Message from the Editor    

Global Law

a)     The Portal of the Global Civilization is being researched and developed by members of the Executive Council of Global Ministers and by the Global Community through the Global Dialogue process

b)    Global Law: Earth and human rights, Statutes, Codes, Standards, Bills and Other Legislative Information. This WWW site is maintained by the Legislative Counsel of Global Parliament, pursuant to Earth Government Global Law, its legislation. Earth Government Global Law consists of 69 codes, covering various subject areas, the Global Constitution, Bills and Statutes. Information presented reflects laws currently in effect. All Earth Government Codes have been updated to include Statutes of year 2005. Researched and developed by the Global Community

c)     Global Citizens Rights, Responsibility and Accountability Act. Researched and developed by the Global Community

d)    Global Constitution. We call upon the national governments and legislatures of the world to ratify the Global Constitution for Earth Government and elect delegates to the House of the Global Governments Federation. Researched and developed by the Global Community

e)     Agency of Global Police (AGP). Building global communities requires a mean to enforce global law that protects all life on Earth. Researched and developed by the Global Community

f)     Global Protection Agency (GPA). Global Protection Agency will train and lead a global force, bypassing traditional peacekeeping and military bodies such as the United Nations and NATO. This is a great opportunity for globallateralism. Researched and developed by the Global Community

g)     Global Community Earth Government: Politics and Justice without borders. Prosecuting criminals on the basis of universal jurisdiction regardless of a territorial or nationality nexus requires a solid commitment of political will from national governments and the Global Community. The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving crimes related to the global ministries. The Court will have a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by national governments, local communities, and in some special cases by corporations, non-government-organizations and citizens, and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized organs and agencies. Researched and developed by the Global Community

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Urgent need of an Ombudsperson and for the following Global Ministers:

  a.     Introduction and requirements    
  b.     Ombudsperson   
  c.     Global Citizenship    
  d.     Global Health   
  e.     Earth Security and Global Police   
  f.     Global Community of North America (GCNA) Emergency, Rescue, and Relief Centre   
  g.    The Judiciary    
  h.    Global Protection Agency   

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Affiliated Centres for Education and Training
Requirements for participation

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Global Dialogue 2007
Politics and Justice without borders. Theme: Building Global Communities for all life
    a.     Global Dialogue 2007
    b.     Process overview
    c.     Program
    d.     Call for Papers

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Proclamations
1.    ECO Award in the Global Civilization category Letter sent by Germain Dufour to the Global Community
2.    Global Parliament and the Global Community welcome Ban Ki-moon just sworn in as next Secretary-General of the United Nations Letter sent by Germain Dufour to Ban Ki-moon just sworn in as next Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Report

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Press Briefing
1.     January 1st, 2007, press release

Global Parliament and the Global Community welcome Ban Ki-moon just sworn in as Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Currents News
1.     February 2007 Newsletter
2.     January 2007 Newsletter
3.     December 2006 Newsletter
4.     November 2006 Newsletter

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Global Dialogue
1.     Global Dialogue 2007
2.     Issues from previous Global Dialogues are added to issues of Global Dialogue 2006
3.     Global Dialogue 2006

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Global Peace Movement and Disarmament
1.     Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO END THE WAR!, by United for Peace and Justice UnitedforPeace.org To send the strongest, clearest message to the new Congress
2.     The Great Charter of Harmony for an Information Civilization: Positive Alternative to a Leaving Civilization, by Leo Semashko , Published on: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=3
3.     Teaching peace, by David Krieger , Founder and President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and TFF Associate http://www.transnational.org/ The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
4.     Israel Has Plans For Nuclear Attack On Iran, by Peter Symonds , with World Socialist Web published in Countercurrents.org
5.     Apartheid in the Holy Land, by Desmond Tutu, published in The Guardian, Desmond Tutu is the former Archbishop of Cape Town and chairman of South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission. This address was given April 29, 2002 at a conference on Ending the Occupation held in Boston, Massachusetts, earlier this month. A longer version appears in the current edition of Church Times.
6.     Ex-President Carter: US "Prime Culprit" in Nuclear Proliferation, by Sherwood Ross, published in Truthout,
7.     Democracy -- Shamocracy. What happened to the ideas of democracy and freedom that were among the rationales for the invasion and occupation of Iraq? , by Sean Gonsalves, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
8.    Most Famous and Beneficial People in the World by DR. Charles Mercieca, International Association of Educators for World Peace, Professor Emeritus, Alabama A&M University, Environmental Protection, Human Rights & Disarmament
9.    No More War by Ed O’Rourke, Countercurrents.org, The terrorists are an insignificant challenge to mankind’s survival.

