Welcome!
Earth’s Hope is the theme of the EARCOS
Global Issues Network Conference to be held in Beijing April 4,
5 & 6 at Western Academy of Beijing. The Global Issues Network
is based on the ideas in Jean Francois Rischard’s book High
Noon “Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them.”
Rischard identifies 20 urgent global problems and encourages the
formation of small groups around the world to help solve them.
This echoes Margaret Mead’s famous quotation, “Never
doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Global
Issues Groups have been formed in many international schools throughout
the world empowering international school students to help solve
urgent global problems. We in EARCOS will now have the opportunity
to do the same to create change in Asia. We invite all EARCOS
schools to send a group(2-6) of students to this life changing
event.
We are proud to announce these confirmed conference presenters
Each student group/school team will contribute to the conference
by presenting a workshop/s on a global issue. The workshop should
be interactive 45 to 60 minutes in length. WAB has internet access
to assist you in your presentation. Please contact Shiela Burch
at sburch@wab.edu or Linda
Sills at lsills@earcos.org
for more information.
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Jean
Francois Rischard
John
D. Liu
Hafsat
Abiola
Marc
Kielburger
Jane
Goodall
Dr.
Mechai Viravaidya
Austin
Gutwein