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A day at the Rio Earth Summit

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Note from Priscilla: This is my third post from Rio. Early light seeps through the gap in the blackout curtains in this little rental apartment two blocks from Ipanema Beach. The predawn lightning and thunder have moved on, and today, … Continue reading →

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Making waves at Rio

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Note from Priscilla: This is the second of my posts from the Rio+20 Earth Summit. It was an art installation made by 1500 bodies—a huge painting on a canvas of silky sand at the Flamengo Beach in Rio next to … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the Rio Earth Summit

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

It’s official! In five days I leave for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Yes, I won the blogging contest sponsored by tcktcktck.org, with this winning blog post. Thanks to all of you who commented on the post; the … Continue reading →

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The rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what the world “leaders” failed to accomplish last December at the UN meeting in Copenhagen, … Continue reading →

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Kiss the ground

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

This Thanksgiving weekend is a good time to thank the Earth for providing all our food. Because the trees, the plants, the crops are listening . . . Emigdio Ballon, a Quechua man from Bolivia, is an agronomist and plant … Continue reading →

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Reciprocity

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I’ve been thinking about reciprocity lately—how it holds relationships together. How partnerships end if one or the other takes more than gives. How wars start over lack of reciprocity—disrespect, seizing land, taking resources. How contracts aren’t successful and trades don’t … Continue reading →

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