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Almere Principles as Intelligences

December 19, 2009 by marilynhamilton

In October I visited Almere, NL and met City Planner Alex VanOost. He gifted me with the monograph of the Almere Principles, developed by Architect, William McDonough & Associates.

The seven principles resonate strongly with Integral City’s 12 Intelligences:

  1. Cultivate Diversity (@ Emergence and Living Intelligence)
  2. Connect Place and Context (@ Collective Intelligences and Eco-Intelligence)
  3. Combine City and Nature (@ Building Intelligence and Contexting Intelligences)
  4. Anticipate Change (@ Living Intelligence and Emergence Intelligence)
  5. Continue Innovation (@ Evolutionary Intelligence)
  6. Design Healthy Systems (@ Collective and Strategic Intelligences)
  7. Empower People to Make the City (@ Individual and Collective Intelligences).

Read about the Almere Principles here:

http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/projects/view/almere_principles

Learn more about Almere here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almere

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First News of Copenhagen Deal – Some BBC Quotes

December 18, 2009 by marilynhamilton

This first news from a deal at Copenhagen tells us that at least there is some political will amongst the key power brokers and deal breakers. The devil will be in the details — but it offers us a gleam of hope.  Human Hives aka Mayors of key cities  around the world will no doubt need to ante up their intelligences for implementation to move this to the next step – and they will make sure there is one, because they have the greatest vested interests of all governments. They will be working to create new structures and stories that their citizens can embrace. Let this ray of hope become the first glimmers of a season of light. MH 

BBC NEWS
Copenhagen deal reaction in quotes

President Barack Obama has reached what US officials say is a “meaningful” deal with China, India and South Africa on climate change. It was agreed on the last day of the Copenhagen conference. Below are reactions from officials and NGOs.

US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

For the first time in history all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change.

Going forward we’re going to have to build on the momentum that we’ve established here in Copenhagen to ensure that international action to significantly reduce emissions is sustained and sufficient over time. We’ve come a long way but we have much further to go.

To continue moving forward we must draw on the effort that allowed us to succeed here today – engagement among nations that represent a baseline of mutual interest and mutual respect.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION SPOKESWOMAN

A deal is better than no deal. What could be agreed today, falls far below our expectations but It keeps our goals and ambitions alive.

It addresses the needs of developing countries. It was the only deal available in Copenhagen.

US OFFICIAL

No country is entirely satisfied with each element but this is a meaningful and historic step forward and a foundation from which to make further progress.

NICOLAS SARKOZY, FRENCH PRESIDENT

We have an agreement. The deal we have is not perfect.

JOHN LANCHBERY, BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL

It sounds very vague. There’s no next step, nothing to link through to how to get a final deal done.

STEVE SAWYER, GLOBAL WIND ENERGY COUNCIL

On the basis of drafts I’ve seen so far … standing on its own a political declaration like that doesn’t do much other than paper over the fact that that governments have failed to keep the promises they made to each other.

JOHN ASHE, CHAIR OF KYOTO PROTOCOL TALKS

Given where we started and the expectations for this conference, anything less than a legally binding and agreed outcome falls far short of the mark.

On the the other hand, though I’m a bit of a realist so I do realise that perhaps the bar was set too high and the fact that there’s now a deal (…) perhaps gives us something to hang our hat on.

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Who is at Climate Talks and What Do They Seek?

December 17, 2009 by marilynhamilton

This article published early in December 2009, reveals the biases of the voting blocks at Copenhagen, based on their emissions, GDP and % of world population. The spectrum of intelligences hidden inside these numbers does not reveal who the complex thinkers are in each block — those people who can think at a geo-centric level and appreciate the challenge to the survival of our species. Those are the people who need to find each other and find common cause for shifting mindsets on a global basis. MH

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/05/world/climate-graphic-players.html

Published: December 5, 2009

Who’s at the Climate Talks, and What Do They Seek?

