Fair Trade by Pierre W. Johnson
This book argues that the growth of international trade has increased enequalities around the world. The conditions of liberalisation actually end up becoming an impediment to sustainable development
Global Warming (Kannada) By Nagraj Adve
This booklet is based on conversations with many people from different states, chats with fellow activists, public meetings and talks by others, activist reports and published books and scientific papers. It is mainly aimed at students, other young people in towns and cities, and activists. This booklet has been translated into Kannada
RETHINKING FESTIVALS for social and ecological engagement (English) (Kannada) By Siddhartha
The re-interpretation of festivals, what the author calls, ‘the hermeneutics of hope’, is not an interpretation done by scholars. Rather, it is a participatory process that empowers while it re-visions. It is an interactional process between the traditional cultural and religious life of the people and the social and environmental challenges they face
Hinduism is often taken to be a religion in the Abrahamic sense of the term. But the strength of Hinduism lies in the fact that it does not have one God, one prophet, and one book. Hinduism has always been an open-ended process that is constantly evolving. There was always a liberative current in Hinduism that spoke of justice and equality. Today even the dominant current of Hinduism can be shorn of its caste and gender inequalities. Hindu cultural nationalism, which has often shown an intolerant side, is unable to find any scriptural sanction for its excesses. It would be more fruitful to see Hinduism as a spiritual laboratory than a religion in the strict sense of the term. Just as Open Source software can be modified and changed on an ongoing basis, Hindu spirituality can also evolve and change itself to suit the complex social and ecological problems the world is now facing
Kabir is back! A tale of two friends by Siddhartha
Singing in the Prison Shower by Gustavo Marin
Here is an account of a man who risked death and torture to enlarge the boundaries of human freedom. ... Written in a conversational style, the book is the testimony of a deeply compassionate and joyful man who is relentlessly open to new insights on the human condition.
Of Soils and Peoples True stories about the management of soils by Rabah Lahmar
Through about twenty cases, Rabah Lahmar, shows that soil is not subject to fatality of deterioration, but that all depends on the individual and collective behaviour of men, on their relation to the land.
Environmental Education six proposals for citizens action
Written by a group of environmental activists and intellectuals from all over the world, the book concludes that there is still time to reverse the trend and regenerate our environment. This book offers constructive suggestions to a variety of actors who include teachers, opinion makers, public servants, journalists, farmers women and ordinary citizens
Re-enchanting the world by Hamilton Faria & Pedro Garcia
a book on cultural politics containing voices of some of the finest cultural activists from all over the world. It argues that critical cultural practice can re-enchant our lives at a personal level and bring meaning and purpose to our social existence
The Intercultural Challenge
by Agusti Nicolau Coll
Multiculturalism, which is usually projected as a panacea to solve the problems of different ethnic and cultural groups living side by side, is often an alibi to hegemonise the dominant culture, Interculturalism, on the other hand, proposes a level playing field. It has particular relevance in the cotext of globalisation, where the 'clash of civilisation' is projected as the major challenge of our times.
Inter-religious Dialogue
Some proposals for building peace together
Edited by Jean Fischer
This book takes the view that religions can no longer be considered - if needed they ever could - as closed, immovable blocs, and that the phenomenon of religious pluralism, both within our societies and within each tradition, has to be central in any approach to problems connected with religion.
Buddhism, Human Responsibilities and Social Renewal
by Dr. Nalin Swaris
Taking responsibility for oneself, others and the living environment is central to the Buddha's ethical teaching. Without downplaying the importance of the struggle for human rights the author stresses that it has to be paralleled by a movement for the moral transformation of civil society.