http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com Learning to Save the World… (3 fingers at a time) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:36:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Sunday August 17th another group of rollerbladers (in-line skaters) prepared to cruise the streets around the Olympic Green in Beijing to share the message and adopted symbol of the "GREEN OLYMPICS". The group met at one of the hundreds of OLYMPIC VOLUNTEER INFORMATION KIOSKS wearing their "Peace ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/olympic-athletes-stop-global-warming-and-promote-green-olympics/ ************************* RECIPE TO SAVE THE WORLD ************************* Start now and share the 3 finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol with those you love and care about. We only have one life-sustaining planet... what are you doing to keep it liveable? It's really EASY! Understand that the Sustainability Symbol represents a PERSONAL INTEREST in living a ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/recipe-to-save-the-world/ BECOME A CLIMATE CHANGE AMBASSADOR The Institute's first  Climate Change Ambassador to Canada is Julianna Slomka, in British Columbia. Julianna has organized school visits, promoted community participation and informed Canadian citizens of the first year anniversary of the 3 finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol. Julianna is a dynamic, creative person ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/what-is-a-climate-change-ambassador/ The McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce uses  Flickr to share the "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol around the world. Chinese Photographer  ???? (BlueWild) captured us photographing MiniP3 at the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) in preparation for the Olympic Torch Relay. "The photographer is photographing the photographer" capturing MiniP3 and the ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/flickr/ BE A CLIMATE CHANGE AGENT Now is the point in history were you have personal power to change the planet and the people living on it. THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. Never before in history has each individual (on both sides of the digital divide) had more power to make change in ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/be-a-climate-change-agent-become-a-climate-change-ambassador/ My hometown, Montreal, hosted the Olympics in 1976, and tomorrow, August 8th 2008 the Beijing Olympics begin. The 3 finger "Peace Plus One"Sustainability Symbol has become an enthusiastic supporter of the Olympics and many volunteers at the Olympics are now sharing the optimism and responsibility of Thinking Three Ways - balancing ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/good-luck-to-the-olympics-signalled-with-3-fingers/ Citizens of China and other large developing countries put to shame the developed world. The recent HAVAS media report on global consumer attitudes contains some startling contradictions to common perceptions.  Below is the China Factsheet of the report -  Climate Change Research by HAVAS / IPSOS global survey China Factsheet CHINESE PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/china-puts-to-shame-the-developed-world/   The origin of the 3 finger Peace-Plus-One Sustainability Symbol has been revealed! China Daily, China's largest English-Language Daily Newspaper describes the origin and recent successes of the Sustainability Symbol in China. Read all about it at the China Daily site: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-06/30/content_6804113.htm Peace Plus One! (pass it along...) http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/peace-plus-one-the-3-finger-sustainability-symbol-reveals-its-origin-in-china-daily/  This year Canada Day is going to be Celebrated on June 29th in Beijing (instead of July 1st), so make your way to the Canadian International School of Beijing for the celebrations organized by the Canada China Business Council! In the modern-day "Spirit of Bethune" (a Canadian doctor, revered in China, if you didn't know already..) ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/canada-day-in-beijing-the-sustainability-symbol-and-green-beijing-olympics/ UPDATE: As of Satuday, May 17th, More than 22,000 people are confirmed dead Thousands are still missing Approximately 14,000 people are trapped under collapsed buildings At least 436,000 homes have collapsed There are 159,000 people injured, not all of them in hospital At least 4.8 million people are now homeless Everyone who believes in Peace, Harmony and Oneness ... http://www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/help-china-earthquake-victims-now-peace-plus-one-you/