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Take a Virtual Multimedia Flight into the Global Stratosphere of Positive Changemaking

Dear ISLE surfer,

welcome & and thank you for your exploratoy visit!.
We thoroughly enjoy sharing this with you, and hope that you also enjoy this part of our common world in this extraordinary times.

We are in a time of crisis, but also in a time of unprecedented opportunity, which enables us to overcome the crisis and achieve many dreams humankind has been holding for a long time. Some of this is more or less known to people, but most feel disempowered to contributing significantly to positive change.

But be assured, - there are amazing surprises to discover! So, please board our internet vessel, fasten seat belts and join us in a quick flight around our Planet Earth. Please fasten seat belts and put on a special pair of glasses called: exclusive filter "positive change".

The internet-skin around our Spaceship Planet Earth is a truly flowering landscape for learning about important stuff that is usually unavailable or unaffordable. We are going to zoom in to a few examples :
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Here are some young people you may enjoy to know about
. At 16, Ocean founded Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!), which he has directed for the better part of the years since.

YES! has reached more than 620,000 people in more than 1,200 school assembly and conference presentations. YES! has also organized and facilitated 83 week-long camps and youth Jams for young leaders from 55 nations, published seven youth action guides, and led 150 day-long youth training workshops.
Yes! has been organising many amazing Youth Jams. Here are some of the young people that have participated and become members of the Yes Jamily. For example, meet the people of the World Jam 2003!
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This is a GREAT VIDEO
about Youth Jams!

You can download the video from PNYV!'s frontpage at http://pnyv.org
Then, of course, there is Ryan Hreljac, who decided at the age of 6 to keep on working on making safe water available to everyone in the world. At 12, he had already collected 2.5 million dollars... At 12 years of age, Craig decided he is not going to put up with Child Slavery. He founded the youth-run NGO Free The Children, with now more than 1 million members and a great record of success... Aika was 12 when she created a stunning picture book educating children about the importance of caring for the Planet.

Of course, children grow into adults who have lived decades of positive action and innovation!
Wangari is one of them. She has started quite a movement in Kenya.

And there are many more adults that do care and achieve significant change.

 Meet dozens of amazing, courageous people that have been honoured with the Right Livelihood Award, also know as the Alternative Nobel Prize. And you can MEET many global visionaries of our times in person. Visit Big Picture TV for lots and lots of quick video interview clips with visionaries explaining global issues.
Sometimes, people achieve very astonoushing things, like planting and harvesting water in drought stricken areas. Sounds like a good example to share... and there are so many more! ZERI's (Zero Emission Research Initiative) work is spreading around the world. In Southern Brazil, hundreds of thousands of state school children are already learning about their principles and application.
You can find many such successful positive action examples at Changemakers.Net.

They also have monthly themes / competitions for collecting, discussing and honouring good practice solutions to special critical issues

And like the adult changemakers have their online communities, so do the young people!

Takingitglobal has more than 100,000 members in 200 countries.

Youth Action for Change do online training courses about global issues by young people for young people.

OXFAM's International Youth Parliament is just around the corner in Sydney.

They offer information, community-building, projects, discussions, events and tools.

Some youth organisations are a close, strategic partner of the United Nations for Global Campaigns, like the Millenium Development Goals Youth Campaign.

Check out ther websites!

So, there are LOTS OUT OF GOOD KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION GROUPS OUT THERE!

The Internet is a FREE, MEANINGFUL TV STATION
A lot of TOP INFO news resources on global issues
and better, alternative solutions. 		You can also find good films in your DVD store: check out the New Generation of Documentaries. In Australia and Canada, you even have educational companions to The Corporation.
You can also meet People with bright ideas for positive change and many more FREE STREAMING VIDEOS at LINK TV and watch discussions about serious issues, like the Nuclear Lullaby
For more information about the myths and truths of nuclear energy visit Nobel Peace Prize winning IPPNW at http://ippnw.org/, view and spread their poster collection and learn more.

You can learn about very serious, insivible issues - like the hunting of the last few gorillas for a questionable meal. Why? Basically, because of Tropical Forest Logging!

There is a link to an online video in this BBC article.


more info1 and more info2

Those among us that appreciate the conservation of the abounding power of life in the Amazon should know that they are actually EATING it up.

Your food choice or addiction is the most significant part of the solution. The consumer influences what they produce!

You can inform yourself and participate in effective online campaigns. McD is already scared and pretends(!) to be looking for alternatives. 

 McAmazon


KFC frying the Amazon as violence erupts

ONLINE CAMPAIGNS & PETITIONS
are a new way of raising and amplifying voice. There have already been remarkable achievements! From protecting indigenous people to replacing government! They are a tool for young people to exercise their global citizenship from school ISLEs and home computer.
If you do not appreciate the shooting of millions of kangaroos for soccer boots and baseball gloves - you think David Beckham and adidas are "cool"? are you wearing his "Predator" boot? - you may appreciate joining this international initiative: Save the Kangaroo.

An article offering a comprehensive overview is here
Raising awareness and animating action can be done with a lot of fun! A group of young designers has come up with a whole new genre of highly effective online activism : Flash Activism Movies!
Make sure you see the Meatrix and The Meatrix Part 2 and Store Wars.
created by Free Range Graphics
There is a growing movement of positive people world-around, and there are countless opportunities to get involved.
If you get your mind, heart and hands into gear.
Oh, this was it - we are back.
We hope you enjoyed your flight program, and have enjoyed these some sunny sites, minds and hearts of humankind.

If you are hot for more, maybe start with learning about the ORIGINS OF SPREADING GOOD EXAMPLES, which date back to the Fifties.

As you see it takes a long time for good things to spread, and we find it is time to Accelerate Positive Acceleration. If you want to folllow this path, and transform into a bright changemaker, enjoying the company of other inspired people, want to detach yourself from the collective participation in destroying the web life on this planet through a naive, grossly irresponsible lifestyle, and enable yourself to become a Fair Global Citizen being part of the solution and working towards evolving your utmost potentials, maybe consider GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL, and participate in discussions at the IDEC ISLE and spend some time on learning things that matter to more that just you :-)
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Please unfasten seatbelts, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR POSITIVE CHANGE GLASSES!
Mental gymnastics are recommended. Your host Annabel enjoys your company for thoughtful dialogue.

WE WISH YOU A GREAT DAY! GET CONNECTED & IMPACT YOUR GENERATION!

Scotty, beam'em back down to the ISLE at Riverview School!