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Global Politics
1.     Iraqi Regime Set To Hand Over Oil Reserves To US Energy Giants, by Jerry White , with World Socialist Web published in Countercurrents.org
2.     Global Warming is Here. Now What?, by Don Monkerud, Register-Pajaronian, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
3.     Democracy -- Shamocracy. What happened to the ideas of democracy and freedom that were among the rationales for the invasion and occupation of Iraq? , by Sean Gonsalves, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
4.     Ex-President Carter: US "Prime Culprit" in Nuclear Proliferation, by Sherwood Ross, published in Truthout,
5.     The Gain Paradigm Part 8 - Sociial Revolutions, by Bill Ellis, EzineArticles.com
6.    Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas, by Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women, an AlterNet staff writer
7.    Who owns The American Congress? by David Truskoff, Countercurrents.org
8.    The Trap Of Recognising Israel by Jonathan Cook , Countercurrents.org

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Societal family image aspects and issues

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Global businesses and trade
1.     Charging Towards The Big Melt , by Stephen Leahy, published in Countercurrents.org The huge societal shift needed to find ways to live sustainably will likely not happen without some kind of disaster that will generate enough suffering that people will make the shift.
2.     Suspended WTO talks likely to bring fresh trouble , by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
3.     2006 National Green Power Award Winners Announced, by USA Department of Energy, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market, Staples, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Aspen Skiing Company Among Award Recipients

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Global Justice for all life on the planet
1.     Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO END THE WAR!, by United for Peace and Justice UnitedforPeace.org To send the strongest, clearest message to the new Congress
2.     In Search of a Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld's Name Tops the List of Accused of War Crimes , by Alexia Garamfalvi, t r u t h o u t
3.     Future Of Iraq: The spoils Of War , by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, all with The Independent , published in Countercurrents.org
4.     Apartheid in the Holy Land, by Desmond Tutu, published in The Guardian, Desmond Tutu is the former Archbishop of Cape Town and chairman of South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission. This address was given April 29, 2002 at a conference on Ending the Occupation held in Boston, Massachusetts, earlier this month. A longer version appears in the current edition of Church Times.
5.    Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas, by Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women, an AlterNet staff writer

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Earth resources availability aspects and issues
1.     Saving Mother Earth. Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
2.     Charging Towards The Big Melt , by Stephen Leahy, published in Countercurrents.org The huge societal shift needed to find ways to live sustainably will likely not happen without some kind of disaster that will generate enough suffering that people will make the shift.
3.     Action Alert: Stop the Great Ugandan Rainforest Give-Away, by Dr. Glen Barry , Rainforest Portal and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
4.     Future Of Iraq: The spoils Of War , by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, all with The Independent , published in Countercurrents.org

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Global Economy
1.     Charging Towards The Big Melt , by Stephen Leahy, published in Countercurrents.org The huge societal shift needed to find ways to live sustainably will likely not happen without some kind of disaster that will generate enough suffering that people will make the shift.
2.     Suspended WTO talks likely to bring fresh trouble , by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
3.     The Next Stage of Capitalism , by David Morris, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
4.     Western Oil Companies a Step Away from Iraq's 'Prize' , by Andrew Murray-Watson and Danny Fortson and Tim Webb, The Independent UK, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message

