Is Globalisation Sustainable?

The United Nations decade of education for sustainable development, its consequences for international political education, and the concept of global learning

Globalisation is one of the most important historical features that education is likely to experience in this century. The processes of globalisation need to be integrated with a set of social, technological, economic, cultural and ecological circumstances, so that people may begin to accept the fact that the world is facing a totally irreversible universal phenomenon. The concept of sustainabl...

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 ..........................................................................

Globalisation: what is it and how does it affect health?

The term "globalisation" tends to be misused and overused. We need greater clarity in our understanding of the globalisation process, including the distinct changes involved and their relation to human health. The health impacts of globalisation are simultaneously positive and negative, varying according to factors such as geographical location, sex, age, ethnic origin, education level, and soc...

Globalisation and sustainable Africa-China trade : what role play the African regional organisations?

Globalisation and the Sustainability of World Fisheries: A View from Latin America

This paper describes the integration of Latin American marine fisheries into the global production system in the post-1945 period and the role of foreign and domestic fleets in this process. Through reference to the state-denial theories found in the globalisation literature, it charts the impact that the globalisation process has had upon the exploitation and sustainability of fish stocks in L...