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Luciano Ferrer

World Poverty - Our World in Data - 0 views

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    "Max Roser (2016) - 'World Poverty'. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: http://ourworldindata.org/data/growth-and-distribution-of-prosperity/world-poverty/ In the past only a small elite lived a life without poverty. Since the onset of industrialization - and as a consequence of this, economic growth1 - the share of people living in poverty started decreasing and has kept on falling ever since. But as a consequence of falling poverty, the health of the population improved dramatically over the last two centuries, and the population started to grow.2 The growth of the population caused the absolute number of poor people in the world to increase; only recently has the absolute number of people living in poverty started to fall as well. This data entry chronicles the falling poverty over the last centuries."
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    "Max Roser (2016) - 'World Poverty'. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: http://ourworldindata.org/data/growth-and-distribution-of-prosperity/world-poverty/ In the past only a small elite lived a life without poverty. Since the onset of industrialization - and as a consequence of this, economic growth1 - the share of people living in poverty started decreasing and has kept on falling ever since. But as a consequence of falling poverty, the health of the population improved dramatically over the last two centuries, and the population started to grow.2 The growth of the population caused the absolute number of poor people in the world to increase; only recently has the absolute number of people living in poverty started to fall as well. This data entry chronicles the falling poverty over the last centuries."
Luciano Ferrer

The True Cost - 1 views

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    "This is a story about clothing. It's about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world's leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, The True Cost is an unprecedented project that invites us on an eye opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes."
Luciano Ferrer

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative c... - 0 views

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    "The time is now. For decades, scientists have been raising calls for societal changes that will reduce our impacts on nature. Though much conservation has occurred, our natural environment continues to decline under the weight of our consumption. Humanity depends directly on the output of nature; thus, this decline will affect us, just as it does the other species with which we share this world. Díaz et al. review the findings of the largest assessment of the state of nature conducted as of yet. They report that the state of nature, and the state of the equitable distribution of nature's support, is in serious decline. Only immediate transformation of global business-as-usual economies and operations will sustain nature as we know it, and us, into the future."
Luciano Ferrer

What's Wrong With Latin American Early Education - 0 views

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    "Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."
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    "Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."
Luciano Ferrer

The Challenge - A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries - 0 views

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    "No country in the world currently meets the basic needs of its citizens at a globally sustainable level of resource use. Our research, recently published in Nature Sustainability (and summarised in The Conversation), is the first to quantify the national resource use associated with achieving a good life for over 150 countries. It shows that meeting the basic needs of all people on the planet would result in humanity transgressing multiple environmental limits, based on current relationships between resource use and human well-being. The chart below demonstrates the profound challenge nations currently face. National performance on seven environmental sustainability indicators is plotted against eleven minimum social thresholds for a good life (see About page for further details). Ideally, nations would be located in the top-left corner with no biophysical boundaries transgressed and all minimum social thresholds achieved."
Luciano Ferrer

Inside the new economic science of capitalism's slow-burn energy collapse, by @NafeezAhmed - 0 views

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    "New scientific research is quietly rewriting the fundamentals of economics. The new economic science shows decisively that the age of endlessly growing industrial capitalism, premised on abundant fossil fuel supplies, is over. The long-decline of capitalism-as-we-know-it, the new science shows, began some decades ago, and is on track to accelerate well before the end of the 21st century. With capitalism-as-we-know it in inexorable decline, the urgent task ahead is to rewrite economics to fit the real-world: and, accordingly, to redesign our concepts of value and prosperity, precisely to rebuild our societies with a view of adapting to this extraordinary age of transition."
Luciano Ferrer