Representatives of nearly 200 nations will gather in Copenhagen for an international conference on global warming. As big greenhouse gas emitters, the United States and China are expected to be pivotal to the outcome. Many other countries fall into the formal and informal clusters described here.

Group of 77

This organization of 130 developing countries, founded in 1964, will push hard at Copenhagen for deep cuts by the industrialized nations. Arguing that cuts in carbon dioxide emissions should not come at the expense of their development, these nations will also push for money and technology transfers from wealthier nations to allow alternatives to fossil-fuel-based industrialization. 

42% of emissions 19% of G.D.P. 76% of people  

China

China, with the world’s largest population and largest emissions of greenhouse gases, could be viewed as one of two 800-pound gorillas in the room, with the United States. A developing nation, China has refused to accept firm limits on its emissions but has instead proposed a “carbon intensity” target, reducing its emissions per dollar of economic output by 40 to 45% by 2020. 

21% of emissions 6% of G.D.P. 20% of people  

Other large developing nations

Other large developing nations like Brazil and India have also insisted they cannot be held to hard emissions targets. India, which initially resisted even nonbinding targets, has said it will reduce its carbon intensity by 20 to 25 percent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels. 

6% of emissions 4% of G.D.P. 20% of people  

African Union

The 50-member bloc of mostly poor nations has been vocal in demanding cuts of 40 percent from 1990 emission levels by 2020 for industrialized countries. The group walked out of a pre-Copenhagen conference in November and has threatened to boycott or otherwise derail the Copenhagen talks if its demands are not met. 

3% of emissions 2% of G.D.P. 13% of people  

Small island states

The Association of Small Island States, a 39-member group, has perhaps the most urgent argument for sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: a number of them could literally become uninhabitable with moderate increases in sea level. It has called for a reduction of emissions by 85% by 2050. But the coalition’s political bargaining power at Copenhagen is expected to be modest. 

1% of emissions 1% of G.D.P. 1% of people  

OPEC

The largest oil-producing nations have repeatedly demanded financial compensation for any decrease in oil prices resulting from climate treaties. Because these countries can affect the global economy through oil price gyrations, their position may gain some traction at Copenhagen. 

6% of emissions 2% of G.D.P. 5% of people  

Rainforest Coalition

This group of heavily forested nations is promoting the issuing of emission credits for financing the preservation or expansion of forests (which absorb carbon dioxide) in less developed countries. Some observers suggest that the program, called REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), is one of the best prospects for agreement between industrialized and developing nations. 

4% of emissions 3% of G.D.P. 19% of people  

Annex 1 countries

These are the wealthy, developed countries that were required under the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 to reduce emissions, typically about 8 percent below 1990 levels. The United States, technically a part of Annex 1, refused to ratify the protocol. 

51% of emissions 75% of G.D.P. 19% of people  

United States

The other 800-pound gorilla, the United States ranks among the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide per capita of any large country. (Certain small countries like Qatar emit more per person.) With the Senate unable to pass climate legislation before the Copenhagen meeting, the Obama administration will be limited in what it can offer. Yet President Obama has signaled a greater willingness to cooperate with international efforts to reduce emissions than his predecessor, George W. Bush. 

20% of emissions 30% of G.D.P. 5% of people  

European Union

European nations have led the push for firm emission limits, with some on track to meet their Kyoto goals. They will push for new, more stringent emission limits for industrialized countries so that the market in emission credits does not collapse. An enforcement mechanism providing penalties for failure to comply is favored by much of Europe, where there is a commitment to moving away from fossil fuels. 

15% of emissions 25% of G.D.P. 8% of people  

Former Soviet republics

Many former Soviet republics will push for continuing or expanding the “joint implementation” mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, which allows certain industrialized nations with heavy emissions to earn emission credits by financing climate-friendly projects in other developed countries. Former Soviet states have been prominent among the host parties for these projects, which bring them foreign investment. 

