A new opinion poll of 2,000 adults reveals more than two thirds of the public support renewable energy schemes where projects are undertaken at a community level and local people receive financial benefit. The support even extends to wind and solar farms close to people's homes.
… Massive support for community renewable energy Oliver Tickell | … schemes where projects are undertaken at a community level and local people receive … if they were owned and controlled by the community. More than two-thirds - 67% - of the …
Commuting between land rights negotiations in the city and herding goats on the plains, Edward Loure is at once a traditional Maasai and a modern urbanite, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. That ability to straddle the two very different worlds he inhabits has been key to his success at having 200,000 acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman Prize.
… acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman … he has ultimately been successful - securing community ownership of more than 200,000 acres … bring recognition for his organisation and community, a marginalised people. "It is a …
This May the Greens are hoping to win their first seats in the Welsh Assembly, and become a strong force for social and ecological progress, writes Alice Hooker-Stroud, newly elected leader of the Wales Green Party. At the heart of the vision: sustainable, prosperous, empowered communities.
… I don't know what Wales is without community, yet our governments - both from … farmers, sold by local businesses. We need community or publicly-owned renewables that …
Rooted in the Andean principles of sharing, resilience and 'Vivir Bien' (Living Well), Bolivian activists in the world's highest capital city are building cooperative, grassroots alternatives to the profit-oriented economy, writes Sian Cowman. Their weekly lunch party is just the most visible way in which they are challenging the injustice of capitalism and the fragmentation it inflicts on communities.
… food' supports a thriving urban activist community in Bolivia Sian Cowman | 20th July … of a group of young people in an experimental community. Each Thursday, members of the Casa … generates a primary source of income for the community and promotes its values. The lunches …
Environmental injustice is deeply embedded in American attitudes, says Robert D. Bullard, and the lead pollution of Flint's water is but the latest example of an unconscious yet pervasive discrimination against poor and minority communities across the US. Only with strong, deliberate and effective leadership can the EPA and other regulators overcome their prejudices.
… mayor, Karen Weaver, said, "It's a minority community. It's a poor community. And our voices were not heard." We … dealing with a middle-class, majority-white community? State regulators and the US …
The pristine landscape of South Africa's Wild Coast is under threat from mining, writes Hal Rhoades, and the communities standing up to defend the land are facing deadly consequences: harassment, threats, physical assault and murder. Attacks on mine opponents have taken four lives so far and many others have been injured. But the opposition is growing and gaining international support.
… way of MRC's plans are the indigenous Amadiba community, the majority of whom are … due to sustained resistance from the Amadiba community. Over the past decade, … mass mobilisations of hundreds of Amadiba community members have physically blocked …
A year after Shell was forced into a £55 million settlement with an indigenous community in Nigeria devastated by oil spills, a UK High Court judge has allowed two new such cases to proceed on behalf of some 43,000 subsistence farmers and fishers whose livelihoods have been wiped out by the same cause.
… a £55 million settlement with an indigenous community in Nigeria devastated by oil spills, … been affected by oil pollution: the Ogale Community in Ogoniland and the Bille Kingdom. … devastated the environment surrounding the community of Bodo, Rivers State, Nigeria. …
Israeli military forces have resumed their harassment of Palestinian pastoralists in the occupied Jordan Valley, part of the West Bank, holding live-fire tank and infantry maneuvers on pastures and cropland close to local communities, accompanied by the forced expulsion of both people and livestock.
… several times a year on this pretext. In the community of Khirbet Khumsah four families, … at 10:00 p.m. In May, 19 families from this community were displaced for many hours over a … do so at midnight. In 2015, families from the community were displaced on 19 separate …
Those who value public lands - for economic, environmental, recreational and aesthetic values - owe a debt of gratitude to Harney County, Oregon, writes Peter Walker. A violent branch of the Sagebrush Rebellion came to town, and the community told it to go away: the decisive factor in the occupiers' defeat. But the greater war for America's public lands has only just begun.
… the Sagebrush Rebellion came to town, and the community told it to go away: the decisive … going back and forth between my home and the community, I'm convinced that the Malheur … goals were in fact far more ambitious. At a community meeting that I attended near the …
The quiet desperation of declining towns and cities across America's West is understandable, writes George Wuerthner. Of course people dream of the 'good old days' when there were wild prairies to be grazed, forests to be felled and oil wells to be sunk - and try to bring them back. But in so doing they neglect and abuse their real and enduring wealth: nature, landscape and wildlife.
… centers. This brain drain has affected the community values and ability to react … 59% of the income in Burns, Oregon, (where community sympathy is strong for 'getting the … is the only yardstick to use for valuing a community, nor am I ignoring that the fact …
A government-led shrimp farming project meant to tackle extreme poverty in northern Sabah, Malaysian, won local support in 2010 by promising job opportunities for impoverished indigenous communities. Six years on, mangrove forests local people depend on for food, materials and income are closed off and being cleared - but the jobs have yet to materialise.
… the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights . Launched in March … the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights is a five year …
Building a new more sustainable future is surely best done by creating inspiring alternatives rather than criticising the old. DANIEL CHRISTIAN WAHL celebrates the work of Gaia Education - an educational NGO that is at the forefront of locally focused sustainability education on six continents
… reminds us the choice to come home into the community of life is ours, every day anew. … ecovillage design to supporting sustainable community development at village, town, city … into the four dimensions of sustainable community development. These are: social …
Demolishing 'sink' council estates is no way to solve social problems, writes Loretta Lees. All it does is force low income communities out of affordable housing, and open valuable urban sites up for profitable redevelopment. But then, maybe that's the point?
