The Argentine Minister of the Environment (and activist) Romina Piccolotti talks about "environmental discrimination" -- the connections between global warming and social and economic justice.
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How to Boil a Frog presents Romina Piccolotti
(via www.youtube.com)
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Fri, 2008-05-09 20:48. | Tags: politics | argentina | climate change | discrimination | earth | economic | environment | frog | global warming | kenya | kyoto | Nairobi | Piccoloti | Piccolotti | Picoloti | planet | Poverty | Romina | social justice | sovereignty
Good as Green Gold
(via www.ingleandrhode.com)
A really interesting article from Ingle & Rhode talking about their recent trip to the Jujury region of Arentina where they some of the people who mine their gold along with members of the EcoAndina foundation – a United Nations and NGO-funded mining operation which uses the ‘green gold’ trade to fund sustainable villages and support the local communities of the Puna plateau.
Submitted by ukdave on Thu, 2008-01-17 23:14. | Tags: fashion | argentina | ethical | ethics | gold | green | Jewellery | jujury | miners | mining | trade
