WCPUN collaborates with JFEW SUNY to present the work of NGOs at the United Nations to JFEW 2013 Scholars
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Author: Shamina de Gonzaga
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Plastic Bag Mandala
WCPUN/In Dialogue: conversations on sustainable development, is pleased to co-present the Plastic Bag Mandala at the New Museum, as part of Ideas City, in an effort to help solve the problem of single-use plastic bags, which negatively impact our health and the environment.
http://www.newmuseum.org/ideascity/view/the-plastic-bag-mandala
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Nordic Outbreak
The week-long series of Nordic Outbreak events led by WCPUN partner organization Streaming Museum was launched on March 31st at Times Square where Björk’s video for Mutual Core, directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, was screened simultaneously on 15 of the largest screens in Times Square. The series featured screenings of Nordic artists at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Big Screen Plaza, Manhattan Bridge Archway, and New Museum as well as Symposia at NYU and Scandinavia House. http://nordicoutbreak.streamingmuseum.org
WCPUN launches a second year of collaborating with the ESGCI in Paris and LCA Conseil to continue a series aimed at developing media strategies to engage the public in sustainable development.
The BFS returned to its roots at the eastern periphery of the future Aspern-Seestadt (Vienna’s Urban Lakeside), holding a Polyphonic New Year’s Concert as an international and decentralized New Year, against limitations on the possible and for a new utopia, envisioning a habitat without territory and without borders.
Ort: vor Ort am Ursprung der Blue Frog Society/ Wien-Aspern/ am östlichen Rand der zukünftigen Aspern-Seestadt
Die Blue Frog Society feiert das Neue Jahr am 13.1.2013 (russisch-orthodoxes Neujahr) als Zeichen für ein internationales, de-zentralisiertes Neujahr – wider scheinbare Begrenzungen des Möglichen und für neue Utopien.Das gemeinsame Begehen des neuen Jahres in einer etwas anderen Form soll ein Anlass sein, uns mit Freunden und möglichen neuen Freunden (wieder)zusehen. Das polyphone Neujahrskonzert versammelt verschiedene Stimmen/ Texte als informelle, improvisierte Performance mit Megaphon und Mikrophon, Gehen, Ausschreiten und Anarbeiten gegen den Wind… als Neujahrsgruß, der gegen den international gefeierten österreichischen Exportartikel „Neujahrskonzert“ wirkt, und das Potential eines Habitats ohne Territorium, ohne Grenzen, propagiert. Im Verborgenen, und doch sichtbar… Mit Beiträgen von: Tamara Friebel, Barbara Holub, Cathérine Hug, Folke Köbberling, Kördölör, Elke Krasny, Martin Krenn, Andrey Parshikov, Paul Rajakovics, Isa Rosenberger, Rita Vitorelli, Joanna Warsza
Following events in November at Tonteria and at Lola Lo with Oxbridge alumni and Cambridge students showing support for The Society’s efforts to engage a new generation in philanthropy, with a focus on sustainable development, The Society of Young Philanthropists’ Christmas gathering was held at Wolf & Badger. Under the leadership of WCPUN Youth Adviser Alexandra Abrams, The Society is gearing up for its formal launch in 2013.
http://www.suitcasemag.com/fashion-festivities-philanthropy-the-society-event-at-wolf-and-badger/
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Human Rights Day
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, WCPUN co-presented a bilingual Chinese/English forum exploring the nexus between human rights and sustainable development. Co-moderated by CCTV host Angela Dong and WCPUN Director Shamina de Gonzaga, speakers and participants hailing from Albania, China, Turkey, and the United States discussed topics including China’s Economic Initiative and its Role in Sustainable Development; Democracy, Human Rights and Constitutions; Engaging Chinese Civil Society in the work of the UN, and the Future of New Energy.
WCPUN was pleased to co-convene the latest installation of the series on media and sustainable development at The Pratt Institute on 22 October, from 2:30 – 5:30 pm, in conjunction with the premiere of the non-verbal documentary “ON CITIES.” Participants connected with a virtual international gathering, organized by the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication, in an effort to use media to engage individuals and institutions around the world in better understanding urban challenges and sharing inspiring stories of urban innovation across borders. Attendees were invited to join the global conversation using Skype and Twitter. The meeting was hosted by Public Project at The Pratt Institute as part of the series of cross-disciplinary conversations exploring collaborative intersections between media and sustainable development, co-convened by partner organizations: World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN); Images and Voices of Hope (IVOH); and what moves you? On Cities Launch event
On the occasion of 17 October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Gema Álava, Artist and WCPUN Cultural Adviser, will contribute to the United Nations commemoration with the collective art creation, Circle of Hope & Peace, an interactive installation made of fragments of letters written by people living in extreme poverty. Their words of hope for a better future, will be handed to and placed in a circle by each panelist during the ceremony. The event, focused on the theme “Extreme Poverty is Violence,” is co-organized by UN DESA, ATD Fourth World, and the NGO Sub-Committee for the Eradication of Poverty, and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of France to the UN and the Permanent Mission of Burkina Faso to the UN.
Flyer International Day Eradication Poverty 17 Oct 2012
PRESS RELEASE Circle of Hope&Peace at United Nations Headquarters
View the artistic process, courtesy of SWITCH