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Video Description:
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Spanish/English
with sub-titles. An elegant, bilingual educational video presenting examples
of Costa Rica's adoption of ecological economics as official policy. Introductions
by Donella Meadows, Paul Ekins, and Juan Martinez-Alier. From the capital
city of San Jose to the southern regions of Costa Rica, the video features:
- Costa
Rican President José Maria Figueres on promoting Sustainable Development
- Dr. Rodrigo Gámez,
Director, INBio, on commercial exploration/preservation of biodiversity
- Dr. Alvaro Umana,
President, Costa Rican Commission on Climate Change
- Protection of
Secondary Forests with Rosalba Ortiz, Masters Student in Ecological
Economics
- Three CR Southern
Zone cooperatives: Asociación Feminina de la Palma, (women and economic
opportunity); Coopeunioro, (botanical medicines, organic agriculture,
and ecotourism); and Coopemangle, (sustainable yield mangrove charcoal
production).
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Donella
Meadows
Journalist,
Adjunct Professor,
Environmental Studies,
Dartmouth College |
Paul
Ekins
Senior Lecturer,
Environmental Policy Unit, Economics Department,
Keele University,
England |
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Juan
Martinez-Alier
Professor Economics,
Universitat Autonoma
de Barcelona,
Spain |
José
Maria Figueres
Costa Rican President
(1994-1998) |
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Carlos
Hernandez
Associate Mesa
Nacional Campesina,
San Jose, Costa Rica |
Dr.
Rodrigo Gámez
Director
INBio,
Heredia, Costa Rica |
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Dr.
Alvaro Umana
Director Costa Rican
National Commission
on Climate Change,
San Jose, Costa Rica |
Ramiro
Valverde
Camacho Cattle Farmer,
San Pedro, Costa Rica |
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Rosalba
Ortiz
Masters Student in
Ecological Economics
Universidad Nacional
de Costa Rica |
Three
Costa Rican
Southern Zone Cooperatives:
Asociación Feminina de la Palma
Coopeunioro
Coopemangle |
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Producers
Notes:
Costa Rica Counts the Future/Costa Rica Cuenta el Futuro
(1996 - in Spanish and English, with subtitles). For our final
tape in this series, we traveled to the wilds of Costa Rica to explore
a country that is doing everything it can to actualize so many of the
primary concepts of ecological economics. Through trial and error, President
Figueres, (1994-1998), solidified and capitalized on his country’s fabulous
reputation for creative, often very controversial, experiments in environmental
policy. In a recent success, concerning one of the still developing international
issues covered by the video, the Figueres administration persevered in
the Climate Change talks in Kyoto and, with Brazil, smoothed the way for
third world countries to sell carbon-dioxide mitigation services to industrialized
countries. The government also continued its support for its private sector
partner, INBio, in their drive to profit from the sale of licenses to
international corporations that are developing potential drugs and medicines
from explorations in the rain forests of Costa Rica. Specifically, this
government has signaled to their people that sustainability is the way
to go. In a richly illustrated tape, we have included three rural cooperatives
that are struggling to make a living through their respective efforts
in eco-tourism, botanical medicines and organic agriculture; a newly constructed
women’s community center and restaurant; and a very successful, and sustainable,
charcoal production effort in the mangroves. This is a lovely tape with
special introductions by Juan Martinez-Alier, Paul Ekins, and Donella
Meadows who argue for vision, justice, and restorative sanity in the global
economy. |
