GCI Newsletter

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Our Mission

The mission of Green Cross International is to help ensure a just, sustainable and secure future for all... More >>>
 

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"Is it too late to prevent us from self-destructing? No, for we have the capacity to design our own future, to take a lesson from living things around us and bring our values and actions in line with ecological necessity. But we must first realize that ecological and social and economic issues are all deeply intertwined. There can be no solution to one without a solution to the others."

Jean-Michel Cousteau
Green Cross International Honorary Board Member

 

Live from the oil spill

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Green Cross Australia CEO Mara Bun interviewed Global Green USA’s New Orleans Office Director, Beth Galante about the, rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, the oil spill in the gulf and the sustainable community response that is emerging as a result.
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Historic recognition of Human Right to Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation at UN

Right to water and sanitationThe 3rd Commission of the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations made history today by overwhelmingly adopting the draft resolution proclaiming the Human Right to Safe drinking Water and Sanitation. Presented by Bolivia and 34 other States, the resolution received 122 voted in favour with no votes against and 41 abstentions.
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The Right to Water

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The following op-ed by the founding president of Green Cross International, Mikhail Gorbachev, was published in the International Herald Tribune on 16 July 2010. Green Cross International has been actively promoting the right to water be recognized as a fundamental human right.
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Awards

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Green Star Awards

Green Cross International has teamed with the UN Environment Programme and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to create the Green Star Awards, which recognize those who have made remarkable efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to environmental emergencies around the world.

Publication

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Activity Report 2008-2009

The 2008-2009 Activity Report provides information on Green Cross International's projects and activities worldwide during 2008 and 2009.

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Brochure

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GCI Brochure

This informative brochure provides background information on Green Cross International and its work.

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Our Partners

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  • The Green Belt MovementThe Green Belt Movement
    The Green Belt Movement, founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, has two divisions. Green Belt Movement Kenya and Green Belt Movement International. Green Belt Movement Kenya: GBM Kenya is a non-profit grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya. GBM Kenya focuses on six core programs: Environmental Conservation/Tree Planting, Civic & Environmental Education, Advocacy & Networking, Pan African Training Workshops, Green Belt Safaris, and Women for Change. GBM International is a non-profit umbrella organization for GBM Kenya with four goals: to strengthen and expand the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, to share the Green Belt Movement?s program with other countries in Africa and beyond, to empower Africans, especially women and girls, and nurture their leadership and entrepreneurial skills, to advocate internationally for the environment, good governance, equity and cultures of peace.