9% of emissions 2% of G.D.P. 4% of people  

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Bill McKibbens Points at 4 Key Numbers for Climate Scoreboard

December 16, 2009 by marilynhamilton

As we are in the stage of chaos in our international community — what voices of intelligence point to evidence-based information that we can continue to learn from? Bill McKibben uses 4 numbers: 350 degrees target, 100 countries, 4% and 770 degrees actual!!  Read below for background behind these feedback loops.

http://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/bill-mckibbens-guardian-uk-article-features-climate-interactive/#more-2214

Bill McKibben’s Guardian UK Article Features Climate Interactive

By fanninga

The following is Bill McKibben’s article on the Copenhagen summit, which discusses the importance of numbers in the climate negotiations and Climate Interactive’s role in producing them. Find the latest numbers on the Climate Scoreboard.

Copenhagen: Only the numbers count – and they add up to hell on earth
Climate Interactive’s software speaks numbers, not spin – which is where the true understanding of the Copenhagen summit lies

guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 December 2009 11.17 GMT

The Bella centre is a swirl of chatter, the streets of Copenhagen are a swirl of protest. Depending on what hour you listen to the news bulletin, the UN climate negotiations have “come off the rails” or are “back on track” or have “stalled” or are “moving swiftly”. Which is why the only people who really understand what’s going on may be a small crew of folks from a group of computer jockeys called Climate Interactive. Their software speaks numbers, not spin – and in the end it’s the numbers that count.

First number to know: 350. It’s what scientists have been saying for two years is the maximum amount of carbon dioxide we can safely have in the atmosphere, measured in parts per million. Those scientists have been joined by an unprecedented outpouring from civil society: in late October, activists put on what CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history,” with 5,200 demonstrations in 181 countries, all rallying around that number. Three thousand vigils last weekend across the planet spelled out the number in candles. Thousands of churches rang their bells 350 times on Sunday, and yesterday the World Parliament of Religions, meeting in Melbourne and representing the “largest interreligious gathering on earth” sent an emergency 350 declaration here to Copenhagen.

The second number: 100. That’s (roughly) how many countries are backing a 350 target here at Copenhagen. That’s more than half the nations in attendance – unfortunately, they’re the small, poor ones. But it’s amazing to see them, in the face of enormous pressure, keeping the idea of real action alive. Yesterday Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, spoke to a roaring crowd of thousands: “We know what the laws of physics say: the most important number in the world is 350.”

The third number: 4%. That’s how much the US is offering to cut its emissions from their 1990 levels by 2020. Scientists tell us that the developed world would need to reduce by at least 40% to get us back on a 350 track, so the American offer is exactly an order or magnitude off. And they’re not alone. All the rich countries, not to mention China, are looking to do as little as possible and still escape here with some kind of agreement they can hide behind.

The fourth number – and the most important one. When the folks at Climate Interactive plug in every promise made at these talks (the American offer on the table, the Chinese promise to reduce “energy intensity”, the EU pledges, and so on) their software tells them almost instantly how much carbon they would eventually produce. When they hit the button last night, the program showed that by 2100 the world’s CO2 concentrations (currently 390) would be – drumroll please – 770. That is, we would live in hell, or at least a place with a similar temperature.

So that’s the scorecard. You may hear a lot of happy talk from world leaders over the next few days as they “reach a historic agreement”. But that’s how it all adds up.

• Bill McKibben is the coordinator of 350.org

Find the article online here.

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Science not faked, but not pretty

December 12, 2009 by marilynhamilton

COP15 - Copenhagen

E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press.

http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=2951

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http://radyananda.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/ecuador-constitution-recognizes-rights-of-nature/

December 12, 2009 by marilynhamilton

http://radyananda.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/ecuador-constitution-recognizes-rights-of-nature/.

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Climate Change Scoreboard

December 11, 2009 by marilynhamilton

As we are striving to create new frameworks, approaches and paradigms, it is often easy to overlook how far we have come and what progress we are making. For someone, like Hazel Henderson, who has demonstrated decades of commitment to changing our perspectives on economic performance the following is good news indeed.

