the International Forum on Globilization : Global Triple Crisis

From Empire to Earth Community: Author David Korten on “The Great Turning”

The International Forum on Globalization and Institute for Policy Studies is hosting a three day teach-in this weekend titled “Confronting the Global Triple Crisis: Climate Change, Peak Oil (The End of Cheap Energy) and Global Resource Depletion & Extinction.” We speak with, among others, David Korten – publisher of the magazine YES! A Journal of Positive Futures and author of “The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community.” [includes rush transcript] Vandana Shiva Decries the “Outsourcing of Pollution to the Third World”

We speak world-renowned environmental leader and thinker, Vandana Shiva about India and global resource depletion. Shiva says, “India is one of the preferred spots for outsourcing of all the pollution and energy-intensive production of the world. We hear of outsourcing of jobs and informational technology sector. We don’t often enough hear about the outsourcing of pollution to the third world.” [includes rush transcript]

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