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Global
Media Release
On
March 20th a New Spirit of Humanity will circle the Planet!
March
20th will mark the first "World Day of Planetary Consciousness"
as Sunrise Celebrations take place planet-wide, beginning
with a Maori welcome in New Zealand and ending with a Polynesian
performance in Samoa. This first spring day of the New Millennium
will culminate in a gala event in Hungary featuring messages
and participation from Honorary Members of the Club of Budapest
including: The Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Arthur C.
Clarke, Peter Ustinov, Ervin Laszlo, Jane Goodall, Peter
Russell, Edgar Mitchell, Robert Muller, Peter Gabriel and
Betty Williams.
On this
World Day people from many cultures and nations will unite
under the banner of the Planetary Vision Festival 2001 to
celebrate the spirit of humanity's new consciousness that
is dawning with this new era, including in: Auckland, Nelson,
Brisbane, Fukuoka, Beijing, Khatmandu, Delhi, Auroville,
St. Petersburg, Kiev, Jerusalem, Delphi, Budapest, Guardea,
Vienna, Lucerne, Paris, Brighton, Sao Paolo, New York City,
Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Toronto, Kansas City, Monterrey,
Vancouver, San Francisco and Apia.
Planetary
consciousness is the recognition of the vital interdependence
and essential interconnection of all humankind and the earth.
It is the fundamental requirement for the creation of a
sustainable and peaceful world in the 21st Century.
In the
words of Sir Arthur C. Clarke; "As we move into the
new Millennium we have an opportunity to make a better world.
If we act with responsibility and compassion, we can change
the way we relate to each other and to the planet. I much
appreciate the efforts of the Planetary Vision Festival
to focus attention on the unity of humankind and the need
for us to evolve a planetary consciousness."
Planetary
Vision Festival 2001 is the first in an annual series of
events and programs celebrating our new planetary consciousness
and its related ethics and actions. The Festival will unite
people planet-wide in awareness of the great opportunities
present at the turn-of-the-millennium to shape a positive
future for all and help spur humanity to new actions and
new heights!
The
Festival was launched on World Day One (January 1, 2001),
the official first day of the 21st Century and the Third
Millennium. Groups in 26 countries joined together on this
World Day to participate in two new global initiatives:
"The First Global Singalong", a Singalong of universal
songs, and "First Steps - A Walk for the Future",
a local/global walk for our common future. Further Planetary
Vision Festival world programs this year are the first World
Month of Planetary Understanding (March 21st to April 21st)
and the first World Day of Planetary Ethics (September 22nd).
The
Planetary Vision Festival is initiated by The Club of Budapest
in partnership with the PVF2001 Founding Alliance. The Club
of Budapest is an international association dedicated to
developing new thinking and ethics that will help address
the social, political, economic and ecological challenges
of the 21st Century. Founding Alliance members include:
Associazione Culturale dei Triangoli e della Buona Volontà
Mondiale (Italy), First Steps International (Canada), Global
Foundation for Understanding (Canada), Institute for Ethical
Leadership (Canada), Pathways to Peace (USA), Sister Cities
International - Pause for Peace Project (USA), The Club
of Budapest USA and Towards the Third Millennium (Russia
and Ukraine).
For
further details visit the PVF2001 website and contact:
David
Woolfson, Project Director
Phone: 1-905-881-0735
Fax: 1-905-881-8731
Email: [email protected]
http://www.PlanetaryVision.net
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