MH/Integral City

For Immediate Release:

NEW GLOBAL CLIMATE PROSPERITY SCOREBOARD FINDS OVER $1 TRILLION INVESTED IN GREEN SINCE 2007

 

Washington, DC – December  4, 2009 – Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and The Climate Prosperity Alliance today launched their Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard® which tracks private investment in companies growing the green economy globally.  This new, never before reported number, showing $1,248,740,645,993.00 (over $1.248 trillion) in total investment since 2007, indicates how investors and entrepreneurs are leading governments in promoting sustainable growth.  The scoreboard totals investments in solar, wind, geothermal, ocean/hydro, energy efficiency and storage, and agriculture.  We purposefully omitted nuclear, “clean coal,” carbon capture and sequestration, and biofuels.  We indicate which investments have been publically announced and committed by major companies for 2010 and beyond.

 Dr. Marc A. Weiss, Chairman and CEO of Global Urban Development and Chair of the Climate Prosperity Alliance, said, “This $1.248 trillion of investments are not only from North America and Europe, but also from China, India, Brazil and other developing countries.  They indicate that the private sector currently is ahead of governments in understanding that during the 21st century, people, places, and organizations can only get richer by becoming greener and only earn more money by using fewer resources and reusing more. Private capital investment is now leading globally in promoting technological innovation and resource efficiency that will accelerate environmentally and socially sustainable industrial growth and economic development throughout the world.”

Dr. Hazel Henderson, futurist, author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy (Chelsea Green, 2006) and president of Ethical Markets Media, serves as vice-chair of the Climate Prosperity Alliance together with vice-chairs C.S. Kiang (China), Rodrigo Loures (Brazil), Lawrence Bloom (UK) and James Nixon (USA).  Dr. Henderson said, “Ethical Markets Media’s mission is reforming markets and growing the green economy globally.  Our Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard® will be updated regularly to show progress toward the ecologically sustainable economies that are vital to our common future.  Societies are transitioning from the 300-year old, polluting, fossil-fueled Industrial Era to the advanced technologies of the information-rich Solar Age.”

The Climate Prosperity Alliance, a volunteer, global network of financiers, businesses, economic development authorities, scientists and NGOs is based on earth systems science, showing the widespread evidence of destruction caused by the now-obsolete technologies of the combustion-based Industrial Revolution and its extraction and exploitation of the Earth’s capital: oil, coal, gas, minerals, forests, water, land and biodiversity.  Human societies are now gradually re-industrializing our economies using the Earth’s income – the renewable energies of sun, wind, ocean/hydro, geothermal and non-agricultural biomass – based on human capital: new knowledge of planetary processes and ecosystems, designing our economies with Nature.

The Climate Prosperity Alliance uses the Climate Solutions 2 computer model of Australia’s Climate Risk Pty., showing how $1 trillion invested every year for the next 10 years can assure the global transition to sustainable prosperity and job growth.  This $10 trillion is less than the bailouts of failed banks in the USA and Europe and less than 10% of the world’s pension and institutional funds of $120 trillion.  Institutional fund managers can shift 10% of their assets away from hedge funds, risky derivatives and commodity speculation to real investments in a greener global economy, thereby assuring their beneficiaries a healthier future.

“While we encourage progress toward directly investing in growing the green economy, we urge government officials meeting in Copenhagen December 7-14, 2009, to follow the lead of these private investors that have already committed $1.248 trillion.  We applaud our pension fund colleagues of the UN Principles of Responsible Investing who have joined in pledges to allocate more of their members’ $19 trillion of assets into similar green companies.  Now, governments must go beyond arguing over targets, caps and carbon-trading – and follow the lead of China and the USA in their comprehensive plan for cooperation on clean energy and climate change.  Such a general agreement in Copenhagen can promote and underwrite more direct investments and growth of the green economy,” said Dr. Henderson.

