Jul

22

Global integrity

Filed Under (Global, Glocal, Local) by Dipesh Dulal on 22-07-2009

There had been many events at central Leeds. One day, a happy central Leeds day event with musical mass gatherings with world food stall and many more attracted the author. The involvement of glocal (global + local) youth in global and local partnerships for global integrity, has been source of inspiration; taken this picture and liked this !!

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Jul

20

International Students' Movement for Free and Emancipating Education

Filed Under (Global, Glocal, Local) by Dipesh Dulal on 20-07-2009

Strongly support the cause.
Join the movement !
Free and Emancipating Education is the right of every citizen!
This could lead the globe to sustainability; practically.

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Jul

16

Tragedy of the commons : happening?

Filed Under (Global, Glocal, Local) by Dipesh Dulal on 16-07-2009

We, Homo sapiens of the planet earth have come to present day with considerable historical development. The aspirations of each and every individual of Homo sapiens to fulfill food, shelter, clothes, sexual life, socialization, and the trend of development has shown the depleting of the resource base and strongly growing pressure of Homo sapiens and allied physical forces on the same. Thus the issue representating these things and related phenomena, ‘tragedy of the commons’ is happening at big scale.

Fig :: Tragedy of the Commons depicted in system terms (Senge via Warwick).

Since the industrial revolution in the Western europe, the world has been following whatever the North (the developed nations) has been regarding. There have been accelerated death cases of polar bears, rising sufferings from the floods, droughts, diseases and hunger in the world since the Kyoto Protocol or since the Earth summit.

  • Has there been significant changes that the world leaders forward in proud voice in some G8s?
  • Absolutely not !

The present advanced society has come with the cost of the natural richness. And, each and every leaders, student, youth member, business, big business; are they ready for the reverse? this reverse is mandatory and need to be properly managed in order to assert the sustainability of the planet earth.

If the media-biased G*s, some Earth Summits, UN programmes and some bilateral/multilateral meets on the planet Earth continues with less examples of successful stories and more examples of global-changes sufferings, it can be confirmend that these are futile; the tragedy of the commons is happening.

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Jul

09

Glocalization

Filed Under (Global, Glocal, Local) by Dipesh Dulal on 09-07-2009

by Yadav Prasad Bhattarai


Glocalisation (or glocalization) is a portmanteau word of globalization and localization. By definition, the term “glocal” refers to the individual, group, division, unit, organisation, and community which is willing and able to “think globally and act locally.” The term has been used to show the human capacity to bridge scales (local and global) and to help overcome meso-scale, bounded, “little-box” thinking. ‘Glocals’ is a term often used to describe a new social class: expat managers who travel often and switch homes often, and are therefore both global and local.

Glocalization is a new paradigm for international relations and an innovative practice of development cooperation. The Glocalization strategy empowers local communities, linking them to global resources and knowledge while facilitating initiatives for peace and development. It provides opportunities for the local communities to direct positive social change in the areas that most directly affect them, and to shape an innovative and more equitable international system.
In particular, Glocalization attributes a special role to cities as international actors, and to city-to-city cooperation as a tool to counter global challenges and promote economic development and peacebuilding activities. Through enhanced connectivity, city-to-city networks can have access to the resources of the private and public sector and utilize these resources to address local needs, thus increasing the impact and cost-effectiveness of development projects for sustainable peace. Cities and local authorities represent the focal point of Glocalization. However, Glocalization is carried out by a number of key players – from the public sector, to international institutions and private sector companies – small and large, local and global.
Glocalization entails a shift in the international system, from a framework based on a balance of power between nation states, to a balance of cultural interests and local needs with global opportunities, always taking into account the importance of local actors as agents of change. By creating a new socio-economic balance, Glocalization has far-reaching benefits for both developed and developing countries, emphasizing social equity as a basis for international stability and ensuring a more secure and stable global environment to bring about development and peace. Glocalization brings together civil societies, local administrations and the private sector, on the one hand, and international organizations and national governments on the other, while fostering dialogue between parties through city-to-city partnerships, youth empowerment and information and communications technology.
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