Webinar Shifting_global_economy_towards_Sustainability
The second webinar in our series gives a better understanding of how the global economy currently works and the urgency we face to create change, recognizing that the global economic system can be a major obstacle to local change and that there is a need to change the ground rules of global economics if we are ever to create a sustainable society at the local level. Ross Jackson, author of the book “Occupy World Street”, puts forward an alternative international political/economic model to deal with the dilemma facing the world community and a concrete strategy to implement it. This webinar will give information presented in the Gaia Education EDE curriculum, including: • An understanding of how the global economy currently works and the urgency we face to create change. • Ways in which the global economy can be turned towards sustainability, and some of the solutions being proposed by our invited special presenter. Watch the webinar: http://youtu.be/zkQbaGaa1WA
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- 1. Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education Shifting the Global Economy Towards Sustainability September 30, 2014 Presented by Ross Jackson rossjackson@gaia.org www.gaiaeducation.net info@gaiaeducation.net
- 2. Publications: Curriculum & Manuals EDE Curriculum Gaia Youth Activities Guide Teacher´sManual Available at Gaia Education Web Page & Kindle Store http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/publications.html
- 3. On-line Programmes http://www.gaiaeducation.net/index.php/en/programmes.html • Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - GEDS (English) Offered By Gaia Education • Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - GEDS (Portuguese) Offered By Gaia Education • Post- graduate programme- GEDS (Spanish) Offered By Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
- 4. Gaia Education Online channels www.gaiaeducation.net https://www.facebook.com/GaiaEducation https://twitter.com/GaiaEducation New channels: http://www.slideshare.net/GaiaEducation www.gaiaeducation.net
- 6. Ross Jackson´s Approach From below: • GEN: Global Ecovillage Network • Gaia Education • Green technologies • Other: permaculture, etc. From above: • Occupy World Street www.gaiaeducation.net
- 7. Occupy Movement GROUP Growth Lowest 20% 138% Next 20% 98% Next 20% 106% Next 20% 111% Highest 20% 99% US Income Growth 1950-1978 GROUP Growth Lowest 20% 1% Next 20% 9% Next 20% 15% Next 20% 22% Highest 20% 75% Top 1% 200% Top 0.1% 390% US Income Growth 1979-2005
- 9. Wealth without Health www.gaiaeducation.net
- 12. What happened in 1980? • Neoliberal Economics • Free Flow of Goods • Free flow of Capital • Deregulation • Privatization www.gaiaeducation.net
- 13. Other Consequences • Unfair Competition • Attack on Welfare State • No action on Climate • Social Unrest www.gaiaeducation.net
- 14. Good News: Bad News • Paradigm Shift • The Corporatocracy www.gaiaeducation.net
- 15. CONTEMPORARY WORLD ORDER www.gaiaeducation.net
- 16. SOLUTIONS: Gaian Economics • Ecology First • New Institutions www.gaiaeducation.net
- 17. SOLUTIONS: To Take Back Control, We Need: • Controls on Capital Flow • Controls on Imports • Reforms in WTO • Exit from EU/WTO? www.gaiaeducation.net
- 18. SOLUTIONS: My Ideal World • GAIAN LEAGUE • Sustainability • Human Rights • Rest Decentralized www.gaiaeducation.net
- 21. SOLUTIONS: Breakaway Strategy • Leave WTO • Form ”Gaian League” • Invite others www.gaiaeducation.net
- 22. SOLUTIONS: Support from Below • The Cultural Creatives • ”Why are we not members?” • Demand a referendum www.gaiaeducation.net
- 23. Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education Thank you www.ignafoia@edguaciaaetidounc.nateiton.net