Transcript GIN CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAS

BUILDING NEW FUTURES
BY
BREAKING OLD HABITS
WHAT?
www.global-issues-network.org
GINs are groups of students and teachers,
working internationally, to develop solutions for
global issues.
GINs challenge students and teachers to immerse
themselves in a chosen issue and to interact
with peers and other international collaborators
to create networks, think and act critically,
creatively, and innovatively toward creating
solutions to address real-world global issues.
WHEN AND WHERE?
October 21-23 2011
Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt, The
American School of Lima
Jointly hosted by AASSA, AAIE, and
FDR with additional support from
the US Department of State
HOW?
Schools are invited to send a GIN team (or two)
to the conference. Each team is made up of 2-6
students from Grades 7-12, so the maximum
number of students a school could send would
be 12.
Two adult advisers must accompany your
school’s students, whether you send one or two
teams. We will accept a total of 400 students
and advisers to the conference.
The student team is asked to prepare an
interactive workshop on their efforts to address a
global issue with sustainable solutions. The team
will present this workshop to 20-30 other
delegates.
Also, each team of students needs to make a short
(less than 2 minutes) film about the project to be
shown at the conference and posted to the
website
WHAT ELSE?
Keynote speakers from around the world will also
present.
Presentations from other teams and speakers
involved in global issues.
Alumni panel will also present on their path to
creating ways to address Global Issues.
Global Village groups will be formed to allow for
important open discussions on the issues and the
solutions. This also strengthens the networks.
…and MORE
Global Issues Fair will offer students the chance to
talk with people creating change.
Film Festival will screen the film made by each team
on their project, thus every team’s efforts are shared
with the entire delegation. These films will then be
posted on our GIN/AASSA website.
Cultural and entertainment activities in Lima and on
campus.
High Noon: 20 Global issues, 20 Years to
Solve Them by J. F. Rischard
THE LIST OF
20 ISSUES
Sharing our Planet: issues involving
the global commons
• Global warming
• Biodiversity and ecosystem losses
• Fisheries depletion
• Deforestation
• Water deficits
• Maritime safety and pollution
Sharing our Humanity: issues
requiring a global commitment
• Massive step up in the fight against poverty
• Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating
terrorism
• Education for all
• Global infectious diseases
• Digital divide
• Natural disaster prevention and mitigation
Sharing our Rulebook: issues needing
a global regulatory approach
• Reinventing taxation for the twenty-first century
• Biotechnology rules
• Global financial architecture
• Illegal drugs
• Trade, investment and competition rules
• Intellectual property rights
• E-commerce rules
• International labor and migration rules
SAMPLE PROJECTS
at FDR
Recycling, Plastic bottle removal, Carbon Calculation
Gardening, Composting, Greenhouse, Hydroponics
Water Conservation – , push faucets, WWTP
Solar panel installation, solar reflection project
Community Service – Techo para mi pais. Operation Smile
Literacy/tutoring project with local orphanage
One Book One GIN
Community
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba
Details
Registration begins Earth Day, April 22 and ends
September 16th, 2011.
Registration cost TBD but expected to be no
more than $150 (includes all costs except air
fare and accommodation in local hotels)
We look forward to having
your students participate
in the first
GIN of the Americas!