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Cultural aspects and issues

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Protection of the Global Environment
1.     EU: Climate change will transform the face of the continent , by Michael McCarthy and Stephen Castle , Independent News and Media Limited The Independent Europe, the richest and most fertile continent and the model for the modern world, will be devastated by climate change, the European Union predicts today.
2.     Saving Mother Earth. Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
3.     Charging Towards The Big Melt , by Stephen Leahy, published in Countercurrents.org The huge societal shift needed to find ways to live sustainably will likely not happen without some kind of disaster that will generate enough suffering that people will make the shift.
4.     Making Other Arrangements: Can we get over the car and get real about preparing for an oil-scarce future? , by JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER , The Orion Society, http://www.orionmagazine.org/
5.     Action Alert: Stop the Great Ugandan Rainforest Give-Away, by Dr. Glen Barry , Rainforest Portal and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
6.     Climate Change Denial , by Dr. Glen Barry , Earth Meanders and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
7.     Protect Marine Sanctuaries from Pollution!, by Lisa Grob, Friends of the Earth
8.     2006 National Green Power Award Winners Announced, by USA Department of Energy, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market, Staples, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Aspen Skiing Company Among Award Recipients
9.     Scientific Facts on Arctic Climate Change, by GreenFacts Press, Facts on Health and on the Environment

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Global Communities
1.     China’s Transition into a Society of Social Harmony, by DR. Charles Mercieca , International Association of Educators for World Peace, Professor Emeritus, Alabama A&M University, Environmental Protection, Human Rights & Disarmament

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Global businesses and trade
1.     Suspended WTO talks likely to bring fresh trouble , by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
2.     2006 National Green Power Award Winners Announced, by USA Department of Energy, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market, Staples, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Aspen Skiing Company Among Award Recipients

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Religion and spirituality aspects and issues
1.    The Trap Of Recognising Israel by Jonathan Cook , Countercurrents.org
2.     Apartheid in the Holy Land, by Desmond Tutu, published in The Guardian, Desmond Tutu is the former Archbishop of Cape Town and chairman of South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission. This address was given April 29, 2002 at a conference on Ending the Occupation held in Boston, Massachusetts, earlier this month. A longer version appears in the current edition of Church Times.
3.    Most Famous and Beneficial People in the World by DR. Charles Mercieca, International Association of Educators for World Peace, Professor Emeritus, Alabama A&M University, Environmental Protection, Human Rights & Disarmament
4.    God And Faith In The Life Of Indians by Subhash Gatade, Countercurrents.org,

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Global Sustainability
1.     Saving Mother Earth. Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
2.     Charging Towards The Big Melt , by Stephen Leahy, published in Countercurrents.org The huge societal shift needed to find ways to live sustainably will likely not happen without some kind of disaster that will generate enough suffering that people will make the shift.
3.     Living Planet Report 2006 outlines scenarios for humanity's future, by Mathis Wackernagel , Global Footprint Network
4.     The Gain Paradigm Part 8 - Sociial Revolutions, by Bill Ellis, EzineArticles.com

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Sciences aspects and issues
1.     Scientific Facts on Arctic Climate Change, by GreenFacts Press, Facts on Health and on the Environment

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Global poverty aspects and issues
1.    Richest 2% Hold Half The World’s Assets by Chris Giles , countercurrents.org, The Financial Times

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Global food production aspects and issues
1.     United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report: Livestock generate 18 percent of world's global warming pollutants - more than transportation (Go vegetarian) , by H. Steinfeld, P. Gerber, T. Wassenaar, V. Castel, M. Rosales, C. de Haan , Livestock’s long shadow: environmental issues and options This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available, taking into account direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed crop agriculture required for livestock production. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Livestock’s contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is equally large. The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with urgency. Major reductions in impact could be achieved at reasonable cost.
2.     Suspended WTO talks likely to bring fresh trouble , by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.

