Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social

Discussions about Green Economy often ignore the Social - this short 10 minute video addresses this issue. Check out UNRISD's Project on the Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development http://www.unrisd.org/greeneconomy

This is the first of six videos in the series "Bringing the Social to Rio+20".

As the world prepares for Rio+20 - marking 20 years since the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, UNRISD asks the question "Where is the Social in Green Economy?".

This video project is part of the UNRISD project "Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development".

For more info, please see: http://www.unrisd.org/greeneconomy

Footage is based on recordings and interviews from the UNRISD conference "Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing back the Social Dimension" (2011).

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[thelion2430]

Peter Joseph "There can't be a Green Market Economy" -The Zeitgeist Movement-

[Kamizushi Akinari]

Socialism represent a wide range of different policies, some of them are bad and some are helpful. The Scandinavians countries are all extremely social democrat and social democracy is a form of socialism, yet that all top America when it comes to human development. All the communist nations on another hand are doing a lot worst. When you say X is socialism therefore X is bad, all you are proving is your own ignorance.

[carneliusjohnson40]

Greed stumps use man.Why becuase people wan't to make cash "Money makes the world go around"So they say.If we spend less time trying to make a quick buck,we can actuliy get shit done.This is going to take sometime though and what better way is to work togther keep hope alive one day it might happen.You have my support keep fighting for what is right :)

[evantstowers]

The only way to save ourselves and the rest of the world is to lower our emphasis on money and put more emphasis on getting our essentials sustainability. Our focus on moving things around instead of using what is in our area as effectively as we can.  If we continue to waste time and resources with inefficient systems which do not take account of waste, and eventual collapse.

[Kevalschannel]

Look up the downside to this. This is the new world order, the environment might be better but our freedom gets taken from us

[Skibum Willy]

Watch “Occupying Chairlifts” on youtube, a simple rule tweak on inheritance ends up changing the direction and purpose of modern human life! Here’s a fair way to transition forward, something specific we can demand, protest for, and adopt ourselves! Spread it around! If this isnt the best answer, at least we’re thinking about what might be. What if we were really just this close to having it work right?

Oh yeah, it's a Ski movie thing. Watch “Occupying Chairlifts” on Youtube!

[Drexxle]

UN Agenda 21. Sustainable fucking you over whatever green thing they call it.

[shamshlam]

Does anybody know where can I see the full lecture of which excerpts are featured in this video?

[ncooty]

I didn't see any content in this video that was unavailable in Rio in 1992. When the UN publishes content-light stuff like this, it makes it seem as though no progress has been made, not only in terms of outcomes, but also in terms of knowledge, technology, & planning.

We need far more than cheer-leading & slacktivistic "awareness-raising" from organizations that want to retain any semblance of relevance. (Likewise, well worn Marxist critiques have merits but need positive prescriptions.)