The nature of this crisis goes right to the core of how we live – and die – as social beings, and forces us to look our unease with death squarely in the face. We are experiencing widespread loss, and this inevitably leads to the need to grieve. As such, we recognise that grieving well and collectively will be essential.
Casper ter Kuile
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQa1cyvHXE] With six weeks to go before the Rio+20 circus arrives in town, negotiators are working the corridors of...
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