David Barkin
Gustavo Esteva’s life was marked by an indefatigable zest to imagine and craft “alternatives” to moribund societal structures, and he participated in the construction of many new worlds with friends, colleagues and students. Gustavo also built them with …
Ashish Kothari
“Hola, Gustavo, como estas?!”
“Hola, Ashish … bien, y tu?”
“Bien, Gustavo!”
Every month, this is how I have opened a conversation with Gustavo Esteva, as part of the meetings of the core team of the Global Tapestry …
Dennis L. Avilés Irahola
“We hereby decide to build a new form of public coexistence, in diversity and in harmony with nature, to achieve the good way of living, the Sumak Kawsay…” This path breaking declaration formed a part …
Tord Bjork and Marko Ulvila
The impact of Mahatma Gandhi on the emergence of new social movements in Europe after the Second World War has been quite significant. Gandhian influences can be traced to many important civic initiatives – movements and organizations around Third World liberation, peace and non-violence, international solidarity, the environment and democracy. A large number of the key actors involved in these movements had established direct or indirect contact with Gandhian activists in India and, not surprisingly, that relationship shaped their thinking and had lasting impacts on their movements, …