… Cities Society Development UK Politics Community council-estate-cut.jpg Demolishing … of being rebuilt as a new 'mixed income' community. The 3,000 or so residents once … again. They wouldn't be part of the same community." Fighting back: renovation costs a …
Although flowing water is fundamental to river ecosystems, temporary streams are distinctive landscape features that support surprisingly diverse communities, writes Rachel Stubbington. However, the biodiversity of these dynamic ecosystems needs greater recognition and protection.
… hardy souls are poised to contribute to rapid community recovery, but survival is not … particular, we need to learn to distinguish community responses to the natural stressor of …
The conflict between lions and Africa's cattle herders goes back centuries, write Grant Hopcraft and Sara Blackburn - and lions have been the big losers in recent years. But where local people benefit from ecotourism, that ancient enmity can quickly be set aside. 'Community conservancies' around formal protected areas are helping both lions and indigenous communities to survive and thrive.
… lions and pastoralists share the benefits of community ecotourism Grant Hopcraft Sara … ancient enmity can quickly be set aside. 'Community conservancies' around formal … they become more tolerant of their faults. Community wildlife 'conservancies' in Kenya We …
The UK's coal burn is not just having a huge impact on climate, writes Anne Harris. It's also devastating communities in the UK, Russia, Colombia and other nations that supply our coal power stations. Those impacted are doing their best to resist the mining companies that are destroying their land, stealing their homes and polluting their air and water. But they need our help!
… of Boquerón , a majority Afro-Colombian community of about a thousand inhabitants, … in March 2015. She is a member of Las Cruces community council Chiriguaná, where the …
At a post-Brexit crossroads, we may still articulate a new vision for the countryside, one which expresses the concerns and desires of stakeholders - farmers, conservationists, land and land tenure reform advocates, communities, and environmentalists writes JAMES LUCHTE
… is considerable anxiety in the agricultural community as most farmers rely on some form of … While the CAP allowed the agricultural community to subsist, it also … reform, farm tenancy and ownership reform, community land acquisition and ownership, …
Just as rich and poor are separated by walls of money, the Latin American trend is to add physical walls to keep wealthy and deprived communities entirely apart, write Camillo Boano & Belen Desmaison. On the one side people enjoy lavish homes, security, public services and piped water. On the other residents live in tiny shacks built of scraps, in a desert landscape ruled by criminals.
… a matter of security - living within a gated community also confers social status. The …
The indigenous Wampis people of the Peruvian Amazon have demanded the immediate closure of a Petroperú oil pipeline after a series of devastating spills, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The company has already been found guilty of 'negligence' after previous oil spills contaminated the Wampis land and rivers.
… and contain the oil spill in the Wampis community of Mayuriaga. The Wampis GTA demand … in severe and irreparable harm to the community lands of Mayuriaga and to our … the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights which is backed by more …
With 27,000 African savannah elephants a year illegally killed for their ivory, the species is in peril, write Ross Harvey & Alexander Rhodes. Now international action at CITES and the closure of domestic ivory markets are attacking the ivory trade at both ends. But we must also give our full support to 'elephant neighbor' communities.
… Wildlife Trade Africa US China Conservation Community elephant-cut.jpg With 27,000 African … the conservation of wilderness landscapes, or community-led natural resource management. The … As for the latter suggestion, we know that community members living with or near …
Sajid Javid's decision to allow shale gas wells to go ahead in Lancashire marks a new phase in the industry's development, writes Michael Bradshaw. But it will also trigger a new phase of organisation, protest and resistance among impacted communities. Cuadrilla, IGas and other companies may just find the 'social licence' they thought they didn't need is essential, after all.
… there is proof that the majority in the local community do not support development. Yes, … are organisations and individuals in the community in favour of development, but they … to engage effectively with the local community and make their case. It is also a …
Israel's government is now free to expel 1,200 of its Bedouin citizens from their 'unrecognised' villages in the Negev desert, following a Supreme Court decision not to hear their appeal. Now only one thing can save the Bedouin, their communities and their way of life: an international outcry.
… Hura. The government plans to build a Jewish community, to be called Hiran, on the rubble … impoverished urban townships. The new Jewish community of Daya will be built on the ruins … is home to 1,500 people, while the new Jewish community of Neve Gurion will be built on part …
While the confrontation at Standing Rock has galvanized Indians and non-native supporters from across the continent, writes Stanley L. Cohen, it's but a symptom of a much deeper crises facing several million Indians holding on to endangered traditions and cultures that predate 'our' arrival by several thousand years. We may call Indian people sovereign. But it's all a grand, perverse lie.
Standing Rock and the long struggle for Indigenous freedom Stanley L. Cohen | 21st September 2016 News Indigenous Peoples USA Canada Politics Culture nodapl-cut.jpg While the confrontation at …
Supported by state and national governments, palm oil plantations are advancing over the rainforest hills of Sabah, Malaysia, writes Sophie Chao. In their way: the indigenous Murut of Bigor, whose culture, livelihood and very lives are under threat as forests and farms fall to chainsaws and bulldozers, enriching loggers and distant investors beyond the dreams of avarice.
… of the Malaysian state of Sabah, local community members gather in the longhouse ( … struggle against the dispossession of his community by land-hungry corporations. In the … agreement was signed between certain community members and oil palm company Eramas …