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Global Youth Conference on Forests, Water, Health and Peace: 12 interviews

Following the Global Youth Conference on Forests, Water, Health and Peace, you will find below a series of interviews all directly related to the event in addition to the complete webcast of the event. Click on each image to play the corresponding videos:

Videos of the Massive Change Network Seminar, Geneva, 24 Feb. 2011

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:

1. How can we get the power of design into the hands of the 99% who have not had access to higher education?
2. How do we break through the noise, and make the best of human culture the most visible?
3. What can we do to accelerate the best (and stop the rest)?

Interviews:

What is the Massive Change Network?

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.

To greet the greatest opportunities and meet the most pressing challenges being presented to our world, citizens must be equipped to accelerate the uptake of new solutions. The emerging global conditions will require a new kind of scholar, worker, entrepreneur, leader, and educator. This emerging ecology of ever increasing technological, social, financial, environmental, governmental, and educational challenges, will require citizens committed to working collaboratively across professional silos, the ability to not only think critically, but creatively, and to move beyond theoretical musings to practical implementation. The 21st century will be the century where every citizen must become a life-long learner of some capacity. A network changes everything.

For more information visit:

• www.MassiveChangeNetwork.com
• www.brucemaudesign.com/98199/Massive-Change
• www.earthfocusfoundation.org
• www.festivaldufilmvert.ch
• www.lamuse.ch
• www.ville-ge.ch/mhng
• Slides of the Earth Focus Foundation

Earth Focus recapitulative video of 2010 events

Presentation of Earth Focus foundation in video featuring Mrs Nicola Spafford Furey during the 2048 project meeting in December 2010 in Geneva as well as young students at the GIN (Global Issues Network) conference and at the Global Youth Conference explaining their actions to change the world:

Global Youth Conference 2010: video summary

This video highlights the main points discussed at the last Global Youth Conference 2010 organized by the Earth Focus Foundation in Geneva:

Projet pédagogique "Murs" / "Walls" project

Le projet pédagogique " Les Murs " a pour origine, contexte et inspiration l’exposition photographique intitulée « Murs », organisée sur le Pont de la Machine, de Novembre 2009 à Janvier 2010, à l’occasion des 20 ans de la Chute du Mur de Berlin. Une exposition organisée par l’association Imaginaid et patronnée par la Ville de Genève.

A partir et autour de cette exposition, tout un projet pédagogique a été élaboré par divers partenaires : Imaginaid, le DIP, L'Ecole Internationale de Genève, la Fondation Earth Focus.

Inspiré par l’exposition “ Murs”, le projet vise à inciter les élèves du cycle d'orientation et du post-obligatoire des écoles publiques et privées du Canton de Genève, à mener une réflexion profonde sur la thématique des murs de séparation territoriale et sur leurs enjeux divers et variés.

5 axes de travail et d'activités sont proposés aux enseignants intéressés :

- des visites guidées de l'exposition,

- un concours de légendes,

- des débats et tables rondes,

- des présentations/créations artistiques libres,

- un concours lancé par Mandat International (voir : ww.genevedecouverte.ch/fr/concours.html)

Chaque axe de travail est indépendant des autres. Ainsi le projet "les Murs" permet une participation large et adaptée au souhait de chacun. 

Vous trouverez ci-joint les documents vous permettant d'en savoir plus, à savoir une fiche technique présentant le projet dans sa globalité, un dossier pédagogique vous permettant de préparer quelque peu vos élèves à la thématique, des documents avec les détails pour chaque activité.

Présentation globale du projet:  Download Fiche_technique_Murs finale

Dossier pédagogique (aide pour préparer vos élèves) : Dossier pédagogique

Visites guidées exposition "Murs" : Download Murs_fiche_inscription_visites_FR2

Concours de légendes : Download Murs_reglement_concours_de_legendes_FR2

Colloques, débats : Download Murs_fiche_inscriptions_colloques_FR

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The Walls Project has its origin, context and inspiration in the « Murs » photographic exhibition. Organised by the Imaginaid association, with the patronage of the City of Geneva, the exhibition will take place on the Pont de la Machine, Geneva from 9^th November 2009 to 31^st January 2010 and will commemorate the 20^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

From and around this exhibition, a whole educational project has been set up by different partners : Imaginaid, DIP, International School of Geneva, Earth Focus Foundation.

Inspired by the photographic exhibition « Murs », this project seeks to inspires students aged 12 to 15 years (cycle d’orientation) and 16 to 19 years (post-obligatoire) attending Geneva public and private schools to reflect on the theme of frontiers and dividing walls and their implications.

Five work streams are proposed as possible reference points for teachers and students :

- Guided visits to the photographic exhibition

- A caption competition

- Symposiums and round tables

- Independent artistic works

- the Mandat International’s competition (see : www.genevedecouverte.ch/fr/concours.html)

Each stream is independent and flexible, allowing for wide participation.

Please find below the documents to know more about these activities : an information sheet explaining the global project, a teacher's notes to prepare your students to the topic, some documents giving details about each activity.

Global information sheet : Download Information_Sheet_Walls

Teacher's notes (help to prepare your students) : teacher's note

Guided visits : Download Murs_fiche_inscription_visites_ENG2

Caption competition : Download Murs_reglement_concours_de_legendes_ENG2

 Symposiums and round tables : Download Murs_fiche_inscriptions_colloques_ENG