The "bailouts" are not for the people of Portugal, who are bearing the brunt of austerity measures. There is a democratic deficit and growing pent-up frustration, and few outlets for those who would like to create alternatives.
From their original headquarters in a bombed out house in their hometown of Los Palos, Galaxy has risen from the trauma and chaos of the independence struggle to become one of the most well-respected bands in East Timor. They're based in a sustainable community entrepreneurial project and Moving Cause is bringing them to Portugal this summer!
"To establish a concept of sustainability as the main principle of organization on this planet requires a very deep change across many aspects of human activity."
Joana Costa analyses the way we see the natural world and our relationship with it, our means of livelihood, technologies, patterns of consumption, production, investment, government, trade, etc ...
Carlos Abílio Pacheco, former business man, deconstructs the driving trigger behind his will to work for the benefit of social causes and engage in cooperation projects which aim to build the grounds of development, after a long professional life concerned only with profits.
After two years of activity promoting East Timorese social entrepreneurship initiatives abroad, Moving Cause is now back in Portugal and these are interesting times to be living in, despite the crisis. While we see the politico-economic arena deteriorate with all its social contradictions, we feel it is now time to boost and move causes together [...]
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