Decrecimiento, explicado en 1 minuto - 0 views

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    "El decrecimiento plantea una nueva relación de equilibrio entre el ser humano y la naturaleza. La consigna del decrecimiento tiene como meta abandonar el objetivo del crecimiento por el crecimiento. Sin una disminución controlada del crecimiento económico, es decir, sin decrecimiento, no es posible la conservación del medio ambiente. El mito del crecimiento ilimitado, núcleo central de la ideología neoliberal, no puede llevar más que a la reducción de los recursos naturales y a la destrucción del medio ambiente. El decrecimiento se ha convertido en un imperativo porque el nivel de depredación de los recursos naturales ya ha sobrepasado la capacidad de regeneración natural del planeta. Y el calentamiento global que esta produciendo nuestro modelo de crecimiento desenfrenado se ha convertido ya en una grave amenaza para las generaciones futuras. ¿Qué pasaría si apostáramos por el decrecimiento? Dice el refrán que no es más rico el que más tiene sino el que menos necesita. El reto estaría en vivir mejor con menos. Es el concepto del buen vivir. Los defensores del decrecimiento argumentan que no se debe pensar en el concepto como algo negativo, sino muy al contrario: cuando un río se desborda, todos deseamos que decrezca para que las aguas vuelvan a su cauce. A partir de la metáfora del caracol, que avanza lento pero seguro, este vídeo de Decrecimiento y Buen Vivir explica en 1 minuto lo que es el decrecimiento."
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    "El decrecimiento plantea una nueva relación de equilibrio entre el ser humano y la naturaleza. La consigna del decrecimiento tiene como meta abandonar el objetivo del crecimiento por el crecimiento. Sin una disminución controlada del crecimiento económico, es decir, sin decrecimiento, no es posible la conservación del medio ambiente. El mito del crecimiento ilimitado, núcleo central de la ideología neoliberal, no puede llevar más que a la reducción de los recursos naturales y a la destrucción del medio ambiente. El decrecimiento se ha convertido en un imperativo porque el nivel de depredación de los recursos naturales ya ha sobrepasado la capacidad de regeneración natural del planeta. Y el calentamiento global que esta produciendo nuestro modelo de crecimiento desenfrenado se ha convertido ya en una grave amenaza para las generaciones futuras. ¿Qué pasaría si apostáramos por el decrecimiento? Dice el refrán que no es más rico el que más tiene sino el que menos necesita. El reto estaría en vivir mejor con menos. Es el concepto del buen vivir. Los defensores del decrecimiento argumentan que no se debe pensar en el concepto como algo negativo, sino muy al contrario: cuando un río se desborda, todos deseamos que decrezca para que las aguas vuelvan a su cauce. A partir de la metáfora del caracol, que avanza lento pero seguro, este vídeo de Decrecimiento y Buen Vivir explica en 1 minuto lo que es el decrecimiento."
Luciano Ferrer

Salvá al mundo, ¡largá el asado! - 0 views

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    "¿Cuáles son las ventajas de no comer carne? ¿Por qué la ciencia cree que evitar comer carne puede salvar al mundo?"
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    "¿Cuáles son las ventajas de no comer carne? ¿Por qué la ciencia cree que evitar comer carne puede salvar al mundo?"
Luciano Ferrer

El síntoma se llama calentamiento climático, pero la enfermedad se llama #cap... - 0 views

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    Material actualizado de @JorgeRiechmann. "Los científicos creen que la velocidad del cambio climático superará dentro de poco tiempo la capacidad de adaptación de la naturaleza con respecto al clima terrestre. De hecho, el fenómeno puede compararse a los efectos de una guerra nuclear, en lo que atañe a su capacidad para trastornar una amplia variedad de sistemas humanos y naturales, para dificultar las tareas de gestión económica y para generar otros problemas diversos. Las obras de regadío, las formas de repoblación rural y la producción de alimentos quedaría trágicamente desbaratadas como consecuencia de un rápido calentamiento." Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin y Sandra Postel en 1990 "Nuestra economía está en guerra con muchas formas de vida en la Tierra, incluida la vida humana. Lo que el clima necesita para evitar el colapso es una contracción en el uso que hace la humanidad de los recursos de que dispone; lo que nuestro modelo económico exige para evitar el colapso es una expansión sin trabas. Sólo uno de estos conjuntos de normas puede ser cambiado, y no será precisamente el de las leyes de la naturaleza..." John Bellamy Foster y Brett Clark en 2015
Luciano Ferrer

The carbon map - 2 views

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    El mundo, estadísticas, datos, visualización, ecología, economía, geografía, futuro, educación
Luciano Ferrer

A World Beyond Markets - Rifkin talk RSA - 1 views

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    "For more information about the event and to listen to the podcast go to the RSA event page: http://bit.ly/1jGN6C3 How will the 'collaborative commons' transform our lives? Jeremy Rifkin, one of the world's most popular public thinkers and political advisors, argues that capitalism will no longer be the dominant paradigm in the second half of the 21st century. Follow the RSA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thersaorg Like the RSA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thersaorg Our events are made possible with the support of our Fellowship. Support us by donating or applying to become a Fellow."
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    "For more information about the event and to listen to the podcast go to the RSA event page: http://bit.ly/1jGN6C3 How will the 'collaborative commons' transform our lives? Jeremy Rifkin, one of the world's most popular public thinkers and political advisors, argues that capitalism will no longer be the dominant paradigm in the second half of the 21st century. Follow the RSA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thersaorg Like the RSA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thersaorg Our events are made possible with the support of our Fellowship. Support us by donating or applying to become a Fellow."
Luciano Ferrer

