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The Yahoo campaign called Be a Better Planet offers cities simple solutions to save money, improve health and help save our environment. Starbucks is another company that has become influential in corporate sustainable development. Global Green U.S.A and Starbucks created an online game (http://www.planetgreengame.com) to influence the community, political and corporate leaders to engage in effort to stop global warming.
Water for Peace
GCI Vice-President Bertrand Charrier opens the gate on the site of the future Abdullah Rotenberg Peace Park in the Middle East. Local authorities in the region have come together to establish a natural habitat for native animals and plants, creating a unique eco-tourist attraction for travelers. Green Cross France and Friends of the Earth Middle East are currently guiding the progress of the project.
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A farmer and former gold digger benefits from the Carrefour Foundation project Social rehabilitation of rural communities in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Green Cross programme had a significant impact on the daily lives and economic development of communities such as Garimpo do Bandeira. Community members experienced improvements in health, nutrition and economic development.
Education and Awareness
Volunteers assemble art submissions from Children around the World for the annual “In my Homeland” Contest in Belarus. The 2007 art contest attracted 7,579 drawings from 11 counties across Belarus.
Access to Water
The Garimpo do Bandeira community celebrates “Children’s Day” with the support of the Carrefour Foundation. In partnership with Green Cross, several projects have been implemented to develop integrated actions to promote social rehabilitation via associations and rural community cooperatives in the regions of the hydrographical basins of Paranaibas rivers.
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Paul Walker (Legacy Programme Director, Global Green USA), Alexander Likhotal (President, Green Cross International) and Marie Chevrier (Chair of the Scientists Working Group, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation) during the UN Press Conference in November 2006. The Green Cross organised a conference composed of more than fifty experts and diplomats in a roundtable discussion on global biosecurity and biosafety issues. The conference used the nuclear and chemical dialogues as models to raise issues regarding the global prevention of and response to outbreaks of disease. Green Cross recommendations were introduced and addressed by the conference plenary.
Water for Peace
This crucial water facility was destroyed after the Israeli departure from Gaza in 2006. Green Cross has implemented a training programme with Palestinian water authorities to increase access to water amidst the economic and political crisis.
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GCI Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev and President Alexander Likhotal at the Brisbane Earth Dialogues in 2006. The Earth Dialogues is a GCI forum bringing together innovative people from all sectors of government, business and world affairs. The most recent Earth Dialogues in Brisbane carried the theme Resource Management and Sustainable Development, analysing the challenge or natural resources depletion and sustainable, ethical and practical development.
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Luc Hardy- the Double Top expedition leader, on the Gunnbjorn Fjeld, the highest peak in the Arctic. One of Green Cross France most unique projects for the year 2007, the Double Top expedition was a climatic research mission as well as a mission to record the highest peak in the Arctic. The findings of the expedition will promote awareness of how quickly ice is melting in Greenland.
Energy
Boardwalk at the new Green Cross Solar Park in Sri Lanka, an environmentally friendly public space at Wellawata Beach in the Columbo district. All buildings and outdoor lighting of the park is entirely powered by solar energy.
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Children gather for a week at Green Cross therapy camps. Green Cross therapy camps operate across the region affected by the Chernobyl disaster and chemical weapon stockpile areas such as in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. The camp is an opportunity for children born in the Chernobyl region to receive treatment and prescriptions for chronic health problems ranging from respiratory, digestive and endocrine ailments.
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Global Green U.S.A 10th Legacy Forum in Washington, DC in March 2007 brought together government representatives, academics and experts to exchange views on the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. Topics on the agenda included an address by the Director General of the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and a panel discussion on emerging issues and challenges to non-proliferation.
Burkina
Women in Burkina Faso walk and queue for hours every day in order to draw water from wells. In an effort to combat desertification and provide rural villages with a clean and reliable water source, GC Burkina Faso and GC Italy have collaborated with the Italian non-profit organisation MediaFriends to provide 11 different villages in the Yatenga Province with a safe and secure water infrastructure.
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Children in Kenya participate in tree planting in the Rift Valley with the Green Belt Movement. In an effort to provide environmental education on natural resources depletion, GC Sweden and Japan participated in the Green Belt Movement in Kenya Š founded by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai. The project goal is to restore peace within communities in the Rift Valley and restore the environment in the process.
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A woman in Shchuchye, Russia, with an Emergency Radio. A depot in the small town stores more than two million ground-launched chemical weapons. Emergency preparedness is critical for the inhabitants since the risk of accidents is high and often government emergency procedures, training and equipment are inadequate. One of the initiatives distributed 2,000 radios in the region since 2007 to complement the existing emergency sirens.
Earth Charter
Green Cross Sweden President Tonya Moya and Chief Oren Lyons with participants of the Young Masters Global Youth Convention in Dubai, December 2006. Green Cross Sweden has engaged in several initiatives to put the Earth Charter into practice such as participating in the Young Masters Global Youth Convention in Dubai and the development of the Earth Charter International Communications Centre in Stockholm.
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An example of ChildrenÕs art from the Czech Republic youth art contest. Green Cross Czech Republic focuses its activities on ecological education and found that art projects are a great way to encourage creativity in children whole educating them about the environment.
