"Is globalisation always a good thing? This essay will argue that it has the potential to be a great thing, but only if we are able to move beyond the current model, whose basic problem is that it is unbalanced. The current model fails to balance the excessive power of global corporations with a corresponding level of global governance. It fails to acknowledge the well-documented failings of free-markets and the essential role of government in correcting this, and it fails to recognise the role of co-operation, as well as competition, in the evolution of systems." Read the whole essay.

Even non-economists will have heard of the much-vaunted 'Comparative Advantage Theory' of trade upon which so-called 'free trade' is based and which is almost universally adhered to by the 'Washington Consensus' and other mainstream economists. Well, now we have a thorough de-bunking of that theory by Czech-born Prof. Jaroslav Vanek, emeritus professor of economics at Cornell University, USA. Vanek's paper demonstrates the practice of Destructive Trade to be the more dominant theory behind present day 'globalisation' by which transnational corporations take advantage of cheap labour and environmental conditions in poorer countries. This paper is of immense value to the SP campaign because it provides the formally argued economic theory upon which the SP theory of destructive global competition also rests. Prof. Vanek appears in LSE Prof. Mark Blaug's book "100 Great Economists Since Keynes", Wheatsheaf Books, Brighton 1985. Prof. Vanek has kindly given his personal permission for ISPO to copy and distribute his paper.

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This timely synthesis by a noted visionary scientist-author reveals the corruptions of and solutions for a global culture deeply troubled by pollution, greed and suppression. Many approaches are examined: scientific, ecological, philosophical, political, social, spiritual and personal. Included are a vivid chronicle of the deteriorating state of the Earth's biosphere, the latest developments in clean and renewable energy which could surely solve much of the pollution and global warming problems, and the cultural changes which must oversee the transition to a peaceful. sustainable and economically viable future. While he shares his regret that his native America leads to way in pollution, economic exploitation and militarism, it also has an opportunity to join the world community in creating a global citizens movement that would provide the needed counterveiling force against unbridled private power. 

He recommends adoption and implementation of Simultaneous Policies which could lead to the formation of a global republic charged with implementing the needed changes without the traditional trappings of political self-interest.

In these times of increasing media concentration, huge corporate conglomerates control most of what we hear, see and read about  corporate environmental malfeasance. Rarely do we get the whole truth;  and often we get none of it. 

Public Eyes TV is a 100% corporate-free online environmental news and  research service that seeks to provide the whole truth and nothing but the truth to as many people as possible - in streaming independent videos.  Armed with accurate information, local victories can lead to global  progress toward a more sustainable world. 

Seven Steps to Justice is a complete re-thinking of economics, politics and religion to create a new paradigm providing:
two basic incomes for all, capital ownership for all, a proper deal for women, a solution for the Middle East and Kashmir and hope for the environment and the world.

Recording a sparkling dialogue between people of good faith reacting to the events of 11th September 2001 and hearing the global cry for social and economic justice, the book interprets and enhances contemporary debate of concerned people everywhere.

The authors generate an extraordinary vision of a universal justice, wholly practical, radical and new, for a world desperately in need of leadership. This new paradigm strikes at the heart of usury. 

SolarFest is a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status. Its mission is to educate people about renewable energy by engaging the community through the performing arts. Since its inception in 1995, SolarFest has built a reputation for promoting artistic excellence and community-building, and has raised more than a few eyebrows when people realize that our entire weekend festival is run on solar energy

The Green Challenge website introduces you to the impact of your everyday choices on society and the global environment. It’s fun and easy to use for families, educators and students alike, helping people make small everyday changes for a big difference to the planet. 

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The free Green Challenge quarterly e-newsletter is chock full of practical ideas for eco-friendly living, including a delicious vegan recipe in every issue.
 
 

Industrialization and corporate globalization have been profoundly detrimental to ethical and responsible agriculture and eating. Among the casualties: family farming and rural sustainability, environmental sustainability, farm animal welfare, public health and food security for the poorest of the poor. Eatkind.net combines news and background on all these issues with a global directory of directories to help “find kind food near you” – food that, bucking the corporate industrial trend, is sustainably and humanely produced, sold and traded. 

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From the Introduction to this free online book: 
Superior rights for the few and inferior rights for many are structured into the subtle monopolization of land, technology, and money; all produced by nature or social technology and properly belonging to all. The unearned wealth from the subtle monopolization of those enclosed commons both reduces the efficiency of an economy and lowers the share of wealth for others. Having been born and raised within the current residual-feudal exclusive legal structure and taught with sincerity-by those who learned those fables right in the university that this is the most efficient economy-we are unaware that these highly inefficient subtle monopolies even exist.