Green Dreams Campaign
Jan 3, 2012
The Green Dreams Around the World campaign was created to give a voice to the dreams of thousands of individuals as a contribution to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, taking place in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Green Dreams campaign is rooted in the power of our dreams to invoke a future that is worth creating, a sustainable future that draws forth the deepest potentials of all citizens of the world.
The project aims to engage people from all sectors, communities and regions from the Americas and around the world, bringing an international perspective to local, regional and national issues. The systematic mapping of these dreams and their collection over the next 5 months around the world will be a valuable input on the discussions of Rio+20, introducing the local context in the international sustainability debate.
But what is a Green Dream?
A Green Dream can be a vision of tomorrow’s reality and is based on the power of imagining a sustainable world. Perhaps your green dream is about yourself, your community, village, town, city, neighbourhood, country… or even for the future of life on this planet.
It can be about a zero waste society or reforesting the planet. It can be about strengthening the local economy and growing opportunities for low-carbon jobs. It can be related to creative local responses to global challenges of climate-change and shrinking supplies of fossil fuels. It can be about more leisure options for the elderly and true contentment for young people…it’s your dream, play with it!
Dreams of 20 seconds to 1 minute are recorded with smart phones and cameras and uploaded in a Youtube Channel and website. They are organized in 14 thematic areas and compose a virtual gallery of dreams. The intersection of green dreams will converge in networks formed from people who share the same vision of the future.
Partner Organizations
The campaign is the flagship of the CIFAL Network- the United Nations ‘Network of International Training Centers for Local Actors’, composed of 9 Training Centers covering Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
Inspired by the project “Dream: IN” implemented in India, the Green Dreams Campaign was launched during the Innovative Cities Conference in May 2011 by CIFAL Curitiba and the Federation of Industries of Parana. CIFAL Findhorn recently launched the campaign in the UK where “Dream Catchers” are emerging in the main cities and universities. CIFAL Atlanta is leading the UN campaign in the Americas. To get involved and for more information, contact us at greendreams@cifalatlanta.org | http://green-dream.co.uk | www.meusonhoverde.com.br
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