GC Italy World Water Day
During World Water Day 2007 in Rome, Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize Winner and Honorary President of GC Italy, drew attention to the fundamental role of women in finding a solution to the world water crisis.
\"Coping with water scarcity\"
*** Local Caption *** Speech by Prof. Senator Rita Levi-Montalcini (FAO Goodwill Ambassador, Nobel Prize Laureate and President of the Levi-Montalcini Foundation)
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Children assemble for the GC Japan Environmental Diaries Award Ceremony. By reporting the environmental impact of their day, each child learns about his or her place in the ecosystem and also establishes positive behaviour regarding topics such as water conservation and rubbish recycling. GC Japan hosts an awards ceremony for children who produce exceptional diaries.
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Celebrities like Salma Hayek lend their star power to promote renewable energy. For the past five years, Global Green USA has encouraged some of the most visible personalities from Hollywood to cast the spotlight on global warming and climate change by arriving at the Academy Awards in hybrid cars. Other celebrities included Leonardo DiCaprio, Penelope Cruz, Forest Whittaker, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Gwyneth Paltrow and more.
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The 11th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague, 5-8 December 2006. For five days in The Hague in December 2006, the 182 signatories, observer states and selected NGOs and UN agencies discussed issues linked to complete chemical weapon demilitarization. Green Cross was selected as an NGO observer for the 7th consecutive year.
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Swiss children get ready to release balloons and cards for victims of the Chernobyl disaster at a 20th anniversary event. As 2006 marked the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Green Cross national offices organised anniversary events and activities to commemorate and show solidarity to those affected by the disaster
EC
Launched by GCI Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Earth Council Maurice Strong, the Earth Charter (EC) is a prime example of GCI efforts to impact upon the values and behavior of people in order to ensure a sustainable future. Many nations are integrating aspects of the EC into their constitutions and national laws to promote a new vision of how a sustainable future can be achieved.
Water for Peace
Citizens in Argentina protest the construction of paper mills on the banks of the Rio Uruguay. Green Cross Argentina established a platform of conflict resolution between the various stakeholders to assess and mitigate the social and environmental impact of the Paper Mills Implantation Project.
The latest issue of The Optimist magazine. Green Cross launched The Optimist magazine to promote positive action and innovation on a global scale to achieve a sustainable future for all. The Optimist covers complex world challenges with in-depth analysis from all sides of global debates, stimulating dialogue between scientists, activists, business leaders and journalists.
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Young people taking part in the annual Green Signatures Campaign organised by Green Cross Pakistan gather to sign the pledge. Through this awareness campaign to promote protection of nature and sustainable ways of living, 10,000 signatures was achieved and sent to public departments and international organisations such as UNEP and UNDP to take action accordingly.
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Legacy Programme delegation (International Director Stephan Robinson, Director Paul Walker, Director of Severodvinsk Office Nicolai Stepashin, Programme Director of Green Cross Russia Vladimir Leonov, and Associate Cristian Ion) at Zvezdichka shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia. Located near chemical weapons stockpiles or nuclear destruction facilities, GCI public outreach offices inform, educate and support communities affected by the Cold WarÕs legacy. Nuclear dismantlement, emergency preparedness and reliable communication channels are critical for communities exposed to danger.
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Green Cross was highly involved in The Fourth World Water Forum held in Mexico, March 2006, and contributed to the launch of the synthesis report The Right to Water: From Concept to Implementation.
Watertreaty
The website of http://www.watertreaty.org was established by GCI in 2005. As part of Green Cross mission to incorporate the right to water under international law, the website encourages individuals to sign a petition and endorse international legal action on the convention. It is available in eight different languages which allows people from across the globe to take action for a cause that is important to all human beings.
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Dr. Paul Walker (Legacy Programme Director) and Amb. Rogelio Pfirter (OPCW Director General) at the National Press Club in Washington, DC in March 2007 to announce the Chemical Weapons Convention Universality Campaign. The mission of the campaign is treaty ratification by all outlying states whose chemical weapons activity constitutes an imminent threat to international peace and security.
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Children who are part of a social cooperative hold the lambs they have helped raise. The Social and Medical Care programme provides first generation victims of the Chernobyl disaster with vocational skills and opportunities. Currently, the Social Cooperative Programmes include home sewing businesses and agricultural activities which together employ over 52 families.
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GC Japan new website Exploring the Forest. In 2007, GC Japan demonstrated their continued commitment to environmental education for young people with an interactive website called Exploring the Forest. The website aims to teach children about biodiversity and the symbiotic relationship between people and forests.
greenbuilding
The Holy Cross Neighborhood green building project in New Orleans. The winning housing development will include a 12-unit multi-family building, five single-family homes and a community center. If 50,000 similar homes were built according to the energy cost reduction goals of the Global Green Sustainable Design competition, residents would save between USD 38 million and USD 56 million every year.
Water for Peace
Representatives from international and non-governmental organisations gather to plan the 2009 World Water Forum. Bertrand Charrier, in his capacity of Governor of the World Water Council, is highly involved in projects and initiatives led by the Council. GCI supports the Programme and Communication Steering Committees of the Forum, making sure that issues such as energy, climate change, security, culture, dams, reservoirs and transboundary watercourses are taken into account in the debates and communication strategy of WWF5.
