STWR - Share The World's Resources

Women have long been underrepresented in the financial sector. To ensure a meaningful recovery from the economic crisis, women will have to feminise macrofinance and imbue it with a renewed sense of social responsibility, argues Ann Pettifor in an interview with Elena Sisti.

The pursuit of economic growth as an end in itself is no longer tenable. Government incentives and investments must be revised to encourage the creation of societies that are both environmentally and economically sustainable, writes Peter H. May.

Communities living in south-west Orissa – already one of the poorest areas in India – are facing the further expansion of Vedanta’s bauxite mining project. The mine is already causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people, finds a report by Amnesty International.

Despite four decades of environmental activism in the US, the natural world continues to be degraded by human activity. America needs a new environmentalism; a truly inclusive social movement aimed at transforming the political economy, argues James Gustave Speth.

After eight years of investigation into allegations of corruption, BAE Systems has reached settlements with UK and US regulators totalling almost US$500 million. Is this outcome an encouraging move towards corporate accountability, or an affront to justice?

Building a new economy requires a radical rethink of the education system. Not only must future graduates be prepared to serve institutions that support ecological balance, shared prosperity, and living democracy, they must also be enabled to create them. By David Korten.

La Via Campesina is the leading transnational movement opposing the corporate domination of food production. How has such a movement arisen and how has the notion of food sovereignty forged a shared identity among its members? By Maria Elena Martinez-Torres and Peter M. Rosset.

Since colonial times, commercial and political interests have profited from the DRC’s mineral resources with devastating consequences for its people and environment. Is the government's new ‘deal of the century’ with China a continuation of the same pattern? By Khadija Sharife.

The financial crisis has created a newfound recognition that global problems cannot be solved by nation-states acting alone or solely on the basis of self-interest. Governments and non-state actors must cooperate to address shared concerns and collective threats, writes David Held.

Building local resilience in the face of climate change and peak oil requires radical changes to individual lifestyles and the global economy. Does the Transition movement offer a way forward for communities to meet these overwhelming challenges? By Frankie Colmane.