would prevail for the next

would prevail for the next

time in Mexico Cocoyoc held

Symposium Models Using Natural

Resources which was the need to

promote environmental education.

time in Mexico Cocoyoc held

Symposium Models Using Natural

Resources which was the need to

promote environmental education.

Sustainable Development

(commonly called the "Earth

Summit") to non-governmental

organizations of the system

United Nations, NGOs, among

others, not forgetting to citizens

and civil society organizations,

it is not enough with the

participation of governments, to

build sustainable development

it is required the participation of

the population, community

groups, the companies,

organizations and academia. In

order to encourage

participation it has been

created an official platform

where you can share new

ideas and in which there is

information on

The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992 laid the foundations. Rio +20 is a new opportunity to think globally so that all

can act locally to ensure our common future.

Rio+20" is the short name for

the United Nations Conference

on Sustainable Development

which took place in Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012.

Rio+20 Rio +20 constitutes a

project that involves all the

system of the U.N., which give

us the opportunity to change

some habits, to face the poverty,

to work for avoiding the

environmental destruction and

build a bridge to the future, It

allows us to think with global

judgement.

For the realization of Rio +20

are three principal members,

ranging from governments and

bosses of state gathered at the

United Nations Conference on

Controlling climate change;

Designing a new architecture of global governance;

The transition to a new

model of civilisation.

It is considered that to face

these challenge will require

new ways of building

experience and analyze

proposals to promote them,

focusing on three major

efforts, which promote the

integration of all the project

countries, dialogue and

exchange of proposals this

with order to benefit more

people around the world.

In official talks of Rio +20 was

discussed two main topics:

how to build a green economy

to achieve sustainable

development and get people

out of poverty, and how to

improve international

how the project has development.

As it is seen, Rio +20, its

obejctive had covered many

topics for the benefit of the

population and has established

key issues, the first of which talk

about ethics we need to build a

society capable of caring for the

environment, the second point is

focused on the creation of a new

form of global governance, while

the third proposes to search for a

new economic order to face the

poverty.

From that established the three

main challenges of world order,

they are:

In the last 20 years there have

been many successful

examples of implementation of

sustainable development in

energy, agriculture, urban

planning and production and

consumption:

In France, an estimated

90,000 jobs were created in

green sectors between 2006

and 2008, mostly in the fields of

energy conservation and the

development of renewable

energy.

In Uganda, a transition to

organic agriculture has

generated revenue and income

for smallholder farmers and

benefited the economy, society

and environment.

In Kenya, innovative finance

mechanisms have stimulated

new

coordination for sustainable

development.

Rio +20 is an opportunity to

define pathways to a sustainable

future development, with more

jobs, better security, cleaner

energy and a better standard of

living. Therefore its

importance is that we want to

build a better world for our

children and grandchildren, and

we can achieve this only through

sustainable development, which

as said Sha Zukang, Secretary-

General of the Rio +20

Conference,

"The sustainable development is not an option! It is the only way that allows humanity to share a decent life on this one planet. Rio +20 provides our generation the opportunity to go that way. "

Rio +20 talks about the key

challenges with which will

reduce poverty and

instability, we will prevent

the degradation of the

planet. The existence of this

project will allow us to

strengthen environmental

awareness in the world.

investments in

renewable energy

sources, including solar,

wind, small hydro,

biogas and municipal

waste energy generating

income and

employment.

► In China, steps to

shift to a low-carbon

growth strategy based

on the development of

renewable energy

sources have created

jobs, income and

revenue streams for

promising low-carbon

industries.

"Rio+20 has gven us a solid platform to build on. And it has given us the tools to build with. The work starts now" – UN Secretary-General Ban

Ki-moon

BY: ELIDETH CAMACHO

Ideally, the Summit should produce a

pluricultural vision of the political and

ethical foundations that will be able

to transform the architecture of world

governance and reinforce the feeling

of belonging in a developing global

community.

The authors of this invitation are

proposing, among others, to develop

proposal papers, support meetings in

the five continents, organize an

international seminar.

Three actors:

1. The governments assembled at

the official conference organized by

the UN

2. The NGOs of the UN system (

3. Civil-society organizations.

independent scientists, unions, youth

organizations, NGOs, etc.

(assembled at

a “Earth Citizens Summit,”

 

Proposal

According to its organizers, the

summit’s objectives are : to

secure renewed political

commitment to sustainable

development ; to assess progress

towards internationally agreed

goals on sustainable

development and to address new

and emerging challenges. The

Summit will also focus on two

specific themes : a green

economy in the context of poverty

eradication and sustainable

development, and an institutional

framework for sustainable

development.Is an invitation to

the launch of a citizen dynamics

toward the awareness and feeling

of a world community of actors

starting their march toward

Rio+20 and beyond, for the

transition to a sustainable world.

