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Home, the film
- Published on 08 December 2011
- Written by homeproject
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
Christmas Gifts in solidarity with Save the Children
- Published on 07 December 2011
- Written by Save the Children.it
Christmas 2011: 9 out of 10 Italians would like to make a gift strictly useful and 7 million would buy it online. Simple, with the Wish List of Save the Children
Among the new Milk Therapeutic, Educational Kit and Emergency Kit Kitchen, in addition to the vaccine, tree fruit, and the legendary Yak. To enrich the initiative is also the video greeting card for the recipient and a hotline for information, advice and assistance online.
Tibet: Twelfth immolation against China
- Published on 02 December 2011
- Written by Ansa.it
Another Tibetan was slain, burned himself to protest the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
50 Anniversary of Independence of the request of West Papua: fear of repression
- Published on 30 November 2011
- Written by Survival.it
The Papuan pro-independence demonstrations organized capillaries next Thursday, to coincide with the 50 years since they raised for the first time their symbolic flag of the "Morning Star". On the anniversary looms because a climate of fear in Indonesia continues to brutally suppress any opposition derisory sentences and fines for the security forces responsible for violence.
Wave the flag became a symbol of the struggle for the independence of West Papua since it was first flown at December 1, 1961, is punishable as a crime of treason.
Nigeria: Shell admits, clean and pay!
- Published on 29 November 2011
- Written by Amnesty.it
Decades of oil extraction in the Niger Delta have caused poverty, conflict and human rights violations. The pollution caused by mining activities has ravaged the lives of the people of the Niger Delta, has contaminating the land, water and air, contributing to infringement of the right to health and a healthy environment, the right to decent conditions of life including the right to food and water, and the right to earn a living through work. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected, especially the poorest and those who depend on traditional sources of livelihood such as fishing and agriculture.
Climate change according to the first scientists in the world
- Published on 28 November 2011
- Written by Survival.it
Addressing the participants at the Climate Conference in Durban, Survival International calls to take into account the knowledge and insights of tribal peoples in any decision can be taken to mitigate the problem of climate change.
Having practiced for millennia sustainable lifestyles, from the Amazon to the Arctic, indigenous people generally have lower carbon footprint, but they are also more vulnerable to climate change than anyone else and suffer the consequences of mitigation measures such as biofuels , hydroelectric dams and conservation projects.
Take care of this earth: the last words of the Guarani leaders brutally murdered under the eyes of his community
- Published on 21 November 2011
- Written by Survival.it
On Friday, masked gunmen killed a religious leader of the Guarani in the eyes of his community.
After you lie down on the ground the others present, men have surrounded Gomes and Dionysius, according to witnesses, fired shots in the head, chest, arms and legs. The body of 59-year-old was later taken away.
Children's Day: worsen the living conditions of children in Italy
- Published on 17 November 2011
- Written by Save the Children.it
Children pay the highest price of the crisis: 1,876,000 living in poverty, 18.6% in conditions of material deprivation. It widens the gap between South and Central North
There are 10 million 229 thousand children in Italy, 16.9% of the total population, 1,876,000 of them living in poverty and 18.6% in conditions of material deprivation. A planet in Italy childhood that aging is reduced even more. Naples, Caserta, Barletta-Andria-Trani provinces are in fact the only "green" Italian where the percentage of young people under 15 years remains on the majority over 65.
The economic crisis is likely to weigh particularly on children and adolescents, in the absence of specific measures of protection. Moreover, from 2008 to today, are the families with children to have paid the highest price of the largest global recession in recent years the percentage of low-income families with 1 child is increased by 1, 8%, and three times as much (5.7%) to those with 2 or more children. This detects the second Atlas of the Child (at risk), released by Save the Children on the eve of Day of the Child: over 150 pages and 80 maps that return a lot of information about the condition of children and adolescents of our country: the cities and territories they live in, child poverty, by green spaces and play available to urban, from school drop-in social spending and childcare. This year, the Atlas, on the occasion of the celebrations of 150 years from the unification of Italy, also includes a discussion of nearly one hundred boys who participated in the expedition of Garibaldi's one thousand, even a way to compare the "Young Italy" of that time with the current one.
Indonesia: Video confirms the brutal repression of a demonstration in West Papua
- Published on 16 November 2011
- Written by Survival.it
Indonesian forces shot, beat and kicking civilians. These are the scenes immortalized in a video shot during a peaceful demonstration which took place in West Papua last month.
The dead soldiers during the dispersal of the activists who were demonstrating for independence could be ten.
It's official - the key to conservation is in the hands of indigenous peoples
- Published on 10 November 2011
- Written by Survival.it
Indigenous peoples play a key role in the preservation of the world's forests, and their exclusion from protected areas causes suffering to nature. It is what was stated by a recent study by the World Bank.
According to data collected when the indigenous peoples can live in protected areas, and are not expelled, deforestation down to minimum levels.
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Tibet: Twelfth immolation against China
Another Tibetan was slain, burned himself to protest the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
The barons of the Brazilian meat blackmail the government
The barons of Brazilian beef are blackmailing the government of Paraguay on land inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
Last year the Indians Ayoreo have obtained the right to ownership of land, but farmers refuse to recognize it unless it is allowed to deforestare a large area adjacent to the disputed land, already in their possession.
Christmas Gifts in solidarity with Save the Children
Christmas 2011: 9 out of 10 Italians would like to make a gift strictly useful and 7 million would buy it online. Simple, with the Wish List of Save the Children
Among the new Milk Therapeutic, Educational Kit and Emergency Kit Kitchen, in addition to the vaccine, tree fruit, and the legendary Yak. To enrich the initiative is also the video greeting card for the recipient and a hotline for information, advice and assistance online.
