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Posted at 07:29 AM in Climate Change, Current Affairs, Education, Energy, Environment, Film, Globalization, Health, Human Rights, Interviews, Peace, People | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Earth Focus Foundation organized a special event with the support of the Green Film Festival in Geneva on the 24th of February 2011.
Earth Focus Foundation presented THE PLAN written and directed by David Osterberg and Michael Stenberg of Biospheric Pictures AB (2010, 58’, Sweden) followed immediately by live discussion with Bruce Mau and Bisi Williams, and director David Osterberg.
Video summary of the event:
After the screening of THE PLAN, Bruce Mau lead a discussion exploring these questions:
Interviews:
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The Massive Change Network is purpose filled, entrepreneurial, experienced based design possibility network. The key strategic idea of the Massive Change Network to provide via various means and methods the inherent and native capacity of citizens, students, governments, business and community leaders to develop and enhance their critical design thinking skills. The vast majority of global citizens lack access to this critical working tool.
Our purpose is sharing knowledge with the 99% of global citizens who do not have access to college, university, or post secondary education. Our intention is to deliver the most knowledge, wisdom and culture to those with the least. The Massive Change Network is mandated to focus on inclusivity rather than exclusivity.
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This video highlights the main points discussed at the last Global Youth Conference 2010 organized by the Earth Focus Foundation in Geneva:
Posted at 08:56 AM in Action, Climate Change, Education, Energy, Environment, Globalization, Human Rights, Peace, People, Poverty | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

The conference welcomes young people from all over the world to contribute to the subject of Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
Video webcast of the conference
The conference consisted of plenary sessions with experts regarding the effects of climate change, such as:The plenary sessions were complemented by workshops on various topics, such as:
The workshops covered different topics such as:
Message from Jean-Paul Moka:
Here is a 10 minutes movie clip summarizing some of the events of the conference:
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Iam 15 years old, a year older (and two heads shorter) than 14-year-old R yan Hreljac.
At the age of six, he saved up over $2000 to fund a well for an African community with no clean water source.
Over the next 5 years, he created Ryan’s Well Foundation and so far has funded over 210 wells in 10 countries, 8 in Africa and 2 in South America.
Ryan has already accomplished so much, in his fourteen years of life. He is an inspiration to all of us, if not, a little bit intimidating.
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At the European Council of International Schools Conference in November 2005 three students each made an appealing speech to the audience of 3000 people.
Present were: H.R.H. Prince Edward, representing the Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme, Mr. J-F. Rischard, author of High Noon and an audience and members of the teaching profession.
We would like to share some excerpts of this exiting and inspiring day.
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This was a conference where youth were able to express their views on issues affecting the world in which we live and discuss how to help.
The confernce consisted of three main parts.
The first part consisted of lectures and presentations by various key figures in global issues development and various non-governmental organisations.
From an academic point of view, the main keynote speaker Jean François Rischard, a Luxembourgois, was most enlightening. He spoke about the content and themes behind his book High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them (see Editorial Page).
He was able to grasp the full audience as his intelligence concerning the social and environmental issues flowed freely from this very talented public orator. It was an incredibly impressive display of wisdom, knowledge, and experience, which was further projected in the conference as a whole.
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Long has it been that I have been able to obtain so much feedback from a single experience. I will be forever grateful for the opportunity for my voice to finally be heard concerning global issues.
My perspective on various subjects has been focused and the various presentations, notably those of Claire Bertschinger and Jacob Leaf, inspired me as a human, confirming the notion that one person can make a difference.
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