Confesiones de un sicario económico - 0 views

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    Capitalismo viral, terrorismo, depredación, consumismo, deuda, en 2 minutos
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    Capitalismo viral, terrorismo, depredación, consumismo, deuda, en 2 minutos
Luciano Ferrer

¿Quién controla el mundo? Las 10 empresas que participan en más de 40.000 - E... - 0 views

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    "En 2011, S. Vitali, J.B. Glattfelder, and S. Battiston, publicaron un artículo de gran importancia, no solo muy citado, sino muy leído: The network of global corporate control (PLOS ONE, 26 de octubre de 2011) donde expusieron los resultados de una investigación gigantesca, realizada en la Escuela Politécnica de Zúrich, sobre la relación entre los propietarios de las mayores empresas del mundo. ..."
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    "En 2011, S. Vitali, J.B. Glattfelder, and S. Battiston, publicaron un artículo de gran importancia, no solo muy citado, sino muy leído: The network of global corporate control (PLOS ONE, 26 de octubre de 2011) donde expusieron los resultados de una investigación gigantesca, realizada en la Escuela Politécnica de Zúrich, sobre la relación entre los propietarios de las mayores empresas del mundo. ..."
Luciano Ferrer

All the World's Immigration Visualized in one interactive Map - 1 views

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    "This map shows the estimated net immigration (inflows minus outflows) by origin and destination country between 2010 and 2015. Blue circles = positive net migration (more inflows). Red circles = negative net migration (more outflows). Each yellow dot represents 1,000 people. Hover over a circle to see that country's total net migration between 2010 and 2015. Click a circle (or tap the circle twice on mobile) to view only the migration flows in and out of that country. Country-to-country net migration (2010-2015)"
Luciano Ferrer

How Much Energy Do We Need? - 0 views

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    "Because energy fuels both human development and environmental damage, policies that encourage energy demand reduction can run counter to policies for alleviating poverty, and the other way around. Achieving both objectives can only happen if energy use is spread more equally across societies. However, while it's widely acknowledged that part of the global population is living in 'energy poverty', there's little attention given to the opposite condition, namely 'energy excess' or 'energy decadence'. Researchers have calculated minimum levels of energy use needed to live a decent life, but what about maximum levels? "
Luciano Ferrer

¿El neoliberalismo funciona? - Michael Roberts - 0 views

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    "Cualquier mejora en los niveles de pobreza a nivel mundial, se midan como se midan, se explica principalmente por la economía dirigida en China por el Estado y todas las mejoras en la calidad y esperanza media de vida provienen de la aplicación de la ciencia y el conocimiento a través del gasto público en educación, en el tratamiento de aguas residuales, acceso a agua potable, prevención y tratamiento de enfermedades, creación de hospitales y un mejor desarrollo de los niños. Estas son cosas que no vienen del capitalismo, sino del bien común.Contrariamente al optimismo y la apología del capitalismo de economistas como Smith, la pobreza sigue siendo la norma para millones de personas en todo el mundo, con pocos signos de mejora, mientras que aumenta la desigualdad en las principales economías capitalistas a medida que el capital se acumula y se concentra en grupos cada vez más pequeños."
Luciano Ferrer

France to End Disposal of $900 Million in Unsold Goods Each Year - 0 views

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    "France plans to outlaw the destruction of unsold consumer products, a practice that currently results in the disposal of new goods worth 800 million euros, or more than $900 million, in the country each year. By 2023, manufacturers and retailers will have to donate, reuse or recycle the goods, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said on Tuesday of the measure, which the government billed as the first of its kind. "It is waste that defies reason," Mr. Philippe said at a discount store in Paris, according to Agence France-Presse, and he called the practice "scandalous." Under a new measure that will be part of a bill set to be debated by the government in July, destroying unsold goods could result in financial penalties or prison time. The practice - widespread across the retail and consumer industry as a way to free up warehouse space or prevent unwanted items from being sold at a significant discount - has received bad press in France recently. ..."
Luciano Ferrer

Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture - 1 views

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    "Besides focusing on production, sustainable food systems need to address waste, crop-grass-livestock interdependencies and human consumption. None of the corresponding strategies needs full implementation and their combined partial implementation delivers a more sustainable food future."
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