Redrafting Human Rights Declaration debate
Date : December 10th, 2009
Place : ICCG, Rue Varembé, Geneva
View or see again the whole day presentations, discussions and debate on : http://www.klewel.com/earthfocus2009.html
Enjoy it!
Please regain the agenda of the day and the report of the event here. Please find below the presentations of some speakers and of the classes of students :
- Christophe Barbey speech
- Ecole bilingue Haut Lac presentation
- College Voltaire (classe de M. Rosset) presentation
- College du Leman presentation
- l’Ecole de Diplomacie de Genève presentation
- College Voltaire (classe de Mme Pret) presentation
- Aga Khan Academy presentation
And feel free to visit and participate to the whole project on : www.2048.berkeley.edu
Conflict resoultion : which causes? which consequences? Are there any solutions?
Date : 26th of May, 2009
Place : ICCG - 17, rue Varembé, Geneva
Since the end of world wars, the number of conflicts around the world do not increasing. Why such a situation and how to do to heal with? the next debate, organised by Earth Focus Foundation, wishes to find lines of reflection and elements of answers and propose you to take part.
In collaboration with the Graines de Paix assocation and the Geneva School of Diplomacy, this day was organised around two main times :
- morning : reflection workshops supervised by professinnals
- afternoon : workshops results’ presentation and debate
Speakers for the debate :
- Mrs Delia Mamon, president and founder of the Graines de Paix assocation
- Pr Andrea Attig, from the Geneva School of Diplomacy
- Mr Philippe Beck, from Cenetr pour l’action Non- violente
For more information : flyer / Program
GIN Conference
Global Issues Network annual conference with participation ofschools from all around the world.
Conference, workshops and others activities.
Date : 2009, March 19th to 21st
Location: CICG - 15, rue Varembé - Geneva
Further information : http://www.global-issues-network.org/gin/pg016.html
GIN conferenceprogram, Press release
All the mission statements written at the end of the debates organised in 2008 could be seen here : 2008 summary
“Olympic Games in China and Human Rights” debate
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations declaration of Human Rights and ending the year with the 2008 most important event, the Earth Focus Foudnation organised a student debate, adressing : “What was the impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Human Rights?”.
Date : 10th of December 2008
Participants : Students from following schools : Aga Khan Academies in Mombasa, Geneva School of Diplomacy,College du Leman, La Grande Boissière, Campus des Nations, La Chataigneraie, CEC de Stael
Find hereafter the report of the day, the missions statements and some pictures :
Invitation/ report/ Mission statements/ pictures
“PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” DEBATE
For the International Day of Peace on September Earth Focus Foundation has organized a bilingual round table and youth debate whose issue was : “How could the aspects of sustainable development contribute to world peace? “.
Date : 19th September of 2008 - 9 am to 4:30 pm
Participants : Students from following schools : CDL, La Grande Boissière, Collège Volatire, Ecole Haut Lac, ECG Henry-Dunant, CO Golette, CO Montbrillant, CO des Voirets. Almost 500 students were presents.
At the end of the morning, Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Soudan, now singer, came to meet students, talk about his story and present his songs.
Please find hereafter the mission statement, the report of the day and some pictures:
Flyer / Overview / Mission statement/ report/ pictures
ARBORETUM VISIT
Date: Wednesday, 4 of June 2008
Time: 9h00 – 14h30
Participants: CDL (students and teachers), Earth Focus, SBM Conseil, ICVolunteers, Association de l’Arboretum national du Vallon de l’Aubonne
Activities:
1. Re-check the Green Map icons using last year’s Green Map
2. Tree Planting - Cornus kousa x C. nuttallii (a dogwood tree).
3. Musée de Bois visit.
4. Group discussions on the Green Map.
Students articles / program of the day
Human Rights’ and environment debate:
Date: 17th of April 2008
Participants : International school of Geneva - LGB, International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations, College Voltaire, CEC André Chavanne, Aga Khan Academy of Mombasa
Context:
For the 60th anniversary of The Universal Declaration on Human Rights adopted, on 10 December 1948 in Paris, the Earth Focus Foundation organises a conference – debate on how to improve the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The aim of this debate is to know how the declaration could include the new stakes that the worldwide population should face and most of all how its principles could be better know and better implemented all around the world.
Issue of the debate:
In this context, Earth Focus Foundation has taken the opportunity of this anniversary to organise this debate for young people. The issue would be: « should the Universal Declaration of Human Rights be improved and should it include the environment preservation? »
Flyer / Misson statement / College Voltaire presentations / Photos
Debate “Animal conservation: setting priorities.”
Date: 15th of April 2008
Participants: College du Leman, International School of geneva - Campus des Nations (french speaking students)
According to the IUCN Red List, there were 16,306 species that were threatened with extinction in 2007. African vultures, Sumatran Orangutans, Western Lowland Gorillas and Yangtze River Dolphins (Baiji) are some species that are on the Red List. Over-exploitation, invasive alien species, pollution and habitat loss or degradation are some examples of the threats that endangered species face .
In this context, Earth Focus Foundation is organizing a debate on ‘Animal Conservation: Setting Priorities’. The aim of the debate is to better understand what are some threats that endangered species are facing, why it is important to protect them and ways we can protect them.
Flyer / Report / présentaiiton/