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En este inicio de 2018 nos emociona presentar el Fondo 2040. En tanto que las tecnologías y el poder corporativo ganan masa crítica, nuestro esfuerzo como Grupo ETC reagrupará sus fuerzas, dejando de luchar contra cada una de las tecnologías disruptivas para volcarnos a definir lo posible positivo en el plazo más largo, e iluminar rutas que nos saquen del desastre actual.
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“The future has arrived — it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” —William Gibson, 1992
As the year careens to a close, summing up the trends, portends and hairpin bends of 2017 feels like a Pandora’s unboxing of mashed up dystopias. Call it technological convergence or the fourth industrial revolution, but the familiar cyberpunk themes of robotics, Artificial Intelligence and bioengineered economies are now becoming cyber-industrial fact.
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It's usually the case at ETC that when we encounter success, we've usually already moved on to the next campaign. But in our 40th year, we decided to take a moment to celebrate by looking back at some of our favourite wins. We like them all, so they are presented here in roughly chronological order.
7. Seed Treaty
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As 2017 draws to a close, we’re excited to announce our 2040 Fund. As technologies and corporate power gain critical mass, ETC’s contribution will shift from from fighting technologies one by one to defining the “positive possible” of the longer term, and illuminating pathways out of the current mess.
To make that possible, our goal is to build a base of donors to our 2040 fund who contribute an average of $20.40 per month. Want to be part of it? Click here to donate now.
Or read on to find out more.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 1,200 emails released under open records requests reveal that the U.S. military is now the top funder and influencer behind a controversial genetic extinction technology known as “gene drives” – pumping $100 million into the field.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Más de 1,200 correos electrónicos publicados mediante una solicitud de libertad de acceso a información pública revelan que el Ejército de Estados Unidos es el principal inversionista, y quien más influye, en la controvertida tecnología de extinción genética conocida como “impulsores genéticos” (en inglés, gene drives) —en cuyas pruebas está invirtiendo unos $ 100 millones de dólares.
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This interactive geoengineering map, prepared by ETC Group and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, is an attempt to shed light on the worldwide state of geoengineering by showing the scope of research and experimentation. There is no complete record of weather and climate control projects so this map is necessarily partial.
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Este mapa interactivo de geoingeniería, preparado por el Grupo ETC y la Fundación Boell es un intento por denunciar el estado mundial de la geoingenie´ria, mostrando el alcance de la investigación y experimentación. No existe registro completo de los proyectos de control climático y meteorológico, de modo que este mapa es necesariamente parcial.
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We are told that it is big agribusiness, with its flashy techno-fixes and financial clout, that will save the world from widespread hunger and malnutrition and help food systems weather the impacts of climate change. However, a new report from ETC Group shows that in fact, it is a diverse network of small-scale producers, dubbed the Peasant Food Web, that feeds 70% of the world, including the most hungry and marginalized people.
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