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Change the System, not theClimateCaravan to Cool the Planet

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Alternative ForumCANCUN, MEXICO 2010


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The Earth Charter InitiativeWe stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. The dominant patterns of production and consumption are causingenvironmental devastation, the depletion of resources, and a massiveextinction of species. Communities are being undermined. It is necessary to Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproductionthat safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights, and community well-being.

The Earth Chapter invites to a profound change of the economic system

Challenge: Deconstruct responsibly and construct new consensushttp://www.earthcharterinaction.org/
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Systemic CrisisNecessary to change the domineeringsystem, especially the economic one.Money, originally to get goods, is now

the final goal of the economic activityNatural resources, products, goods andpeoples labor are means to get moneyIt isnt possible to extract permanentlyfrom a finite planet.Sustainability isnt in the nature of theCapitalist Economy


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New Agricultural ParadigmIndustrialized agriculture and its

means of distribution Triggers more than 50% of greenhouse gasBy subsidies and by exter-nalization of costs markets are

enhanced while local producersare excludedMassive commercializa-tionresulting from financialspeculation

Traditional agriculture andother ecologic systems of productionCools and protects theplanets rightsBy way of solidarity economyit comes to satisfy themarket adequatelySupports local productionand consumption in network


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Challenges

(SESF Santa Mara, RS, Brazil 2010)

1. Build networks and solidarity-based articulationswith partners and affiliates

2. Integrate the economic process in a sustainablesystem

3. Focus from human rights (UN Covenant on Economic , Social , and Cultural Rights )5. Dialog with the society

Critics to the neoliberal systemExhibition of the proposals to replace it.

5. Certification of solidarity-based products-services

At local, regional, national, Latin-American and global level5. Use of social local currencies and barter systems6. Peoples training and education7. Adaptability and mitigation of the climate change


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Differences in the logic,nature and focuses

Capitalist Economy:a linear and excluding process goes on

Extraction Transformation Commercialization Consumption Final Disposal

Solidarity Economy: Shapes anecosystem; every process step needs to

be sustainable and solidarity-based


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Solidarity in the wholeprocess

When a cycle link isnt solidarity-

based, the economy is kidnapped bythe exploiting system.

Its necessary to distinguish the difference in the focuses


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THE THREE STRATEGIES

of the Solidarity Economy


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Work in Network

Education and formation to work insolidarity-based networks.

This articulates and favors the exchange andcooperation

The society is enriched while its membersim rove

STRATEGY 1


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STRATEGY 2 Incorporation of Local Cultural Values

So that the valueof our culture andland shouldremain at ourwork our productsSo that we should earn accordingto the value and without givingour labor


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STRATEGY3 Responsible Consumption

and Production

I consume what thenetwork produces and I producewhat the network consumes


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Change the System tochange the Climate

Caravan to Cool the Planet

Towards the WSF Cancun 2010

Change for the Solidarity Economy

Economy in peoples hands

In favor of the Mother Earth

Caravan, markets and events


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Pas(No Corn, No Country)


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Bio-intensive Production;Permaculture


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Social

MoneySystems


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Caravan to Cool thePlanet


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COP16Cancun 2010

Octubre 2010


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Barter Tradition


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Barter 2010

Social Impact

Visibility

PreparationtowardsCOP16


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Solidarity Economy Goods


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Responsible andSustainable Consumption


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Art,media

presence,culture,workshopstecnology


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change the system, not the climate caravan

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