Monthly Archives: July 2011

Recovering and Valuing Other Ethical Pillars. Buen Vivir*

We are entering the current critical historical juncture with the encouraging finding of peoples’ resistance and proposals. The ancient cultures of the various peoples of Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Latin America have constantly challenged, in practice and in theory, the … Continue reading

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Bio-Civilization For the sustainability of Life and the Planet

As part of the month of public activities to commemorate its 30th anniversary, IBASE will hold a workshop with national and international invitees on August 9-12. The proposed workshop should be viewed in a broader context of various initiatives, in … Continue reading

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Proposals for a New World Governance

How should we organize? How can we organize in a fair and sustainable manner? How can we govern effectively? These deceptively simple questions have been troubling philosophers, jurists and theologians since the dawn of time. These are the questions the … Continue reading

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Charter of the Peoples of the Earth

“Whereas serious threats are weighing upon our planet and on ourselves, we the peoples of Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania, that together, we form a mosaic of peoples, we affirm that we shall work and shall fight ceaselessly : … Continue reading

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