary from July 8–17!

Celebrate together with about 100 international poets and discover for yourself: "Poetry is a song that humanizes the conscience of all"!

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]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:51:00 +0200 Mordechai Vanunu (Israel, RLA 1987) in solitary confinement http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=87&cHash=71e5302eb6 Almost immediately after his imprisonment, Mordechai Vanunu was placed in solitary confinement. Amnesty International has accused the Israeli authorities of subjecting nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by doing so.The 56-year-old, who already spent more than half of his 18 years in prison in solitary confinement, was sent back to jail for three months on 23 May on charges of contact with a foreigner. Amnesty International is calling for his immediate and unconditional release. Read more Almost immediately after his imprisonment, Mordechai Vanunu was placed in solitary confinement. Amnesty International has accused the Israeli authorities of subjecting  nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by doing so.

The 56-year-old, who already spent more than half of his 18 years in prison in solitary confinement, was sent back to jail for three months on 23 May on charges of contact with a foreigner.

Amnesty International is calling for his immediate and unconditional release.

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]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:19:00 +0200 News from the Right Livelihood College http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=86&cHash=f983cc6719 On June 8, the Right Livelihood College and the Addis Ababa University signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Thus Addis Ababa University became the first African Campus of the Right Livelihood College. On June 8, the Right Livelihood College and the Addis Ababa University signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Thus Addis Ababa University became the first African Campus of the Right Livelihood College.

]]> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:53:00 +0200 First People of the Kalahari (Botswana, RLA 2005) http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=85&cHash=ecaf9b14de The Botswana High Court is due to hear a First People of the Kalahari (RLA 2005) application to unseal their water borehole in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve this week. In 2006, they won a court case against their eviction from their land, which they had been forced to leave because of diamond finds. But the Botswana government prevents Bushmen from returning by cutting off their water supply. Last week, soldiers and police entered the reserve, supposedly to intimidate the Bushmen. Read more The Botswana High Court is due to hear a First People of the Kalahari (RLA 2005) application to unseal their water borehole in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve this week.

In 2006, they won a court case against their eviction from their land, which they had been forced to leave because of diamond finds. But the Botswana government prevents  Bushmen from returning by cutting off their water supply.

Last week, soldiers and police entered the reserve, supposedly to intimidate the Bushmen.

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]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:10:00 +0200 Amory Lovins (USA, RLA 1983) http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=82&cHash=1592686d50 The oil industry and the US government are intertwined too closely - with disastrous results, as shown in the Golf of Mexico. Is there a way out of the problem? Ending our oil dependency, says Amory Lovins. "Our energy future is our choice, not fate. Oil dependence is a problem we no longer need to have." Read an interwiev with Lovins in the German newspaper ZEIT. The oil industry and the US government are intertwined too closely - with disastrous results, as shown in the Golf of Mexico.

Is there a way out of the problem? Ending our oil dependency, says Amory Lovins. "Our energy future is our choice, not fate. Oil dependence is a problem we no longer need to have."

Read an interwiev with Lovins in the German newspaper ZEIT.

]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:11:00 +0200 Wangari Maathai (Kenya, RLA 1984) http://www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=81&cHash=42f20e8e9e Poverty and climate change are threatening East Africa's Mau forest. It supplies an area ten times the size of Denmark with water. Nonetheless, about a third of the forest has been felled over the past ten years. If the Mau Forest is destroyed, Kenya will die." Says Wangari Maathai. The University of Copenhagen has just started a partnership with the Wangari Maathai Institute of Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi and with Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement, which has planted more than 40 million trees in Kenya. Together they hope to find possibilities for a sustainable balance between the needs of the Kenyans and the forest. Read more Poverty and climate change are threatening East Africa's Mau forest. It supplies an area ten times the size of Denmark with water. Nonetheless, about a third of the forest has been felled over the past ten years.

If the Mau Forest is destroyed, Kenya will die." Says Wangari Maathai.

The University of Copenhagen has just started a partnership with the Wangari Maathai Institute of Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi and with Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement, which has planted more than 40 million trees in Kenya. Together they hope to find possibilities for a sustainable balance between the needs of the Kenyans and the forest.

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