2012-06-22

Rio+20: are we taking stock?

Pictures say more than a thousand words, or rather, than 50.000 participants in what is to-date the largest UN conference on Sustainable Development, the Futureproofing of our planet and humanity.
Where was the sense of #urgency in our media?


source: BBC: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfuture/original/images/live/p0/0t/z1/p00tz1n3.jpg
via: http://riowishlist.wordpress.com/ - blog of a Youth delegate from Belgium

2012-06-15

Your support is needed for Water at RIO+20: VOTE TODAY!


Picture Côpyright 2011 - Wacondah - Senegal, Dakar Slum

Your support is needed to ensure that 3 useful recommendations on Water are selected and heard by governments in the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development.
Would you be kind enough to contribute by voting yourself and by suggesting to others to vote too?

The voting procedure is quite simple. No need to register in any way (Spanish and French procedures are attached).
  • Step 1: go to: http://vote.riodialogues.org/?l=en
  • Step 2: scroll down to Water / click on it to expand the list of recommendations on Water
  • Step 3: click on each of the 3 following recommendation (the symbol √ will appear on the left). The messages may appear in a different order:
    • • Adopt more ambitious global policies to address the needs for water that is really safe and for sanitation
    • • Build a common vision and adopt an action plan at the global level regarding wastewater management.
    • • Put water at the heart of future development goals.
  • Step 4: scroll down to the bottom of the page and validate your vote by clicking on “Submit”
Please note that the polling closes on June 15. Please support immediately.
Thank you for your contribution to global progress on Water management.