United in Diversity. Interview with Patrick Holden

Patrick Holden is the founder of the Sustainable Food Trust and has been Director of the Soil Association in the UK for 10 years. In this interview during Rio+20, he… Read More →

Youth are beating the drum at the Peoples Summit

There is a huge distance separating the Peoples Summit and the Riocentro convention center where world leaders are meeting for Rio+20. And this distance is not only in terms of… Read More →

Earth Democracy. Interview with Vandana Shiva

The organic movement is here in Rio+20 with a very concrete agenda: to mainstream organic agriculture at all levels. Among them is Dr. Vandana Shiva, who has been fighting for… Read More →

Agroecology is the only path. Interview with Miguel Altieri

“Agroecology” is one of the words that was heard a lot in discussions on sustainable agriculture in Rio+20. The farming system is very popular with communities in Latin America, as… Read More →

Pavlos Georgiadis: “No time for Rio+40”

I came in Rio+20 as a youth delegate for the  International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM). Here is my attempt to bring to Rio+20 the voices of the Slow… Read More →

My World on Earth: Voices from the favela in Rio+20

An online survey done over several months asked 2000 youth to indicate the most important challenges of humanity today. The results were presented in an open debate organized in the… Read More →

Expectations from Rio+20. An interview with Jonathan Watts

Thousands of delegates representing governments, the civil society, the private sector and other groups are coming together in Rio+20. This is one of the most important conferences in the history of… Read More →

The Future we want is Organic

  Rio+20 is already providing a platform for civil society organisations to form new alliances. Governments, development agencies and businesses are also here. Rio has the potential to be a catalyst for… Read More →