The Big ONE
Are you Ready for a Culture Change?
The Big ONE is our movement representing a tectonic shift in our thinking about our sustainability. The Big ONE project is designed by a collection of San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organizations and community members. The project peaks every year in June, as a two-day non-commercial free event in Golden Gate Park focusing on solutions-oriented communit ...learn more
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Created: Dec 18, 2007
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How Structural Adjustment Destroys the Environment
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"One major goal of structural adjustment programs (SAPs) and stabilization programs is to generate foreign exchange through a positive trade balance. To meet the IMF's ambitious targets for currency reserves and trade balance, countries must quickly generate foreign exchange, often turning to their natural resource base. Countries often over-exploit their resources through unsustainable forestry, mining and agricultural practices that generate pollution and environmental destruction, and ultimately threaten future exchange earnings."
