Initiatives

_ – Home, a movie about our impact on the Earth
_ – Food autonomy and the environment in rural schools
_ – An eye on the Supreme Court of Justice
_ – Home, a movie about our impact on the Earth

Director Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s documentary Home was released on World Environment Day. The film shows how our impact on Earth is greater than what it can bear: we consume too much and are on the verge of depleting all resources. The price to pay is considerable, but it is too late to be pessimistic. The film consists in an amazing aerial tour of the most fascinating natural corners of our planet intended to share concerns and raise awareness before the damage is totally irreparable.
( [Freely available-> http://www.youtube.com/user/homeprojectES] )

_ – Food autonomy and the environment in rural schools

The Food Autonomy, Sustainability and Healthy Coexistence with the Environment Project was implemented in fifteen rural schools in the Iberá marshlands, Argentina. School water supply systems, sanitary facilities and kitchens were refurbished; organic orchards and strategies aimed to attain food autonomy were developed, protecting at the same time the fragile ecosystem. ([ read more->http://www.iniciativas.org.ar/bancodecasos11.html] )

_ – An eye on the Supreme Court of Justice

Through this initiative the process for the selection of judges was monitored; changes were introduced in the parliamentary hearing procedure to facilitate citizen and social organization participation; access to judgments passed by the Supreme Court and cases pending treatment was improved; the figure of the “friend of the court” (amici curiae), who may offer substantive arguments to assist the court in deciding a matter before it, was introduced; a system for the follow-up and analysis of judgments passed was established; all these results were compiled in a publicly accessible book. ( [read more->http://www.iniciativas.org.ar/bancodecasos4-p.html] )