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Brighter Green operates in three main, intersecting areas:
Sustainable Development
Brighter Green predicates its work on an examination of what is meant by “sustainable development,” whether it is possible, and, if so, its links to functioning democracies and engaged civil society, as well as to peace, infrastructure, and human capacity. Brighter Green recognizes the reality of globalization, and bases its projects on a thorough elucidation of resource usage and consumption patterns in developed and developing countries. In doing so, it seeks an understanding of human “footprints” (consumption) around the world and the flow of capital goods and resources from developing to developed countries. This analysis in turn can provide a clearer sense of the direction we as a species must take in resisting environmental degradation through water, air, or ground pollution, and climate change, deforestation, and desertification.
Equity
Brighter Green believes that environmental protection and human development are intimately connected, and that both depend on equitable distribution of, access to, and sustainable use of the planet’s resources. Brighter Green is working with organizations promoting the self-determination of indigenous communities, communities of color, and individuals both locally and internationally to enable them to stake their claim to fair treatment and protection of resources (natural, cultural, and capital) within their communities and regions. Through including all stakeholders, projects that maximize the potential for all to benefit, and minimize potential conflict and resentment, can be developed and sustained.
Rights
Brighter Green seeks to bring together the many public policy sectors that need to be engaged if human societies are to thrive and Earth’s biodiversity is to survive, and, perhaps, increase. It also aims to include in public policy discourse the interests of non-human animals, both wild and domesticated, and examine how issues of food safety and security, globalization, deforestation, global warming, and consumption affect human and animal populations. To that end, Brighter Green explores how concerns over animal welfare and/or rights intersect with the environmental, social, and public health problems associated with industrialized farming, trade in and protection of endangered species, the “bush meat” trade, patents on life, disease prevention, and animals in science and entertainment.
Sustainable Development
Brighter Green predicates its work on an examination of what is meant by “sustainable development,” whether it is possible, and, if so, its links to functioning democracies and engaged civil society, as well as to peace, infrastructure, and human capacity. Brighter Green recognizes the reality of globalization, and bases its projects on a thorough elucidation of resource usage and consumption patterns in developed and developing countries. In doing so, it seeks an understanding of human “footprints” (consumption) around the world and the flow of capital goods and resources from developing to developed countries. This analysis in turn can provide a clearer sense of the direction we as a species must take in resisting environmental degradation through water, air, or ground pollution, and climate change, deforestation, and desertification.
Equity
Brighter Green believes that environmental protection and human development are intimately connected, and that both depend on equitable distribution of, access to, and sustainable use of the planet’s resources. Brighter Green is working with organizations promoting the self-determination of indigenous communities, communities of color, and individuals both locally and internationally to enable them to stake their claim to fair treatment and protection of resources (natural, cultural, and capital) within their communities and regions. Through including all stakeholders, projects that maximize the potential for all to benefit, and minimize potential conflict and resentment, can be developed and sustained.
Rights
Brighter Green seeks to bring together the many public policy sectors that need to be engaged if human societies are to thrive and Earth’s biodiversity is to survive, and, perhaps, increase. It also aims to include in public policy discourse the interests of non-human animals, both wild and domesticated, and examine how issues of food safety and security, globalization, deforestation, global warming, and consumption affect human and animal populations. To that end, Brighter Green explores how concerns over animal welfare and/or rights intersect with the environmental, social, and public health problems associated with industrialized farming, trade in and protection of endangered species, the “bush meat” trade, patents on life, disease prevention, and animals in science and entertainment.
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