The new Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard® is researched and compiled by the Ethical Markets Media expert team: Timothy Nash, M.Sc., principal, Strategic Sustainable Investments, Toronto; Rachel Tubman, M.Sc., senior researcher/futurist; assisted by The Cleantech Group and members of the Ethical Markets Sustainability Research Group.  As these investments increase, the scoreboard will track totals, providing investors and governments with tangible evidence of the growing green economy.

Contacts:

  • Dr. Hazel Henderson, president, Ethical Markets Media, www.ethicalmarkets.com, hazel.henderson@ethicalmarkets.com, 1-904-829-3140
  • Dr. Marc A. Weiss, Chairman and CEO, Global Urban Development; and Chair, Climate Prosperity Alliance, www.climateprosperity.com, marcweiss@globalurban.org, 1-202-554-5891.
  • Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media, rosalinda.sanquiche@ethicalmarkets.com, 1-904-826-1381
  • Timothy Jack Nash, Co-founder, Strategic Sustainable Investments, nash@ssinvest.com, 1-416-821-9179

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Canadians Do Care About Climate Change – They Are Fasting in Support

December 11, 2009 by marilynhamilton

Fast and Vigil for Courage in Copenhagen: December 7 to 18 2009

Factsheet: Copenhagen, Canada and the Climate Crisis Why Are The Climate Talks In Copenhagen So Important?

These talks are meant to produce a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the first international agreement to fight global warming, which expires in 2012. Not every country signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, so the Copenhagen talks are our opportunity to bring all nations together in support of common action. There is broad agreement that the treaty negotiated in Copenhagen must provide financial support to developing nations to reduce their emissions, it must commit industrial nations to reducing their emissions 25 to 40 percent (below 1990 levels) by 2020, and it must be legally binding. All nations must agree on a fair, ambitious and binding emission reduction treaty if we are to create a level playing field and coordinate action to stop global warming. Developed nations like Canada must show leadership, negotiate in good faith, and make serious commitments to substantial emission reductions in Copenhagen. We must give our government the courage to act, so that it can give other countries hope of a solution. For more information on the importance of these talks see The New Climate Deal. A Pocket Guide. http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/climate_deal/publications/new_climate_deal/

What Is Canada Doing To Help Stop Global Warming? Canada signed the Kyoto Protocol and committed to reducing emissions 6 percent below 1990 levels by 2012, but we have done nothing to reach that goal. Our emissions have risen 27 percent

Our government plans to go to Copenhagen with a commitment to reduce emissions just 3 percent below 1990 levels — less than we committed to in Kyoto in 1997. Our government has no effective plan for meeting even that minimal target. Many Canadians are rightly frustrated and ashamed by our inaction.

In international climate talks, Canada is increasingly seen as an obstacle to agreement. This position does not reflect the desire of most Canadians for strong action on global warming. Our government is tarnishing our long established reputation as a caring, progressive country, as these examples show:

“In the last couple of years, I’m afraid, Canada has not been seen as sitting at the table. Canada should be doing much more.”

–Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Fortunately, there is pressure on our government do better. Over a hundred faith, labour, social justice and environmental groups in Canada have signed on to the KyotoPLUS campaign,

 

 

To Find Out More 

 

Sending a message to your MP: http://vtacc.org/contactmp.htm

Fast and Vigil: http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=202518073277&index=1

Global Day of Action: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190226761143

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Thoughts About GRI Sustainability Reporting

December 10, 2009 by marilynhamilton

Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network (of  www.iisd.ca)  has just reported this oped on the use of GRI reporting from the mining industry. However it would seem likely the lessons could apply to any sector. I wonder how it opens up the natural evolution from the triple bottom line to the quadruple (integral) bottom line??

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Mehrdad Nazari reports that:

Sustainability reporting in mining has grown dramatically in the last couple of years, especially since the industry converged around the Global Reporting Intitiative (GRI), the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework.