Implementing the preliminary phase

Proposal

To take an additional step toward the

awareness and the feeling of a world

community of actors starting their

march toward Rio+20.

• To invite all actors wishing to

contribute to the Rio+20 process to

present

their actions and initiatives, to share

their essential proposals.

Proposal

Starting from the thematic framework

set out by the UN’s Sustainable

Development Commission and

integrating it into a more consistent

vision:

1. What “green economy” do we need

in order to defeat poverty in the world?

Proposals for the implementation of

sustainable societies in the early

twentyfirst century.

Three models

An economic,, political, ehtical, models.

Three challenges

1. Managing climate change.

2. Designing a new world-governance architecture.

3. Changing the civilization model.

Three values

1. Sustainability

2. Solidarity

3. Responsibility

Implementing the preliminary phase.

To take an additional step toward the awareness and the feeling of a world

community of actors starting their march toward Rio+20.

• To invite all actors wishing to contribute to the Rio+20 process to present

their actions and initiatives, to share their essential proposals.

2. What mechanisms and what

organization structures from the local

to the global can bring about a “green

economy” that will be able to

contribute to eradicating poverty and

to redefining regulation between

states and societies? Proposals for a

new world-governance architecture.

 3. On which values, which ethical

foundations, should the development

of new lifestyles be based and the

foundations be laid for a new

civilization in order to face the

dangers of the current world and open

new perspectives for the human

adventure at the beginning of the

twenty-first century?

· Proposals for a Charter of the

Citizens of the Earth.

This proyect have strategy

Support meetings in the five

continents facilitated by civil-society

networks and movements in

connection with political leaders and

UN agencies, scientists, and

company heads.

BY: ERIKA ESQUIVEL

One of the initiatives that arose was

the "Day of Action against the

Canadian mining industry."

This is initiative is one that tries to call

to organize communities to discover

the practices that have been going on

exploitation.

Of resources on a larger scale.

Organizations that were made along

with all communities affected by all

resource extraction industry in

Canada, decide to hold a day of action

this first Continental August 2012 for

all that we are called we demand an

end to the mining practices carried

resources held in mines.

All organizations working with

communities that are together from

Canada to Argentina undertake

protests which will include

demonstrations, radio coverage,

letter-writing campaigns and other

alternative and innovative actions of

protest and action, all this in front of

the corporate offices of mining

companies and especially in the

Canadian embassy.

¿Because this happens in Canada?

All this is happening in Canada, is

because 60% of mining

companies in the world many of

these companies appears in

Toronto in securities bag. Most of

these companies have too much

investment in what is still 3,200

projects on resource exploitation,

is why Canada is the country with

the largest share industry

extraction of natural resources.

Another reason why we do this in

Canada is because financial

markets of Toronto and Vancouver

are representing one of the largest

global sources of mining

companies are those that promote

the extraction and in turn carried

out the development of their

projects.

Initiatives in Rio + 20

All actions carried out in the extraction

of natural resources, caused a huge

impact on the territories, communities

and everything in life.

The worst consequences that arose

throughout the natural resource

exploration and exploitation especially

caused the mobilization of

communities, causing destruction of

survival sustainable everything, where

in turn managed to cause health

problems too of individuals, aggravating

the violation of human rights.

All this achievement mineral

exploitation large scale caused a great

loss in biodiversity

http://rio20.net/iniciativas/

The demands they are asking are the

divestment, regulation, cece to

complicity, community consultation

mechanisms, life before profit .

What we are calling on divestment

is that the Canadian government

has to take public funds of

companies engaged in the

extraction of natural resources

and in turn require to withdraw the

funds invest in free education.

Regulation In demanding that the

government should establish

standards of accountability to

Canadian companies, in turn

legislation has to be established

must penalize those companies

that are involved in the violation of

human Rights.

In complicity cece demand that

the Canadian government does

not allow public institutions to be

used for campaigning but these

are organized by companies

engaged in the extraction of

natural resources.

In the community consultation mechanisms require

governments in the region to

respect all the rights groups

that have been internationally

recognized rights to prior

consultation for those

indigenous communities that

are being affected by the

mining industry.

In life before profit should

require removing all the free

trade agreements are those

that protect the right of

corporations which are those

that are above life.

http://rio20.net/iniciativas/

BY: CARLOS SÁNCHEZ