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The Australia Pacific Earth Charter +10 Festival is a celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the launch of the Earth Charter at the Peace Palace, The Hague and highlights Brisbane’s continuing leadership role in promoting sustainable communities. The proposed concept for the Festival is as follows: 1. Day One – Inspiration - Thursday September 16, 2010 2. Day Two – Action – Friday September 17, 2010 ----- 3 sessions 3. Day Three – Celebration – Saturday September 18, 2010 The day of Inspiration is planned to include a special guest – Nobel Peace Laureate and Earth Charter Commissioner, Wangari Maathai and include special messages of ‘Wisdom of the Elders’ from Australian and international indigenous leaders. It will be held in St John’s cathedral as a community and multifaith event. The concept of the Action segment of the Festival is to provide information and tools for three specific streams – ‘The Seeds of Change’ - an Education Stream (“Seeds of Change”) which is aimed at school students and teachers and involve school-based projects culminating in an event at St Lawrence’s School near South Bank. The event is officially approved for the Education Department 2010 Year of Environmental Sustainability for Schools event ‘Living and Breathing communities’ – a Communities Stream which will be based at the Brisbane Botanical Gardens or inner city venue and involve a number of NGOs, Brisbane City Council, multicultural associations and multi-faith communities. ‘Harvesting the benefits’ – a Corporate and Global Governance forum to motivate and inspire business leaders and managers to greater social responsibility in the face of the global challenges confronting organisations and is organised for the Griffith University Southbank campus with the support and guidance of the Asia Pacific Centre of Sustainable Enterprise and the UN Global Compact initiative This multi-venue approach will allow for the delivery of detailed programs, tailored specifically for each audience, allowing business and government representatives, educators, students and individual members of the community to have access to a range of keynote speakers and workshops and showcasing world best practices of our city in living and building sustainable communities The Day of Celebration is Planned for the Brisbane Botanical Gardens and Riverside Stage as a Sustainability and Peace Fair with the International Day of Peace Alliance combining to celebrate and promote sustainability and peace. Our planning committee has representatives from many community, environment and justice groups with representatives from the Queensland Government, Brisbane City Council, Griffith Universities and professional bodies to make this a success to promote and implement the Earth Charter values of justice sustainability and peace. We look forward to your involvement and support of this festival For more information go to – www.earthcharter.org.au or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Clem Campbell, Chairman |
| Last Updated ( Monday, 29 March 2010 16:21 ) |