Submitted by ujpadmin on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 10:50am.
When: Monday, October 25, 2010, 6:00 pm
to 9:00 pm
Where: Boston College • 140 Commonwealth Ave • Lyons Dining Hall • Chestnut Hill
2010 Oct 25 - 6:00pm
2010 Oct 25 - 9:00pm
Interpreting Development, Sovereignty & Global Environmental Governance
With just a month before the resumption of climate change talks in Cancun, join a dynamic panel involving leading representatives of the Global South, together with a Boston-based scholar. They will speak to the opportunities and challenges posed by the UN discussions on Climate Change. The questions include:
What are the visions and differences between the North and the South in such discussions?
Is economic development compatible with environmental justice?
How can national sovereignty issues be addressed in the context of an international environmental governance system?
Join this panel of dynamic experts as they shed light in these crucial issues.
Submitted by ujpadmin on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 10:51am.
When: Monday, October 25, 2010, 4:30 pm
Where: 95 Mt Auburn St • Harvard Sq T • Cambridge
2010 Oct 25 - 4:30pm
Jobs with Justice and CISPES will be taking action against local investors of the Pacific Rim Mining Company. The target will be The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF), which is the 9th largest shareholder of Pacific Rim.
In the department of Cabañas, El Salvador, communities have been protesting against a proposed gold mining project by Pacific Rim. The mine would have devastating effects, which includes poisoning El Salvador’s largest river- and primary source of drinking water- with cyanide.
Submitted by ujpadmin on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:31pm.
When: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12:00 pm
Where: Lafayette Park • across from the White House • Washington, DC
2010 Mar 20 - 12:00pm
Peace activists will hold a march and rally in Washington March 20 targeting the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, occupation of Palestine, and calling for reparations for Haiti. They will call for money to be directed for jobs, healthcare and education.
