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Michael Davidson, Philip Goo and Yiting Wang of NRDC hosted a lively session called “Accountability in the Age of the Internet” on the second day of the Citizens Summit. This is their message to participants and for everyone interested …
March 23rd, 2012
Right now I am writing this during a meeting next door to the United Nations discussing the “Peoples Treaties” for Rio+20. These represent a parallel, civil–society driven process to highlight a range of issues and priorities not …
This past Sunday at the US-Canada Citizens Summit for Sustainable Development, I facilitated a group discussion on metrics and indicators for measuring progress toward sustainable development goals. Indicators and targets are mentioned throughout the “Zero Draft” document titled …
Ten (10) Columbia University Coalition for Sustainable Development (CUCSD) delegates had the privilege of attending the US/Canada Citizen Summit at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. During the morning of the event, after appreciating the beauty of the …
Day 2 of the Summit picked up right where Day 1 left off. After several rounds of breakout sessions the day before, the dialogue was strong and focused. With the end in sight, though, conversations began to take on a …
All images courtesy of Austin Lord.…