Friday, March 12, 2004
Fair Trade
Oppenheimer Offers Pineapple with a Heart
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 22, 2004 (Oppenheimer Group) - In Northern Costa Rica, 27 pineapple farmers are offering consumers in North America the chance to make a difference. This group, known as the Asoproagroín Fair Trade farmers association, will soon ship the first-ever Fair Trade Certified™ pineapple to this market. Fair Trade is a global movement that ensures growers in developing countries a fair price for their products, enabling them to invest in future production and in their communities.
This fruit will be marketed throughout North America by the Vancouver, B.C.-based Oppenheimer Group, beginning in February. Read more.
Oppenheimer Offers Pineapple with a Heart
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 22, 2004 (Oppenheimer Group) - In Northern Costa Rica, 27 pineapple farmers are offering consumers in North America the chance to make a difference. This group, known as the Asoproagroín Fair Trade farmers association, will soon ship the first-ever Fair Trade Certified™ pineapple to this market. Fair Trade is a global movement that ensures growers in developing countries a fair price for their products, enabling them to invest in future production and in their communities.
This fruit will be marketed throughout North America by the Vancouver, B.C.-based Oppenheimer Group, beginning in February. Read more.
Global Village Overveiw
International Indigenous Studies Talk - March 15, 2004 –Calgary
CALGARY, AB, Mar. 9, 2004 (U. of Calgary, events listserve) - Gunhild Hoogensen Department of Political Science University of Tromsø - Is it important to talk about Indigenous security?: Listening to Indigenous identities to reach new understandings of security. Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Her areas of specialty are International Relations Theory, Gender Politics, International Political Economy, Canadian Political Economy, Security Politics and United Nations. Work in progress includes “Human Security and Sustainable Development: Potential Linkages Through Feminist and Indigenous Approaches.” Monday, March 15, 2004, 12:00 noon, Social Sciences 202-204. For more information email: jflux@ucalgary.ca.
International Indigenous Studies Talk - March 15, 2004 –Calgary
CALGARY, AB, Mar. 9, 2004 (U. of Calgary, events listserve) - Gunhild Hoogensen Department of Political Science University of Tromsø - Is it important to talk about Indigenous security?: Listening to Indigenous identities to reach new understandings of security. Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Her areas of specialty are International Relations Theory, Gender Politics, International Political Economy, Canadian Political Economy, Security Politics and United Nations. Work in progress includes “Human Security and Sustainable Development: Potential Linkages Through Feminist and Indigenous Approaches.” Monday, March 15, 2004, 12:00 noon, Social Sciences 202-204. For more information email: jflux@ucalgary.ca.
Global Village Overveiw / Environment / Stewardship
Report From Europe: Precaution Ascending
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, Mar. 4, 2004 (Rachel’s Environment & Health News # 786, by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.) - The Precautionary Principle -- those two little words that start conference room brawls on this side of the Atlantic -- is enshrined in the Treaty of the European Union (EU) (also known as the Maastricht Treaty) of 1994. The idea that we should act to forestall irreversible environmental disasters even before there is strong proof of harm has a long, rich history on the European continent. The Germans first articulated the concept in the 1970s when trying to halt the ongoing death of their forests before all the details about the role of air pollution as a causative agent had been worked out. It was subsequently invoked in the effort to save the North Sea's marine mammal population in the days before zoologists understood how low levels of persistent pollutants can disrupt endocrine systems and suppress immunity. http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=2425.
Report From Europe: Precaution Ascending
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, Mar. 4, 2004 (Rachel’s Environment & Health News # 786, by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.) - The Precautionary Principle -- those two little words that start conference room brawls on this side of the Atlantic -- is enshrined in the Treaty of the European Union (EU) (also known as the Maastricht Treaty) of 1994. The idea that we should act to forestall irreversible environmental disasters even before there is strong proof of harm has a long, rich history on the European continent. The Germans first articulated the concept in the 1970s when trying to halt the ongoing death of their forests before all the details about the role of air pollution as a causative agent had been worked out. It was subsequently invoked in the effort to save the North Sea's marine mammal population in the days before zoologists understood how low levels of persistent pollutants can disrupt endocrine systems and suppress immunity. http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=2425.
Global Village Overveiw / Conferences
Sustainable Development Conference – March 15 – 17, 2004 – JOHANNESBURG
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Mar. 9, 2004 (Center for International Development at Harvard University) – The Sustainable Development Conference will focus on key sustainable development issues and lessons learnt on corporate governance, water and sanitation, poverty eradication, corporate social responsibility, natural resources management, energy management, and sustainability reporting tools (such as toolkits, IT and the GRI framework). It aims to stimulate and sustain action-orientated and robust strategies towards sustainability in business and industry, all spheres of the government, NGO's and major groups identified by the UN. Progress on the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation in some sectors will be showcased. Click and scroll -http://sustsci.harvard.edu/events.htm#sa-sd04.
Sustainable Development Conference – March 15 – 17, 2004 – JOHANNESBURG
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Mar. 9, 2004 (Center for International Development at Harvard University) – The Sustainable Development Conference will focus on key sustainable development issues and lessons learnt on corporate governance, water and sanitation, poverty eradication, corporate social responsibility, natural resources management, energy management, and sustainability reporting tools (such as toolkits, IT and the GRI framework). It aims to stimulate and sustain action-orientated and robust strategies towards sustainability in business and industry, all spheres of the government, NGO's and major groups identified by the UN. Progress on the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation in some sectors will be showcased. Click and scroll -http://sustsci.harvard.edu/events.htm#sa-sd04.
Socially Responsible Market Share
New Ethical Pioneers Project Launched at NEF
LONDON, UK, Mar. 9, 2004 (New Economics Foundation) - NEF is embarking on a new programme of work called "The Ethical Pioneers." The work is aimed at getting a better understanding of what ethical businesses need in order to thrive in mainstream markets. Ethical pioneers are those businesses that are founded on high, ethical principles and that consider economic, social and environmental well-being as central to their mission. Ethical Pioneers compete in mainstream markets but often capture a relatively small market share. This work focuses on how to increase the market presence and profile of pioneering firms, and addresses some of their barriers to achieving further success. http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/news_ethicalpioneers.aspx Or email: info@neweconomics.org.
New Ethical Pioneers Project Launched at NEF
LONDON, UK, Mar. 9, 2004 (New Economics Foundation) - NEF is embarking on a new programme of work called "The Ethical Pioneers." The work is aimed at getting a better understanding of what ethical businesses need in order to thrive in mainstream markets. Ethical pioneers are those businesses that are founded on high, ethical principles and that consider economic, social and environmental well-being as central to their mission. Ethical Pioneers compete in mainstream markets but often capture a relatively small market share. This work focuses on how to increase the market presence and profile of pioneering firms, and addresses some of their barriers to achieving further success. http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/news_ethicalpioneers.aspx Or email: info@neweconomics.org.