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Research and Development
1.     Urgent - Feds Ignore Toxic Threat in Cosmetics, by Lisa Grob , Friends of the Earth
2.     Hundreds of Personal Care Products Contain Poorly Studied Nano-materials, by Lauren Sucher, Environmental Working Group and EWG Action Fund

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Earth and human rights aspects and issues
1.     In Search of a Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld's Name Tops the List of Accused of War Crimes , by Alexia Garamfalvi, t r u t h o u t
2.    Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas, by Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women, an AlterNet staff writer
3.     Apartheid in the Holy Land, by Desmond Tutu, published in The Guardian, Desmond Tutu is the former Archbishop of Cape Town and chairman of South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission. This address was given April 29, 2002 at a conference on Ending the Occupation held in Boston, Massachusetts, earlier this month. A longer version appears in the current edition of Church Times.
4.    The Trap Of Recognising Israel by Jonathan Cook , Countercurrents.org

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Global warming aspects and issues
1.     United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report: Livestock generate 18 percent of world's global warming pollutants - more than transportation (Go vegetarian) , by H. Steinfeld, P. Gerber, T. Wassenaar, V. Castel, M. Rosales, C. de Haan , Livestock’s long shadow: environmental issues and options This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available, taking into account direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed crop agriculture required for livestock production. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Livestock’s contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is equally large. The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with urgency. Major reductions in impact could be achieved at reasonable cost.
2.     Climate Change Denial , by Dr. Glen Barry , Earth Meanders and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
3.     A Christian 07: an effective remedial action to save us from severe climate change , by Bill Henderson , Countercurrents.org
4.     Vast Ice Shelf Collapses In The Arctic , by Michael McCarthy , Countercurrents.org
5.     Oceans Warming And Rising , by Julio Godoy , Countercurrents.org
6.     Global Warming is Here. Now What?, by Don Monkerud, Register-Pajaronian, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
7.     Western states unite in climate change fight, by Këri Bolding, KTVZ.com news sources, Global warming is a serious issue that impacts everyone and must get the attention that it deserves

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Earth governance and management
1.     The Great Charter of Harmony for an Information Civilization: Positive Alternative to a Leaving Civilization, by Leo Semashko , Published on: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=3

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Climate change aspects and issues
1.     Indirect Impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change , by John Rawlins, Whatcom Watch Online Fossil Fuels at Peak
2.     EU: Climate change will transform the face of the continent , by Michael McCarthy and Stephen Castle , Independent News and Media Limited The Independent Europe, the richest and most fertile continent and the model for the modern world, will be devastated by climate change, the European Union predicts today.
3.     Action Alert: Stop the Great Ugandan Rainforest Give-Away, by Dr. Glen Barry , Rainforest Portal and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
4.     Climate Change Denial , by Dr. Glen Barry , Earth Meanders and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
5.     Climate change Will Transform The Face Of Europe, by Michael McCarthy & Stephen Castle , with The Independent, published in Countercurrents.org
6.     A Christian 07: an effective remedial action to save us from severe climate change , by Bill Henderson , Countercurrents.org
7.     Climate Change vs Mother Nature , by Geneviève Roberts , Countercurrents.org
8.     Climate Change Initiatives are Heating Up in the United States, by Jamiyo Mack , with courtesy of Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), published by Environmental Expert S.L.
9.     Scientific Facts on Arctic Climate Change, by GreenFacts Press, Facts on Health and on the Environment
10.     Western states unite in climate change fight, by Këri Bolding, KTVZ.com news sources, Global warming is a serious issue that impacts everyone and must get the attention that it deserves

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Democracy aspects and issues
1.     The Spirit Of Democracy In Venezuela, by Stephen Lendman , published in Countercurrents.org
2.     Democracy And Reinforced Building , by Amit Chamaria , Countercurrents.org
3.     Democracy -- Shamocracy. What happened to the ideas of democracy and freedom that were among the rationales for the invasion and occupation of Iraq? , by Sean Gonsalves, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
4.     How to organize the human Community for World Government, by SAK, "sabz ali yusufzai", , How to organize the human community to globalize it for changing the present idle UN into an efficient Democratic World Government?

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Drinking water availability aspects and issues

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Global sustainable agriculture aspects and issues
1.     United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report: Livestock generate 18 percent of world's global warming pollutants - more than transportation (Go vegetarian) , by H. Steinfeld, P. Gerber, T. Wassenaar, V. Castel, M. Rosales, C. de Haan , Livestock’s long shadow: environmental issues and options This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available, taking into account direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed crop agriculture required for livestock production. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Livestock’s contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is equally large. The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with urgency. Major reductions in impact could be achieved at reasonable cost.
2.     Saving Mother Earth. Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
3.     Suspended WTO talks likely to bring fresh trouble , by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.

