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Future Generations Announced as a Semi-Finalist for the Buckminster Fuller Award

Posted on Fri, 02/19/2010 – 18:07

Future Generations is one of 30 semi-finalists out of 215 applicants for the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Award. Read the article from the Buckminster Fuller Institute featured below. For a direct link to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge website click <here>. 

 

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Global Health TV Interview with Dr. Carl Taylor

Posted on Mon, 02/15/2010 – 21:04

Global health legend dies at 93.

On Feb 4, 2010 Professor Carl Taylor passed away after a battle with prostate cancer. Prof. Taylor was well-known in the global health community. He dedicated his life to international health, working in more than 70 countries and founding Johns Hopkins University's Department of International Health.

At 2008's International Conference on Global Health, where he received the award for lifetime achievement Prof. Taylor took time out to talk with Global Health TV and reflect on his long career.

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"Communications Initiative" Features Conservation Report

Posted on Mon, 02/01/2010 – 21:39

The Communications Initiative Network, an online network dedicated to promoting economic and social change, published a report by the Future Generations Graduate School. The report discusses the scientific evidence of  community-based conservation regarding it's effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.

You can view a summary of the report and download a PDF document of the full report by clicking <here>.

 

 

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Boston Review Features Response by Future Generations Afghanistan Country Director

Posted on Thu, 12/31/2009 – 00:48

The Boston Review published a response by Future Generations Afghanistan Country Director, Aziz Hakimi about the future of Afghanistan. The article is featured below. For a direct link to the Boston Review website click here.

‘The West can encourage legitimacy and accountability’

Nir Rosen argues that the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan is likely to fail and that the Karzai government is irredeemably illegitimate. I agree with the first point, but not with the second.

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New “Brain Gain” Master’s Programme in Sustainable Development targets Guyana

Posted on Tue, 03/09/2010 – 23:53

The Guyana Chronicle Online featured the Queens event press release. To read the article directly from their site click <here>.

New “Brain Gain” Master’s Programme in Sustainable Development targets Guyana

-Queens Borough President and GABPC to host students at community networking event in March

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UNDP "Eco Hero" Broadcast to Feature the Green Long March

Posted on Tue, 12/29/2009 – 18:35

From December 29 - December 30, 2009, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) "ECO HERO" series will feature the Green Long March on Tianjin Satellite TV. The "Eco Hero" camera crew traveled with Chinese university students along the Grasslands Route of Inner Mongolia as they documented case studies of environmental successes. The story focuses on the Sanbeilin Forestry Reform Program.

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"Living on Earth" Features the Green Long March

Posted on Wed, 11/18/2009 – 00:05

Public Radio International's #1 syndicated environmental radio show, Living on Earth, featured an episode on the Green Long March the week of November 17th.

The Green Long March  began in 2007 with leadership from Future Generations China and Beijing Forestry University. Today, with 5,000 students from 50 Chinese Universities, it is known as China's largest youth movement for the environment.

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Alliance Magazine Interviews Bill Carmichael, Chairman of the Board of Future Generations

Posted on Wed, 06/17/2009 – 17:48

Bill Carmichael, Chairman of the Board of Future Generations, shares his experience in building the capacity of civil society organizations with the Ford Foundation from 1968 - 1989. Caroline Hartnell interviews Bill Carmichael for Alliance magazine's June 2009 issue focused on philanthropy’s role in promoting democracy and civil society.

The interview is available as a downloadable PDF document, by clicking <here>.

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The Walrus features Future Generations and the Green Long March

Posted on Mon, 06/01/2009 – 17:53

Reporter Mitch Moxley, who covered the Beijing Olympics for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and writes a blog, Letter from China, for The Walrus Magazine, makes his way inside the budding Chinese environment movement in this most recent post. The Green Long March is referenced as an example of China's "burgeoning and vocal environmental movement."

Full article available here:

http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.06--the-peace-plus-one-social-club/

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Future Generations President on Chinese National Television (CCTV 9)

Posted on Tue, 03/24/2009 – 16:47

Tune in to CCTV9 for an exclusive interview with Future Generations President, Dr. Daniel Taylor. Recorded in Beijing with anchorman Yang Rui, this feature interview focuses on Dr. Taylor's long history of environmental protection and community development in the Himalayan region of China. It also celebrates the launch of the Chinese and Tibetan versions of the book "Across the Tibetan Plateau," published by Future Generations in 2009.

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