Searching for alternatives to unsustainable and inequitable model of ‘development’
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Our Precept
The search for alternatives is on. As the world grapples with the multiple crises of ecological unsustainability, poverty, food and water insecurity, and economic collapse, there is urgency to forge paths of human well-being that are equitable and ecologically sustainable. A large number of such alternatives are already being practiced in many countries, including sustainable food production, holistic rural development, sustainable cities, community-based conservation, meaningful educational and health security,decentralized governance, economic democracy, and others.
Rationale
We are a network of individuals from various countries with a common interest in searching for alternatives to the current unsustainable and inequitable model of ‘development’. A framework called “Radical Ecological Democracy”, emerging out of learnings from grassroots and policy initiatives in India, was used as a base for this networking, beginning in 2012. The network’s first primary activity was to take this framework forward as part of the Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties that inputted to the Rio+20 process as a parallel citizens’ initiative
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Agriculture Alternatives Bhutan Capitalism Climate Climate Change Colonialism Community Community Rights Conservation Cooperatives Degrowth Democracy Development Ecofeminism Ecological democracy Ecology Economy Education Energy Environment Farming Food Sovereignty Generation Global India Indigenous Communities Innovation Japan Nature New Economy New Politics Policy Politics Power Dynamic Preservation Resistance Revolutionary Struggle Revolutionary Technology Seeds Social Social Change Social Movements Society Sustainability