Globalisation and sustainable development: a political ecology strategy to realize ecological justice

Introduction.........................................................................................................50 Organic farming and the challenge of sustainability ...........................................51 Political ecology as one approach to globalisation and sustainable development....53 Growth without borders ..................................................................................54 Growth within limits .......................................................................................54 Growth and ecological injustice ......................................................................55 Commons as the basis of ecological justice ........................................................55 Defining commons in the contemporary era ...................................................56 State and corporate solutions to commons protection .....................................59 From commons to commodity ........................................................................61 Ecological commons .......................................................................................62 Overcoming commodification.............................................................................63 Reclaiming the commons idea ........................................................................63 Globalisation and trade ...................................................................................64 Free trade versus fair trade ..............................................................................65 Traditional and indigenous agriculture in developing nations ........................67 Putting ecological justice into practice: guidelines for policy.............................68 A role for "fair trade" ......................................................................................68 The "nearness" principle .................................................................................69 Identifying organic production and produce ...................................................69 Sustainability targets .......................................................................................70 Non-certified organic agriculture ....................................................................70 Ecological justice assessment..........................................................................70 Conclusions.........................................................................................................71