GRI is an Amsterdam-based foundation that is also a collaborating centre for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The origin of GRI dates back to 1997, when it emerged from a project incubated by the Boston-based nonprofit CERES, a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups. By 2006, GRI had already released its current, third generation of guidelines (known as GRI G3), which have been developed using a multi-sectoral and consensus seeking approach.

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As a course instructor trained directly by GRI, [Mehrdad Nazari has] been interested to observe the discrepancy between GRI’s intent and external perception of certain elements of the GRI framework. The discussions during the courses show significant misperceptions and concerns associated with Performance Indicators, declaration of Application Level and the concept of assurance.

 

For the full text of this article go to 

http://www.prizmasolutions.com//downloads/Sustainability_Reporting_using_GRI_Lessons_Learned_Nov09.pdf

 http://go.infomine.com/?re=123&tg=http%3A%2F%2Fviewer.zmags.com%2Fpublication%2F504803a7%23%2F504803a7%2F32

Mehrdad Nazari, MBA, MSc, LEAD Fellow

Senior CSR & ESIA Advisor, Prizma LLC

mehrdad@prizmasolutions.com

Web: www.prizmasolutions.com

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Nominate Your City for Sustainable City Award

December 10, 2009 by marilynhamilton

Globe Award 2010 – Leading Sustainability Awards

Sustainable cities can be nominated for international award

STOCKHOLM, NOVEMBER 23, 2009: Globe Awards will be presented for the fourth consecutive time at the annual gala at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm April 29th, 2010. The applications will be viewed in four categories: research, innovation, city and reporting. The most innovative, prospective and practical projects will be chosen by the jury composed of new members for 2010, with the top names from scientific, business and academic world. Now is time to apply.

The Globe Award’s main purpose is to explore and support researchers, innovators, cities and companies that are leading in sustainable development. The awards are divided into four classes: the Sustainability Research Award, the Sustainability Innovation Award, the Sustainable City Award and the Sustainability Reporting Award.

The decision, who will obtain a concrete award, depends on four objective jury groups. Each of them consists of highly experienced, well-educated and internationally recognized experts. Lars-Olle Larsson, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Sweden, is the overall chairman of the jury.

– It is necessary to support research and innovation to find solutions to the present problems related to climate change, poverty and welfare development. A Globe Award demonstrates pro-activity and best practice in the largest challenges we have ever faced, says Lars-Olle Larsson.

Members of the jury for the Globe Sustainable City Award are: Lawrence Bloom, Deputy Chairman of Noble Cities Plc., Dr Marilyn Hamilton, the founder of Integral City Meshworks Inc. and TDG Global Learning Connections and professor C.S. Kiang, the Chairman of Peking University Environment Foundation. Jury group Chairman is Jan Sturesson, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Global Leader of Government and Public Services.

– I believe sustainability will be the most important aspect when it comes to rising and developing the brand of any city in the future, no matter where it is located in the world. So we do hope to get many nominations from cities all around the globe for this new and extremely exciting category in the Globe Award, says Jan Sturesson, Chairman of the jury group for the Globe Sustainable City Award.

- Winning Globe Award builds the name of the city and gives the focus on the media, he adds.

Promoting sustainability can be very beneficial to the city and the country.

Sustainable cities all over the world can apply to be nominated for Globe Award. Information and application forms can be downloaded at www.globeaward.org. The nomination period closes February 28th, 2010. The Globe Award 2010 nominees will be made public April 5th. The candidates can send in their application from November 24th at www.globeaward.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information please contact:

Lars-Olle Larsson, Chairman of the Globe Award jury, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sweden

Mobile: +46-709 29 39 83, e-mail: lars-olle.larsson@se.pwc.com

Martina Nee, Manager Globe Award, Globe forum, Stockholm, Sweden

Mobile: +46-73 317 53 55, e-mail: martina.nee@globeforum.com

Paulina Korbak, Assistant Globe Award, Globe Forum, Stockholm, Sweden

e-mail: paulina.korbak@globeforum.com

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