Seeds of Discontent
Watch this trailer for a powerful new documentary about how supposedly well-meaning Dutch and Swedish investments can result in land grabbing and human rights abuses in one small community in Mozambique. In the northern province of Niassa, Mozambique, one company, Chikweti, set up with investments by Swedish and Norwegian churches and the Dutch pension fund, ABP is establishing large tree plantations. Chikweti not only promised their...
Report : Deadly Environment
The dramatic rise in killings of Environmental and Land Defenders. Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals. Disputes over industrial logging, mining and land rights the key drivers, with Latin America and Asia-Pacific particularly hard hit. The report “Deadly...
Entitle fellows on the gold mine of Rosia Montana, Romania
The residents have been putting up a fight against the gold mining plans of the Gabriel Resources Company. [{George Velegrakis} for [xpressed->http://www.x-pressed.org/?xpd_article=interview-with-researcher-irina-velicu-on-the-gold-mine-of-rosia-montana-romania] interviews Irina Velicu] In the area of ??Rosia Montana in Romania the residents have been putting up a fight for the past 14 years against the gold mining plans of the...
Yasuni: a new call for help from Ecuador
Urgent call: It’s the 11th hour to Save the Yasuni Rainforest Urgent call: It’s the 11th hour to Save the Yasuni Rainforest On April 11, Yasunidos, together with environmental, social, and indigenous organizations in Ecuador, will hand the government the signatures needed to call for a National Referendum to put a stop to oil exploration in Yasuni- National Park, with the following question to the Ecuadorean people: Are you in favor...
GREEN lies, the dark side of clean energy
An independent documentary that reveals the dark side of renewable energy in Italy and investigates the risks that come with Green Economy speculation. The film has been produced with thanks to a crowd-funding campaign that raised funds through the public. SMK Videofactory has the pleasure of announcing the release of the independent documentary “Green Lies. The dirty face of clean energy”. The documentary was completed with the...
Spring School on Social Movements
The training focus on understanding theoretically social movements and reflecting on the skills necessary for doing research on – and with – social movements. The second training School of Entitle will be held at Lund University and focus on understanding theoretically social movements and reflecting on the skills necessary for doing research on – and with – social movements. The School is to be pre-dated by network internal meetings...
