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Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education
Shifting the Global Economy Towards Sustainability
September 30, 2014
Presented by Ross Jacksonrossjackson@gaia.org
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Publications: Curriculum & Manuals
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Gaia Youth Activities Guide
Teacher´s ManualEDE Curriculum
Available at Gaia Education Web Page & Kindle Store
On-line Programmes
• 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)
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Gaia Education Online channels
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New channels:
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Ross Jackson´s Approach
From below:• GEN: Global Ecovillage Network• Gaia Education• Green technologies• Other: permaculture, etc.From above:• Occupy World Street
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Occupy Movement US Income Growth 1950-1978
US Income Growth 1979-2005
GROUP Growth Lowest 20% 138% Next 20% 98% Next 20% 106% Next 20% 111% Highest 20% 99%
GROUP Growth Lowest 20% 1% Next 20% 9% Next 20% 15% Next 20% 22% Highest 20% 75% Top 1% 200% Top 0.1% 390%
Social Costs
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Wealth without Health
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Environmmental Costs
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Economic Costs
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What happened in 1980?
• Neoliberal Economics
• Free Flow of Goods
• Free flow of Capital
• Deregulation
• Privatization
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Other Consequences
• Unfair Competition
• Attack on Welfare State
• No action on Climate
• Social Unrest
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Good News: Bad News
•Paradigm Shift•The Corporatocracy
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CONTEMPORARY WORLD ORDER
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SOLUTIONS: Gaian Economics
• Ecology First
• New Institutions
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SOLUTIONS: To Take Back Control, We Need:
• Controls on Capital Flow• Controls on Imports• Reforms in WTO• Exit from EU/WTO?
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SOLUTIONS: My Ideal World
• GAIAN LEAGUE• Sustainability• Human Rights• Rest Decentralized
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SOLUTIONS: Breakaway Strategy
• Leave WTO
• Form ”Gaian League”
• Invite others
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SOLUTIONS: Support from Below
• The Cultural Creatives• ”Why are we not members?”
• Demand a referendum
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Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education
Thank you
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