My few posts will let readers know the key pillars for Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD) and explore the concept of Sustainable Development.
But First, lets complicate things.
I can never bring myself to understand the complications human-beings create when it comes to... lets see... everything.
The controversies on climate change, sustainability, and sustainable development can be traced directly to an individuals or an entities underlying interests; if they are involved in financially benefiting at the expense of everybody and everything else.
(hit the jump for an obvious revelation)
9/10 Climate Denying Scientists Have Ties to Exxon Mobil Money
The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and The World Trade Organization, for example, might have risen out of social purpose, but are imperial powers with a stronghold on neo-colonialism.
(hit the jump for a good read or skim on the ramifications of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO)
The Unholy Trinity
Similarly, many companies have a dark history of fighting local empowerment (what are you doing!) to the escalated point of staged coup's and passioned wars of nationalization efforts, such as the United Fruit Company (Now Chiquita Brands Int.) in Guatemala and BP in Iran. In both cases, the companies, with foreign government aid, installed dictatorships and threw fuel to the fire of polarization between the global north' and south.
(hit the jump for juicy references from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel Cien Años de Soledad and a review of Bananas.)
How the United Fruit Company Changed the World
(hit the jump for yet another BP spill. Hey hey!)
BP and Iran: The Forgotten History
This taste of imperial organizations taking advantage of social injustice with the help of governments shows where the roots of unsustainable practice tend to grow and the challenge to eradicate these practices do to an ideology backed by immense financial and political power.
Rather then allowing to strike the roots of polarizing social inequity and daunting ecological degradation, engaging in a constant, paralyzing analysis & debate of terms & concepts takes urgently needed attention away from attacking the source of the problems we are facing today & allows these unsustainable organizations to continue their raping and pillaging.
Lets take a look!
But First, lets complicate things.
I can never bring myself to understand the complications human-beings create when it comes to... lets see... everything.
The controversies on climate change, sustainability, and sustainable development can be traced directly to an individuals or an entities underlying interests; if they are involved in financially benefiting at the expense of everybody and everything else.
(hit the jump for an obvious revelation)
9/10 Climate Denying Scientists Have Ties to Exxon Mobil Money
The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and The World Trade Organization, for example, might have risen out of social purpose, but are imperial powers with a stronghold on neo-colonialism.
(hit the jump for a good read or skim on the ramifications of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO)
The Unholy Trinity
Similarly, many companies have a dark history of fighting local empowerment (what are you doing!) to the escalated point of staged coup's and passioned wars of nationalization efforts, such as the United Fruit Company (Now Chiquita Brands Int.) in Guatemala and BP in Iran. In both cases, the companies, with foreign government aid, installed dictatorships and threw fuel to the fire of polarization between the global north' and south.
(hit the jump for juicy references from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel Cien Años de Soledad and a review of Bananas.)
How the United Fruit Company Changed the World
(hit the jump for yet another BP spill. Hey hey!)
BP and Iran: The Forgotten History
This taste of imperial organizations taking advantage of social injustice with the help of governments shows where the roots of unsustainable practice tend to grow and the challenge to eradicate these practices do to an ideology backed by immense financial and political power.
Rather then allowing to strike the roots of polarizing social inequity and daunting ecological degradation, engaging in a constant, paralyzing analysis & debate of terms & concepts takes urgently needed attention away from attacking the source of the problems we are facing today & allows these unsustainable organizations to continue their raping and pillaging.
Lets take a look!
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| Lost Haitian boy after 2010 Earthquake. Haiti is the poorest country on the western hemisphere. |
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| Gull During BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill |
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| Delicate marsh in Louisiana after BP Spill |
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| Sleeping beggar woman with child. |
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| Typical site in Managua, Nicaragua: Riot police. Riot police are often used to confront student protesters and peaceful marches against the corrupt government. |
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| Typical site in Managua, Nicaragua's city dump: A child inhabitant of the dump sniffing-glue and shading himself from the sun with a Sandinista flag - the government party who led the Revolution in the 80's and is now in office ...once again.  ___Photo Cred'___ from top to bottom: Rafael Sanchez Fabres on Postcards from Hell Foreign Policy OnlineCharlie Riedel on The Buzz Media, CNN Oil Spill Time Line, Complete Mystery, My Mom, Gerda Kochanska, Visualphotos.com. |
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