Global Awareness Education

Monday, February 22, 2010

Walmart goes for a makeover

http://www.naturalstep.org/en/canada/walmarts-green-business-summit-vancouver This article at The Natural Step website says Walmart is going green in a big way and can bring real change world wide by setting higher standards for production.

Measuring Gross National Happiness

http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/measure_happiness

Yes! Some body else is catching onto this. Here is a link to actual research supporting this idea.

ARTICLE: "Henoko, Okinawa: Inside the Sit-In"

"Henoko, Okinawa: Inside the Sit-In" is an article published in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus (8-1-10, February 22, 2010) by Yumiko Kikuno with an introduction by Satoko Norimatsu.

The authors describe their visit to:

"Tent Village," where activists were sitting in to protest against the government's plan to build a new US Marine Corps airbase as a "replacement facility" of Futenma Air Station.

For the full article, see: http://www.japanfocus.org/-Kikuno-Yumiko/3306

Yumiko Kikuno is Editor of “U-Yu-Yu,” a community journal based in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, (Japan) and works for the city’s community revitalization project.

Satoko Norimatsu leads various peace initiatives in Vancouver, BC (Canada) and beyond, as Director of Peace Philosophy Centre and Vancouver Save Article 9. She is a featured speaker at various events in The Global Forum on the Future of Nuclear Weapons.

WEBCASTS: Feb 23 & Mar 2: International Studies Symposium Speakers

Webster University’s Center for International Education (CIE)
Presents
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER SERIES
Live Global Interactive Webcast Events

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

What in the World is: The Global Forum on the Future of Nuclear Weapons?

DR. ROY TAMASHIRO,
Professor, Multidisciplinary Studies, Webster University
12 – 1:15 pm (CST) | UTC / GMT: 18:00 – 19:15

WEBCAST AT: http://eagle.webster.edu/webcast
ON CAMPUS AT: SVER 101, Webster University—St. Louis

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Japan: Living with the
‘Peace Constitution’ for 63 Years

SATOKO NORIMATSU
Director, Peace Philosophy Centre, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
12 – 1:15 pm (CST) | UTC /GMT 18:00 – 19:15

WEBCAST AT: http://eagle.webster.edu/webcast
ON CAMPUS AT: Emerson Library Conference Room, Webster U.—St. Louis

Both events are part of
The Global Forum on the Future of Nuclear Weapons:
See http://eagle.webster.edu/TheGlobalFourm

Sunday, February 21, 2010

WEBCAST: Mr. Truman Meets Hiroshima on the Future of Nuclear Weapons, 1945-2020

Webster University and The Holden Public Policy Forum
invite citizens worldwide to participate in:

“Mr. Truman Meets Hiroshima on the
Future of Nuclear Weapons, 1945-2005”

A Live Global Webcast & Open Forum Originating from The Harry S. Truman Library & Museum (Independence, MO) and The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (Japan)

Monday, March 1, 2010 7-9 pm (CST) | 8-10 pm (EST) | 3-5 pm (HST)
[UTC / GMT: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 01:00 – 03:00]

Join the live webcast and forum via (1) the web, (2) at “Watch Parties” or (3) at the Meeting Origination Points:

(1) Online at: http://eagle.webster.edu/webcast/

(2) In-person at “Watch Parties”:

Emerson Library (Room 110), Webster University, 101 Edgar Road, St. Louis, MO 63119, USA
JCI World Headquarters, 15645 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
PLEASE CONSIDER HOSTING A “WATCH PARTY” FOR THIS EVENT IN YOUR LOCAL AREA. SIGN UP AT: http://eagle.webster.edu/TheGlobalForum/watchparty.htm

(3) In-person at the Meeting Origination Points:

Auditorium, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, 500 W. US Hwy. 24., Independence MO 64050, USA

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 1-2 Nakajimacho, Naka-ku Naka-ku Hiroshima, 730-0811, Japan

This event is part of a series:
The Global Forum on the Future of Nuclear Weapons
See: http://eagle.webster.edu/TheGlobalForum

All events are free and open to the public

More information:

Monday, February 15, 2010

How Green Are the 2010 Winter Games?

Information and links about the environmental impact of the Olympic games! Interesting to think about!

http://energypriorities.com/entries/2010/01/bpb_green_olympics.php

Canada: Resistance Casts Pall over 2010 Olympic Festivities

This article is about protests before the opening of the Olympics.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/02/15/4530