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Energy aspects and issues
1.     Iraqi Regime Set To Hand Over Oil Reserves To US Energy Giants, by Jerry White , with World Socialist Web published in Countercurrents.org
2.     Future Of Iraq: The spoils Of War , by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, all with The Independent , published in Countercurrents.org
3.     Western Oil Companies a Step Away from Iraq's 'Prize' , by Andrew Murray-Watson and Danny Fortson and Tim Webb, The Independent UK, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
4.     Tipping point: energy - When and why it was reached, and what to do about it, by Jan Lundberg, Culture Change Letter #145, November 27-29, 2006
5.     Fill 'er Up: A Grist special series on biofuels, by Grist Magazine, Environmental News and Commentary
6.     2006 National Green Power Award Winners Announced, by USA Department of Energy, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market, Staples, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Aspen Skiing Company Among Award Recipients

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Global pollution aspects and issues
1.     United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report: Livestock generate 18 percent of world's global warming pollutants - more than transportation (Go vegetarian) , by H. Steinfeld, P. Gerber, T. Wassenaar, V. Castel, M. Rosales, C. de Haan , Livestock’s long shadow: environmental issues and options This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available, taking into account direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed crop agriculture required for livestock production. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Livestock’s contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is equally large. The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with urgency. Major reductions in impact could be achieved at reasonable cost.
2.     Protect Marine Sanctuaries from Pollution!, by Lisa Grob, Friends of the Earth

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Global civilization aspects and issues
1.     EU: Climate change will transform the face of the continent , by Michael McCarthy and Stephen Castle , Independent News and Media Limited The Independent Europe, the richest and most fertile continent and the model for the modern world, will be devastated by climate change, the European Union predicts today.
2.     Saving Mother Earth. Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
3.     Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO END THE WAR!, by United for Peace and Justice UnitedforPeace.org To send the strongest, clearest message to the new Congress
4.     The Great Charter of Harmony for an Information Civilization: Positive Alternative to a Leaving Civilization, by Leo Semashko , Published on: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=3
5.     Teaching peace, by David Krieger , Founder and President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and TFF Associate http://www.transnational.org/ The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
6.     Israel Has Plans For Nuclear Attack On Iran, by Peter Symonds , with World Socialist Web published in Countercurrents.org
7.     China’s Transition into a Society of Social Harmony, by DR. Charles Mercieca , International Association of Educators for World Peace, Professor Emeritus, Alabama A&M University, Environmental Protection, Human Rights & Disarmament
8.     The Gain Paradigm Part 8 - Sociial Revolutions, by Bill Ellis, EzineArticles.com

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Global mining and mining the impacts aspects and issues

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Biodiversity aspects and issues
1.     Action Alert: Stop the Great Ugandan Rainforest Give-Away, by Dr. Glen Barry , Rainforest Portal and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.
2.     Protect Marine Sanctuaries from Pollution!, by Lisa Grob, Friends of the Earth
3.     Climate Change vs Mother Nature , by Geneviève Roberts , Countercurrents.org
4.     Scientific Facts on Arctic Climate Change, by GreenFacts Press, Facts on Health and on the Environment

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Global manufacturing of products aspects and issues
1.     Charging Towards The Big Melt , by Stephen Leahy, published in Countercurrents.org The huge societal shift needed to find ways to live sustainably will likely not happen without some kind of disaster that will generate enough suffering that people will make the shift.
2.     Urgent - Feds Ignore Toxic Threat in Cosmetics, by Lisa Grob , Friends of the Earth
3.     Hundreds of Personal Care Products Contain Poorly Studied Nano-materials, by Lauren Sucher, Environmental Working Group and EWG Action Fund

