Suchergebnisse

The book is filled with the usual suspects of global inequity and social injustice: that unholy cabal of the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the almighty transnational corporation armed with patents, lawyers, mobile capital, and easily swayed, corrupt governments. Building upon the traditions of ancient cultures, Shiva's concept of Earth Democracy tries to bridge the gap between the universal and the particular, nature and culture, and economy and ecology by seeking appropriate and local solutions to global issues like climate change, environmental degradation, social injustice, and hunger.