This time I don’t feel like sharing wishes for the end-of-the-year fests. This is not an SRI Newsletter, just a personal thought I want to share. The reason is the dreadful situation of the world these last days, or should I say in these months or years. We are witnessing the evident proof of the
THIS IS NOT A NEWSLETTER, NOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS: GIVE SPEACE A CHANCE! Read More »
A newsletter with 2 titles! The SRI President Bernard Foing and the SRI CEO and Founder A. V. Autino are in agreement on the text of this newsletter, but not on the title(!). We decided therefore to issue it with two titles. The first one, by A.V. Autino, establishes an ideological distance from the governance
A SRI newsletter with 2 titles, 23 October 2023 Read More »
a remembrance by Adriano V. Autino Marsha Freeman, the most coherent and passionate student of Krafft A. Ehricke, passed away on September 20. A bout with Covid combined with the deterioration of her Parkinson’s condition were too much for her small physique to handle. The Parkinson had already made it difficult for her to speak,
Marsha Freeman passed away on September 20 Read More »
It was done! The 15 of September is now in the past, and it was great! We had 30 speakers, in presence and from remote, giving beautiful contributions to our cause.First of all thanks a million to everybody who concurred to the success of yesterday! To the ones who have worked hard, to our colleague
15 September is done, and was great! Read More »
There have been rumors in recent weeks, that the United Nations Secretariat was now looking beyond 2030, and that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was somewhat outdated. We don’t know if that is true, or just a speculation. If true, what does it mean? Have the United Nations realized that the 17 SDGs were
(WHY TRUE ENVIRONMENTALISTS SHOULD BE THE BEST SPACE SETTLERS’ FRIENDS) The European Parliament has passed (by a very narrow majority) a law to divest 20 percent of farmland in favor of restoring a “natural” environment. On the wave of panic caused by the climate crisis and suffocating plastic pollution, the European Union Parliament decided to
ARE WE REDUNDANT ON EARTH EVEN BY SIMPLY EXISTING? Read More »
Historically, colonialism was initially predicated on a simple “rob and take home” concept. During the first colonialist age, the superpowers of that era (primarily England and France) used to send their agents overseas to obtain precious goods at very low prices, and to bring those goods back to their home countries, selling them at very
WHO WANTS TO LIVE ON PLANET TRANTOR? (WHY WE ARE AGAINST SPACE COLONIALISM) Read More »
On the 5th of June, 2023, the proposal for an 18th Sustainable Development Goal will be presented at U.N. COPUOS, in Vienna, by representatives of the National Space Society, on behalf of 25 organizations who joined the alliance of the co-promoters of the #Space18SDG proposal.Why are we proposing that an 18th SDG should be added
THE SPACE GREEN REVOLUTION Read More »
This week we kick-off a cycle of (tentatively) weekly newsletters, each one developing an aspect of our proposal of an 18th Sustainable Development Goal, to be added to the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The alliance for #Space18SDG is growing daily, and currently consists of 20 organizations, including (together with Space Renaissance International) some
TRUE SUSTAINABILITY – WHAT IS IT? Read More »
All of the supporters and friends of Space Renaissance are warmly invited to the SRI Giving Tuesday – 29 November 2022, from 17:00 to 22:00 UTC, in a mini-marathon Zoom meeting. The meeting will also be livestreamed on the Space Renaissance TV YouTube channel. All of the participants will have the possibility to talk, asking
Invitation to the SRI Giving Tuesday – 29 November 2022 Read More »
