Topic: Inequality
Financing the global sharing economy – executive summary
Report / 1st October 2012This executive summary of a report by Share The World's Resources outlines how governments could mobilise over $2.8 trillion to finance the global sharing economy as an immediate priority for governments, which it argues can only happen with a huge groundswell of public pressure for sharing and justice.
Financing the global sharing economy, part one: the sharing economy
Report / 1st October 2012Part 1 of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy demonstrates how systems that facilitate 'economic sharing' are increasingly being eroded by policies that widen inequalities and leave families in a state of poverty or destitution across the world. The result is a silent humanitarian emergency that should be treated as a foremost priority by the international community.
Financing the global sharing economy, part two: the global emergency
Report / 1st October 2012Part 2 of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy describes in more detail a silent humanitarian emergency that governments should prioritise above all other international concerns: millions of people across the world who face extreme deprivation and die needlessly each day as a consequence of extreme poverty, natural disasters or other preventable causes.
When will ordinary people rise up?
Report / 27th June 2012If world leaders and policymakers are paying merely lip service to the unfolding human and environmental catastrophe, is the growing power of the people's voice sufficient to challenge the immense forces that stand in the way of creating a just and sustainable world?
The age of sharing
Blog / 20th June 2012As we celebrate National Sharing Day, let’s make sure we advocate for sharing in all its forms. The true milestone for the Age of Sharing will be the creation of a global sharing economy that ensures we end poverty and live sustainably.
Der Schrei nach Gerechtigkeit
Article / 2nd May 2012Wenn es uns ein Anliegen ist, die andauernde, und auch kriminelle Hungersnot in einer Welt des Überflusses zu beenden, können wir unser Handeln nicht nur auf unser Land oder unsere Gemeinde beschränken. Stattdessen sollten wir das Teilen der Nahrungsmittel auf einer globalen Ebene ins Auge fassen, vor allem hinsichtlich einer Politik, den Hunger abzuschaffen, sagt Mohammed Mesbahi
Demanding an end to world hunger
Blog / 15th December 2011The events of 2011 may well go down in history as constituting the most significant turning point of modern times.
The cry for justice
Article / 13th December 2011As the economic crisis worsens, the foremost responsibility of governments is to redesign our political and economic systems so that no-one dies of hunger. But this will never happen without an unparalleled uprising of public support.
The world Is revolting against the US economic and business model: a call to action
News / 25th November 2011The study of business and economics remains largely disconnected from moral, social and spiritual considerations. Alongside leading thinkers from civil society, STWR has endorsed a statement calling for a new economy based on shared ethics and values.
The Rise of the 99%
Blog / 10th July 2011In almost every region of the world today, the people are rising up. In the Middle East and North Africa, a revolutionary wave of protests swept across the Arab world and continues to escalate in many countries, not least in Libya and Syria.