Podcast #4: What is Technology?
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And why do we need technology assessment? An interview with Jim Thomas
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Celebrating the Life of Sven Hamrell
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Groundbreaking thinker, President of RAFI and ETC Group boards
The staff and board of ETC Group are saddened to learn of the passing of Sven Hamrell, aged 92, on July 2nd 2020. Sven was long-term former Executive Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (DHF) in Uppsala Sweden and "President for Life" of RAFI (the former name of ETC Group). He left a huge imprint on the shape and thinking of global civil society and on RAFI/ETC Group in particular.
Geoengineering Threatens Oceans
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High-risk geoengineering projects are proceeding in violation of UN moratoria
MONTREAL, SYDNEY, UTQIAGVIK, SANTIAGO—On World Oceans Day, members of a global coalition formed by 195 organizations on 45 countries are raising the alarm about the threat of geoengineering to delicate, life-sustaining ocean ecosystems worldwide. The Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Campaign today called on civil society and government officials worldwide to vigorously oppose marine geoengineering experiments.
Mutual aid or digital big brother?
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Tom Wakeford on what should come after Covid-19
Video/podcast #3: Which new normal?
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ETC Group on COVID, data giants, the food system and community responses
Those backing risky new technologies are seeing growing profits and power during the COVID-19 crisis. From fast-tracking genomic testing and novel vaccines to automation of ‘people-free’ supply chains, the pandemic is benefitting Big Tech.
From the rise of Zoom and Netflix to enhanced data-surveillance of populations, Silicon Valley and its financial backers are not only shaping how the crisis is lived, but are positioning themselves to shape behaviours and write the rules in a post-crisis new order.
Geoengineers test risky planetary engineering scheme in Australia
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Experiment defies 193-country UN moratorium
MEXICO CITY, DAVAO CITY, MONTREAL, May 11—In a shocking move, a small group of Australian geoengineers have defied an international moratorium on the deployment of geoengineering technologies. To accomplish this, the project rebranded a risky geoengineering technology – in this case, brightening clouds to reflect solar energy back into space – as a plan to save the Great Barrier Reef.
ETC Podcast #2: The Next Agribusiness Takeover
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Pat Mooney talks global corporate power moves
In episode #2 of the ETC Podcast (recorded in January), founder Pat Mooney discusses ETC's communiqué, The Next Agribusiness Takeover: Multilateral Food Agencies and the moves powerful corporate actors are making to take over global food policy institutions.
You can now subscribe to the ETC Podcast on Spotify and Google Play.
The Emergency is the Disease, not the Symptom: Video
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Gopal Dayaneni on the pandemic, geoengineering and the meaning of urgency
Interviewed on March 27, 2020, ETC Group's Gopal Dayaneni describes the use of "climate emergency" framing to justify geoengineering, and how our political imagination will determine the outcome. Gopal's commentary is in response to a question about the climate emergency framing, and how it is being used to justify previously unthinkable and unproven geoengineering methods.
Statement to the Extraordinary Meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers, April 21, 2020
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By international CSOs
As the COVID-19 health emergency unleashes a wider social and economic crisis, we believe that urgent action is indeed needed to safeguard global food security and nutrition. Action, however, cannot be limited to ensuring the flow of food supplies. A broader range of measures are necessary to ensure food security, in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.
Don't Blame the Bat!
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Silvia Ribeiro on the causes of the pandemic
The following interview originally appeared in Spanish in the Argentinian newspaper, Página 12. You can also listen to a podcast interview with Silvia on the same topic from Daraja Press.
by Claudia Korol
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