Sustainable development blog : ecology and humanitarian aid

Music against Poverty is a competition aimed at involving young people in the fight against worldwide poverty through concrete actions. Europeans between15-25 years old, willing to make a difference, are asked to submit their own songs on subjects related to development and, notably, on the eight Millennium Development Goals. Deadline is September 30.

Music against Poverty Contest is an initiative launched in July by the EC Directorate-General EuropeAid to raise awareness among young Europeans about the issue of development cooperation and the important role played by Read more »

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The 10-minute-documentary "Mine: Story of a sacred mountain" aims to increase public awareness about a real Avatar issue in our planet earth.The Dongria Kondh, one of India’s most remote tribes, live in Orissa state’s Niyamgiri hills and worship a mountain as a God. The documentary shows their Read more »

Translated from Earthlings: le documentaire choc by Elisabeth Antoine.

A disturbing truth

Directed by Shaun Monson and released in 2005, this documentary required 5 years of work and of investigations. Many sequences were shot in candid camera for it was the only way to get some pictures. This movie shows how the animals which are meant to be eaten, or used for clothing, entertainment, scientific research, and eventually how pets, are treated. The movie is featuring Joaquin Phoenix as the

This post is translated from the French article Campagne Greenpeace : « et dans 10 ans ? »

How do you imagine planet Earth will look in 10 years time ? What kind of a world will we live in if the G20 heads of state do not take steps right now ?

As usual, Greenpeace came up with a striking campaign, in which they did not portray a fire-and-brimstone world, shattered to pieces. Instead, Greenpeace chose to undermine the leaders’ egos, showing them in decay:

Music against poverty competition aims at involving young people in the fight against worldwide poverty through concrete actions.

The Human being has already domesticated the solar heat, the sunlight, the wind force, the water flows and the high /low sea tide to generate electricity. Obviously it is still not enough. As renewable energy we are still in need of new resources to compensate our need and minimize the usage of petrol. The OSMOSIS is the new potential renewable energy source that we can add to our list.

On Tuesday, 24 November, her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marti of Norway opened in Tofte (60kms away from the capital) the first Read more »

For its products, Nestlé uses palm oil from companies that are wreaking havoc on Indonesian rainforests, hindering the locals' way of life and pushing orang-utans towards extinction.

Nestle : good food, good life ?

We all

You have all heard about these city management games, the Sim City-like, where you embody a mayor, and are in charge of the development of housing, transports, public service, and so on... Your first concern is always your inhabitants' welfare.

Actually, this has been a great source of inspiration for Amnesty International...

You all know about the crasher squirrel, which barged in the family photo of Melissa Brandts in Alberta :

This amazing squirrel has been seen in numerous pictures throughout history, from Jesus' Last Supper to the coronation of

An ethnological reflection on the disempowering effect of globalization, "Free Tibet" can reversely be interpreted as the disenchantment of any individual who