IED Innovations Environnement Développement Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice - Australian Human Rights Commission The position of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner was created by the federal parliament in December 1992 – a response to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the National Inquiry into Racist Violence. It was also a response to the extreme social and economic disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australians. Social justice is about making sure that every Australian – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – has choices about how they live and the means to make those choices. The Commission's role includes reviewing the impact of laws and policies on Indigenous peoples, reporting on Indigenous social justice and native title issues and promoting an Indigenous perspective on issues. This work is led by Mick Gooda, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
Médiaterre - Desertification Portail Désertification, 18/04/14 à 22h54 GMT | Publications Le 15 avril 2014, l'Initiative ELD (Economics of Land Degradation) a rendu public le rapport d'un Atelier sur l'économie de la dégradation des terres organisé pour le secteur privé. L'Atelier visait plus précisément le développement d'une "boîte à outils" pour le secteur privé. L'Initiative ELD vise à accroître la sensibilisation politique et publique quant aux coûts (...) Les 29 et 30 mai 2014 à l'Académie des Sciences, Washington DC, Etats-Unis, l'Institut Veolia Environnement, conjointement avec ses partenaires l'Agence Française de Développement (AFD), l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature (UICN) et le Water Sciences and Technology Board (WSTB) du Conseil pour la Recherche américain, organisera sa prochaine Conférence internatio (...) Portail Désertification, 13/04/14 à 19h08 GMT | Partenariats La dégradation des sols est un problème de développement durable.
RUCHI - Rural Centre for Human Interests Moringa asbl Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems Just Change India - Welcome to JC Just Change ......... A grassroots response to the global economy that has left the vast majority of people powerless, with little or no control over the factors that influence their lives. With growth and financial gain having become the driving force behind all economic activity, this faceless market economy has slowly eroded our sense of community. This radical trade initiative that links the local and global, goes beyond earlier initiatives like the Fair Trade movement and producer cooperatives, that have tried to address the problem of unfair markets. Just Change was born in India among the adivasi people of the Nilgiri Mountains as a response to the crash in tea prices.
The Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation Prolinnova | Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future | Module 11: Indigenous knowledge & sustainability Introduction Sophisticated knowledge of the natural world is not confined to science. Human societies all across the globe have developed rich sets of experiences and explanations relating to the environments they live in. Source: Nakashima, D., Prott, L. and Bridgewater, P. (2000) Tapping into the world’s wisdom, UNESCO Sources, 125, July-August, p. 12. Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge that is unique to a culture or society. Indigenous people have a broad knowledge of how to live sustainably. This module illustrates ways that indigenous knowledge may be integrated into education and thereby, bring the benefits of helping to ‘sustain’ indigenous knowledge and societies to all. Objectives Activities References Bates P., Chiba, M., Kube, S. and Nakashima, D. (2009) Learning and Knowing in Indigenous Societies Today, UNESCO, Paris Grenier, L. (1998) Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A Guide for Researchers, IDRC, Canada. Johnston, A.M. (2005) Is the Sacred for Sale. Internet Sites
Endogenous Development Endogenous development is based on local peoples’ own criteria for change and their vision for well-being based on the material, social and spiritual aspects of their livelihoods but in a constant and dynamic interface with external actors and the world around them. Endogenous development seeks to overcome a western bias by making peoples’ worldviews and livelihood strategies the starting point for development. Endogenous development moves beyond integrating traditional knowledge in mainstream development and seeks to build biocultural approaches that originate from local peoples worldviews and their relationship with the earth. Organisations can support and strengthen the endogenous development that is already present within the communities, promoting the interface between tradition and modernity. In doing so, endogenous development emphasises the cultural aspects within the development process, in addition to the ecological, social and economic aspects.
Nutrition in the garden A community garden at Griffith University gives local refugee and migrant communities in Logan and Beaudesert the opportunity to increase self-reliance and have social interaction thereby improving mental health and boosting their self-esteem. The project also aims to encourage learning about nutrition, to foster healthy eating habits and to involve the communities in physical activity to increase their fitness. The garden offers an opportunity to newly arrived refugees and migrants to participate in familiar farming activities, grow traditional foods and develop a sense of being connected to their new community. Various communities work on the gardens together. They include students from Griffith University and members of the Burundian, Congolese, Sudanese and Pacific Islander communities. Griffith University is working in close partnership with Assisting Collaborating Community Employment Support Services on this project. Identifying a need Consulting the communities The project Funding