Global Design Seminars Launching of the international programme simultaneously in ten cities over four continents: Antigua, Aurora, Barrie, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen, Geneva, Liverpool, Sydney, Toronto

1. THE TEN
PRINCIPLES
OF MCN
Geneva, 24th of February 2011

2. Global Design Seminars
Launching of the international programme
simultaneously in ten cities over four continents:
Antigua, Aurora, Barrie, Cape Town,
Chicago, Copenhagen, Geneva, Liverpool,
Sydney, Toronto
Geneva, 24th of February 2011

3. The
welcomes you
www.earthfocusfoundation.org
www.earthfocus.org

4. Earth Focus Foundation
A PLATFORM FOR TODAY’S AND
TOMORROW’S WORLD CITIZENS!
“All our work is devoted to giving
a positive and active platform for people to be inspired,
empowered, listened to and heard.”

5. Earth Focus Foundation
A PLATFORM FOR TODAY’S AND
TOMORROW’S WORLD CITIZENS!
“We make opportunities available for people
to become involved in the change they wish to make for the
future, their future. For this, they need tools, which we are
establishing with modern communications that share
their knowledge, experience and action.”

6. Earth Focus: Our Vision
“Building a world that is more sustainable
and peaceful for current and future
generations.”
Sustainable
Development

7. Earth Focus Goals
 Raise awareness about local and global
sustainable development issues and human
rights
 Obtain engagement for these causes
 Take action now to create a fairer, liveable
world for the next generations

8. How to achieve our goal?
 Create a platform for youth and adults
to express themselves
 Interact with experts
 Let people learn and practice debating
 Give a voice for youth
 Make them heard by society and
authorities

9. Activities
Conferences and Debates
 Youth: young adults and students
 Topics based on sustainable development
and human rights chosen by:
• youth
• Earth Focus
• fuelled by current events
 Participation of international experts
 Results in concrete action plan

11. Activities
Webcasts & Videoconferencing Programmes
 Video-recordings of the live conferences that
enlarge and prolong impact
 Videoconferences for inter-
active participation of youth
around the world, with focus
developing countries
 Monthly webcasts on current topics related to
sustainable development and human right issues

12. Activities
Magazines Earth Focus and Objectif terre
 Articles written and published
by youth
 Main topic of each issue also
proposed by youth
 Goals: share experiences, exchange points of
view, recount actions, news, projects, etc.
 Topics: related to sustainability or human rights

13. Activities
Events
 Organization of events such as exhibitions,
stands, and presentations

14. Activities
Green Maps http://www.greenmap.ch/
 Charting sustainable initiatives in a specific
area (city, neighbourhood, region)
 Projects include the participation of all local
stakeholders
 Goals: creating a tool that demonstrates
local aspects of sustainability that can be
shared globally

15. Activities
Visits
 International organizations: WHO, UN, UNEP...
 Associations: Green Cross, WWF, Greenpeace…
 Companies
 Infrastructures: hydraulic
dams, windmills, water
treatment plants, waste
management facilities…
 Natural areas: forests,
mountains, rivers, lakes…

16. Successes
“The foundation showed me that no matter what your background,
you have a voice and it is important to let that voice be heard because
as an individual you can make a difference. Thank you Earth Focus!”
Brianan Kiernan, USA, 24 years 2010 Earth Focus Foundation Intern,
Boston College Student
“Permettez-moi de vous féliciter vivement de cette belle réussite que
confirme l’engagement actif de la jeunesse du monde dans les grands
enjeux internationaux de demain. Compte tenu du fait que la voix de la
jeunesse ne se fait que trop rarement entendre dans les négociations
sur le climat, j’ai transmis vos propositions à la délégation suisse qui
se rendra à Cancun à la 16ème Conférence des parties à la Convention
cadre de l’ONU sur les changements climatiques.”
H.E. Ambassador Dante Martinelli, Switzerland, Representative of the
Swiss Confederation to the United Nations, Geneva

17. Programme 2011
Conferences and Debates
 We will hold two Global Youth Conferences:
 Forests, Water and Health – March 2011
 Rio+20 (20 years after the Rio Conference) - October 2011
 We will hold one Debate:
 2048 Project / Bill of Rights for Environment - December 2011
Video-conferencing and Webcast Programmes
 We will install video-conferencing and webcast programmes
to prolong and share the information and educational
programmes for the following year and more:
 http://www.klewel.com/conferences/global-youth

18. Programme 2011
Publish and circulate magazines Earth Focus
and Objectif terre
 We plan to produce 5 issues of the two
magazines of a professional standard
Produce Green Maps
 We plan to produce three Green Maps:
 Commune of Chêne-Bougeries
 more Green Maps of the City of Geneva
 and further into Suisse romande (Valais)

19. THINK local ACT global

20. But act NOW!

21. The
thank you!
www.earthfocusfoundation.org
www.earthfocus.org