Group advocating for more housing of all types in Metro Vancouver, Canada. Fediverse address:@ahvancouver@mstdn.ca| Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse
Plastic pollution, mass tourism, climate change and poaching all put pressure on a fragile ecosystem, revealing how local challenges often stem from global problems.| POLITICO
Wenn Boulevard und Politik im Gleichschritt marschieren, wird aus Berichterstattung eine Kampagne. Die „Krone“ macht vor, wie das geht – und sucht sich NGOs als Feindbild. Der Beitrag Transparenz als Vorwand: Wie die Kronen Zeitung NGOs diskreditiert erschien zuerst auf Arbeit&Wirtschaft.| Arbeit&Wirtschaft
Ensuring sustainable food systems is an urgent global priority as populations grow and environmental pressures mount. Technological innovations such as genetic engineering (GE) and nanotechnology (nano) have been promoted as promising pathways for achieving greater sustainability in agriculture and food production. Yet, the sustainability of these technologies is not defined by technical performance alone; it hinges on how they are perceived by key stakeholders and how well they align with br...| MDPI
Moving between my experience in a Men's Group and in facilitating 'sociocracy', I explore how a focus on new processes for meetings might perpetuate power dynamics rather than transcend them. I identify some specific limitations of sociocracy, including facilitator power, lack of accountability, and potential bias against non-participants who are, nevertheless, intended beneficiaries. I conclude on the importance of mindfulness regarding intentions in group settings, so that participation is ...| Prof Jem Bendell
If the development sector is serious about decolonisation, it must stop confusing optics with real, transformational change, argues Awssan Kamal.| From Poverty to Power
Many NGOs are now in danger of neglecting ethical communications as they chase desperately needed funds. But as Jess Crombie argues, ethical storytelling – or as she prefers 'equitable storytelling' – isn’t a ‘nice to have’, but rather one of the tactics that will help to raise the money to sustain delivery of aid.| From Poverty to Power
It appears that whenever expert civil society organizations release a legal analysis of draft laws that restrict fundamental rights and freedoms, authoritarian governments learn from their mistakes and avoid them in the next round. One could witness such a situation when the Foreign Agents Registration Bill was introduced in the Slovak parliament last spring, and the public watchdog and advocacy organization VIA IURIS tried to stand against this legislation. In one year, the Slovak parliament...| Verfassungsblog
The celebration carried a different weight in a year shaped by relentless hostility against activists and political leaders. Despite the lack of anti-Maduro slogans, it still stood tall as a symbol of resilience and resistance| Caracas Chronicles
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, she looks back at a scene that has suffered bouts of brutal violence and censorship but where queer people are today once again finding rare freedom and radical joy on the dancefloor.| From Poverty to Power
Why precisely does the contemporary Left persist despite its great unpopularity and political failures?| Damage
Should rich countries focus aid on fragile states? Drop development and just fund humanitarian work? Make aid a tool of soft power? The current debate on how to spend dwindling aid budgets is a depressing read, says Neil McCulloch. Let’s stop thinking about how to “buy results” and instead look at how best to support domestic initiatives for progressive change.| frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
The London-based policy analyst and commentator talks to Michael E. Hartmann about where criticism of politicized charity is coming from in the U.K., why, and what could and should perhaps be done about it.| the Giving Review
By Vijay Jayaraj Simply by following the lead of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, national leaders of developing countries can clear away obstacles to rational energy policy that have been erected by climate activists. On April 8, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach,” a bold step to counter what he described as ideologically … Read more| CO2 Coalition
2025 Edelman Trust Barometer finds higher level of trust in business than NGOs, much-lower level of trust in NGOs among low-income than high-income.| the Giving Review
Over the past decade, the United States and Taiwan have begun working together to improve governance and bolster democracies in Asia. In 2015, they launched the Global Cooperation Training Framework (GCTF) as “a platform to utilize Taiwan’s strengths and expertise to address global issues of mutual concern” and provide training programs for officials and experts from countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Since then, the GCTF has held over 80 international workshops across a broad range ...| Global Taiwan Institute
Why should a development NGO invest in the modern tools of impact evaluation? I’ve met with many Christian development NGOs who are eager to understand the real effects of their program on pa…| Across Two Worlds
After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.| POLITICO
If we conclude that current difficulties are aspects of an unfolding collapse of societies around the world, what might we want to see from officials in the United Nations system? That was a questi…| Prof Jem Bendell