News Archive: 2005
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Dec 13, 2005
Leadership on Sustainability in 2006: Sustainable production and consumption of energy
CitNet and the North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance are organizing a roundtable as a part of the People Speak 2005 series on December 13th 2005 in Washington DC. Titled Leadership on Sustainability in 2006: Sustainable production and consumption of energy , the roundtable aims to identify key opportunities and challenges for promoting the sustainable production and consumption of energy - with a glance at what to watch for in federal and state legislation, election campaigns, and international policy. The roundtable will also highlight examples of leadership on sustainable energy and some of the aims and actions different groups are planning for the coming year.
Nov 25, 2005
Millions of North Americans did not participate in the "doomsday economy, marketing mind-games, and the frantic consumer-binge", that is particularly intense on Black Friday , or the day after Thanksgiving, Adbusters reports. Groups around the world marked this day as " Buy Nothing Day " by organizing events, demonstrations and parties.
Oct 24, 2005
On the 65th anniversary of the enactment of the 40-hour work week, Take Back Your Time , a US-Canadian initiative challenging the issues of over-work, over-scheduling and time poverty called out for an end to excessive work hours, declaring "40 is enough!".
Read Press Release
Oct 14-16, 2005
The 16th annual conference of Bioneers , touted to be the "hub of practical solutions for restoring the earth and people" will be held in San Rafael, CA from October 14 - 16 2005. The speeches given during the Bioneers Conference plenary sessions will be broadcast live via satellite in schools and communities around North America. Details about these "satellite sites" are available here .
Sept 25, 2005
Ecofest, the largest environmental event in the East Coast, celebrated
its 17th anniversary at the Lincoln center in New York on September
25, 2005. The 2005 event featured the SEOTO (Sources of Energy Other
Than Oil) Exposition, the ECOFEST Fashion Show, the ECOFEST Environmental
Education Conference, as well as representatives from key federal, state
and city government agencies and major corporations.
Official website
Sept 24 - 25, 2005
The annual Green Festival, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op
America was held in Washington DC on September 24 and 25 2005. The Festival
provides a "forum for different constituencies of the green economy
movement to connect", by bringing together leading thinkers of the green
movement, hundreds of green businesses, and thousands of attendees.
Official website
Sept 24 - 25, 2005
IMF/ World Bank annual meeting
Washington DC
The
IMF/ World Bank expressed support for the G8 proposal to cancel debt
of 18 of the world's poorest countries, which will result in writing
off as much as $57.5 billion in debt. This was the substance of a statement
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank to the
Press following the IMF/ World Bank annual meetings on September 24
- 25 2005.
ActionAid's
response
Oxfam's response
Africa
Action's 100% Debt cancellation for Africa
Sept 12, 2005
UPCOMING: UNEP North American Civil
Society Consultation
Washington DC
UNEP (the United Nations Environment Programme) will be
convening its annual North American Civil Society Consultation on October
23, 2005. The consultation will feed into seventh Global Civil Society
Forum that will be held on February 5 - 6 2005 in Dubai, just prior
to the 9th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council and the Global
Ministerial Environment Forum.
UNEP's invitation
May 31 - June 1, 2005
Workshop
on North American Framework for SPAC
Washington DC
ISF and NASCA hosted a regional multi-stakeholder workshop to discuss and report on what is happening in North America to promote sustainable production and consumption. One objective of the meeting was to develop a regional framework to improve cooperation and effectiveness. Another function of this meeting was to provide citizen input into the upcoming International Experts Meeting on SPAC in Costa Rica this September.
April 18 - 23, 2005
Washington DC Green Week
Washington DC
The DC Energy Office will be celebrating DC Green Week from April 18
- 23 2005. Details are available here
.
April 11 - 22, 2005
CSD-13
New York
The 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development is currently
being held in New York. The thematic areas of focus include water, sanitation
and human settlements. Details are available at the official
website maintained by the UN , as well as the website of the Sustainable
Development Issues Network .
April 10 - 16, 2005
National Environmental Education Week
Washington DC
The National Environmental Education
and Training Foundation (NEETF) are organizing the National
Environmental Education Week - intended to be a week of educational
preparation for Earth Day 2005. This will be the single largest organized
environmental education event in U.S. history.
Mar 30, 2005
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
London, UK
The recently released Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Synthesis Report states that the ongoing degradation of ecosystem services is a road block to the Millennium Development Goals agreed to by the world leaders at the United Nations in 2000. Details can be accessed here .
March 26, 2005
Take Back America 2005
Washington DC
The Campaign for America's Future has announced that the next Take Back
America conference will be held at Washington Dc between June 1 &
3 2005.
Details are available here
.
March 22, 2005
Mayor Newsom Announces World Environment Day
San
Francisco
Mayor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday
that mayors from around the world will meet in San Francisco June 1-5
to
debate and sign historic accords for "Green Cities" at the 2005 United
Nations World Environment Day conference.
March 17, 2005
Senate votes to allow drilling at the ANWR
Washington DC
The Senate voted 51 - 49 to allow oil and gas drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Read the story in the Los
Angeles Times .
Read the reaction from the National Wildlife Federation .
March 5, 2005
UNEP RONA debriefing
Washington DC
UNEP RONA (United Nations Environment programme, Regional Office for North America) and CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law) organized a debriefing from the GC-23/GMEF as well as the 6th Global Civil Society Forum held in Nairobi in February 2005.
Intregrative Strategies Forum's report from the debriefing is available here .
March 4, 2005
CSD IPM concludes
UN, New York
The Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (IPM) to the 13th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13) was held in New York between Feb. 28 and Mar. 4 2005. The thematic areas that were focused on were Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements. The Chair's text that summarized the interactive discussions during the IPM are available here .
Integrative Strategies Forum's report on sustainable production and consumption at the IPM is available here .
February, 2005
UNEP's (United Nations Environment Programme) 23rd Governing Council Session/ Global Ministerial Environment Programme (GC-23/ GMEF) was held in Nairobi, Kenya between Feb. 21 and 25 2005. The Millennium Development Goals were the main focus of the meetings. Details about the meeting are available at the official website .
The 6th Global Civil Society Forum was held immediately before the GC and the GMEF. Details are available here .
January 2005
CSD-14/15: National input on atmosphere, climate
change, energy and industrial development
New York
The Secretariat for the Commission on Sustainable Development has issued guidelines for national reporting for the 2nd implementation cycle of CSD (i.e. CSD - 14 & 15) which will focus on atmosphere, climate change, energy and industrial development . The information is due by 1st June 2005.
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