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Belo Monte dam marks a troubling new era in Brazil’s attitude to its rainforest

Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world’s largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration

The Kayapó chief stands, and a hush comes over the circle. All the other caciques wait expectantly for Raoni [...]

The Snakes & Ladders Economy: We Must Re-Invent The Rules

World debt is at an unprecedented high of over $40 trillion, and the USA’s national debt alone is fast approaching $15 trillion (currently over $46,000 per citizen!) – how can world debt EVER be repaid?  Is there a solution? swfobject.embedSWF(“http://oddhammer.com/tutorials/debt_clock/US_debt_clock.swf”, “banner”, “300″, “100″, “9.0.0″, “http://thepeacefulplanet.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/jj-swfobject/swfobject/expressInstall.swf”, {}, {}, {});

With global debt spiralling out of [...]

Sir Ken Robinson Talks About Passion

Ken Robinson believes that everyone is born with extraordinary capability. So what happens to all that talent as we bump through life, getting by, but never realizing our true potential? For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail – it’s just the opposite – we aim too low and [...]

Gary Yourofsky: Veganism & Animal Rights Lecture

Watch Gary Yourofsky present his entire lecture to students at Georgia Tech, USA, in the Summer of 2010.

Gary Yourofsky, probably the finest veganism & animal rights educator on the planet, has lectured to more than 60,000 students in 170 middle schools, high schools and universities across the USA.

This passionate lecture by Yourofsky is [...]

The Peaceful Planet Intro Video

The Peaceful Planet (intro) (Warning: This short video contains graphic images which some people may find disturbing)

United Nations 8 Millennium Goals: Way off target

It’s been ten years since the United Nations Millennium Goals to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger were proposed. So how are we doing?

The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals were up for their ten year review at this week’s UN summit in New York. First drawn-up at the Millennium Summit in 2000, the goals include [...]

The World Monetary System: It Really Is Time For Change

As the UK announces severe government spending cuts, we enforce our Peaceful Economy proposal that the world needs a new monetary system – now.

George Osborne, the UK’s incumbent Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday announced sweeping cuts to the UK’s welfare, higher education, social housing, policing, and local government that will axe £81bn from government [...]

Why is Africa (and the world) still hungry?

The 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) (published 11th Oct 2010) shows that eight out of the nine countries where hunger is increasing are from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, the annual index is calculated for 122 developing and transition countries.

This year’s study shows that [...]

Gary Francione’s Thoughts on Veganism and 2011

It is the obligation of all who embrace veganism to educate others in creative ways about the fundamental moral truth of not exploiting the vulnerable.

We must all become teachers of nonviolence in our homes, social circles, schools, workplaces, and communities. We start teaching by our own example.

Ethical veganism is nonviolence in action; it [...]

George Clooney’s Hi-Tech Plan To Stop War

George Clooney has said that his hi-tech attempt to prevent a resumption of civil war in Sudan is “the best use of his celebrity”.

The actor’s pressure group Not On Our Watch is funding a project which uses commercial satellites to monitor any signs of impending conflict.

There is concern that a referendum on Sunday [...]

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