"As awareness of the interconnected nature of our problems grows, so does a sense that we can change things. People feel empowered and motivated when they realise that reversing globalisation will solve a whole range of environmental, social and personal problems."
Helena Norberg-Hodge.

"The challenge before public interest activists now is to develop institutions, mechanisms and rules to rein in the corporate activity that has been plundering the planet under the banner of economic globalization."
Robert Weismann.

Thousands of alternative social and environmental movements are gathering force around the world: a ‘mosquito cloud’ of popular resistance to the hegemony of globalisation. It is becoming increasingly common to see clergy working together with eco-warriors, anti-poverty campaigners siding with environmentalists, and transport activists throwing in their lot with land rights reformers.