The view from Berlin, set out by a range of policy makers who spoke on condition of anonymity, is that Germany, which has the largest euro economy, has a unique responsibility for the survival of the single currency.
In this case the iconic animal's imminent demise was recognized, responsibility for its survival was taken by conservationists and politicians, and it has recovered somewhat.
The movement, which is based on shared responsibility for child survival, has indeed grown steadily since its start just over a year ago.
______________________________________________ A Promise Renewed is a movement based on shared responsibility for child survival, and is mobilizing and bringing together governments, civil society, the private sector and individuals in the cause of ending preventable child deaths within a generation.
All ownership has to be framed within a context of the rights and responsibilities for shared survival and sustainability.
"Never again will you bear so little responsibility for your own survival".
And how better to serve the community and practice morality than by seeking in the midst of the global (and globally threatened) civilization their own global political responsibility: that is, their responsibility for the very survival of the human race?
Paradoxically, too, the greening of America – an America that discovers late but with passion its responsibility for the planet's survival – may lead to a competitive transatlantic race for first prize in ecological good behaviour.
While the Pope, in "Laudato Si'," argues that we must accept human responsibility for what threatens human survival, he still insists that we "are also capable of rising above ourselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start".
For Kittay, the paradigm dependency worker is a close relative, friend or paid worker who assumes daily responsibility for a dependent's survival.