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Social Justice aspects and issues
1.     Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO END THE WAR!, by United for Peace and Justice UnitedforPeace.org To send the strongest, clearest message to the new Congress
2.     In Search of a Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld's Name Tops the List of Accused of War Crimes , by Alexia Garamfalvi, t r u t h o u t
3.    Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas, by Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women, an AlterNet staff writer
4.     Apartheid in the Holy Land, by Desmond Tutu, published in The Guardian, Desmond Tutu is the former Archbishop of Cape Town and chairman of South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission. This address was given April 29, 2002 at a conference on Ending the Occupation held in Boston, Massachusetts, earlier this month. A longer version appears in the current edition of Church Times.
5.    We Deserve Some Answers. A new national effort suggests six questions to ask public officials about birth control. by Andrea Camp, Birth Control Watch, and Ms. Magazine
6.    Contraception Saves Money and Marriages, by Cristina Page, TomPaine.com, an AlterNet staff writer

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Technology aspects and issues

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Peak oil movement aspects and issues
1.     Indirect Impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change , by John Rawlins, Whatcom Watch Online Fossil Fuels at Peak
2.     Making Other Arrangements: Can we get over the car and get real about preparing for an oil-scarce future? , by JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER , The Orion Society, http://www.orionmagazine.org/
3.     100 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Peak Oil, by Sharon Astyk , Energy Bulletin, Peak Oil Prep, by Mick Winter
4.     Future Of Iraq: The spoils Of War , by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, all with The Independent , published in Countercurrents.org
5.     Western Oil Companies a Step Away from Iraq's 'Prize' , by Andrew Murray-Watson and Danny Fortson and Tim Webb, The Independent UK, published in AlterNet: The Mix is the Message
6.     Tipping point: energy - When and why it was reached, and what to do about it, by Jan Lundberg, Culture Change Letter #145, November 27-29, 2006

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Security for all life aspects and issues
1.     Saving Mother Earth. Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, by ASHOK B SHARMA, Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd.
2.     Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO END THE WAR!, by United for Peace and Justice UnitedforPeace.org To send the strongest, clearest message to the new Congress
3.     Protect Marine Sanctuaries from Pollution!, by Lisa Grob, Friends of the Earth
4.     Israel Has Plans For Nuclear Attack On Iran, by Peter Symonds , with World Socialist Web published in Countercurrents.org
5.     Ex-President Carter: US "Prime Culprit" in Nuclear Proliferation, by Sherwood Ross, published in Truthout,

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Our overpopulated planet aspects and issues
1.     A Christian 07: an effective remedial action to save us from severe climate change , by Bill Henderson , Countercurrents.org

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Global Health
1.     Urgent - Feds Ignore Toxic Threat in Cosmetics, by Lisa Grob , Friends of the Earth
2.     Hundreds of Personal Care Products Contain Poorly Studied Nano-materials, by Lauren Sucher, Environmental Working Group and EWG Action Fund

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Arts aspects and issues

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Vision of Earth, all life, now and in 2024
1.     Indirect Impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change , by John Rawlins, Whatcom Watch Online Fossil Fuels at Peak
2.     EU: Climate change will transform the face of the continent , by Michael McCarthy and Stephen Castle , Independent News and Media Limited The Independent Europe, the richest and most fertile continent and the model for the modern world, will be devastated by climate change, the European Union predicts today.
3.     The Great Charter of Harmony for an Information Civilization: Positive Alternative to a Leaving Civilization, by Leo Semashko , Published on: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=3
4.     Living Planet Report 2006 outlines scenarios for humanity's future, by Mathis Wackernagel , Global Footprint Network
5.     Climate Change Denial , by Dr. Glen Barry , Earth Meanders and Ecological Internet (EI) Insightful original Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues including peace and freedom.

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Education and training aspects and issues
1.     Teaching peace, by David Krieger , Founder and President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and TFF Associate http://www.transnational.org/ The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
2.     100 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Peak Oil, by Sharon Astyk , Energy Bulletin, Peak Oil Prep, by Mick Winter
3.     Making Other Arrangements: Can we get over the car and get real about preparing for an oil-scarce future? , by JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER , The Orion Society, http://www.orionmagazine.org/

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