A Planetary Repair Initiative
In recent years concern over the destruction of the world's tropical rainforests has reached global proportions. Alarm about species extinction, the permanent loss of potentially life-saving medicinal plants, irreversible damage to our Earth's climate control system and the disappearance of indigenous cultures has now caught the attention of millions of people around the world.
Ongoing destruction of the world's rainforests is driven by a complex web of social and economic forces, many of these symptomatic of society's worldview. Although rich in technological insight, this view is profoundly ignorant of natural law. It is a view guided by short-term financial gain while openly disregarding the costs of ongoing ecological degradation. It is a worldview in which tropical forests are deemed a cash crop to be harvested rather than an ecosystem which is on the brink of terminal failure.
Deforestation is responsible for almost 20% of the world's carbon emissions - that's more than all of the cars, planes, ships, trucks and trains on earth put together. On top of this, forests and other biological systems are the only viable way of removing the CO2 from our atmosphere. Stopping deforestation is one of the most obvious and immediate solutions to address the pressing issue of human climate change.
The Amazon River Basin is the home to our largest rainforest on Earth representing over half of the planets remaining rainforests. As the Green2.0 Initiative focuses the world's attention toward the Amazon (phase 1) and therafter Equatorial Africa and Asia (Phase 2 & 3), a critical impact should be achieved in reversing the destruction that we are now witnessing.
Hundreds of organizations are doing vital work addressing virtually every level of the problem. Yet, our rainforests continue to fall, estimates by some at the rate of 10 million trees per day.
Despite our best efforts, the disappearance of our tropical rainforests, like many other global economic, social and environmental crises, seems to lie beyond our ability to control.
Obviously something more is needed.
The Movement
- The Green2.0 'Concert for the Amazon' Festivals
Annual Concerts for the Amazon to be staged as a global telecast two-day festival , featuring a mix of AAA international and top local South American talent. One major stadium concert will be staged each year - rotating between the participating Amazonic Nations between 2011 - 2020.The first concert will take place on the 22/23 July 2011 in the Mangueirao Stadium in Para, Brazil with 120 000 fans in attendance.The global telecast will aim to reach 120 nations and 1 billion viewers. - The Green2.0 Academy
Comprising of musicians and celebrities dedicated to promoting the work of the Green2.0 Trust over the next 20 years.Their support will be provided by way of performances, endorsement, imagery and content rights that will capture the attention of people of the world. - The Green2.0 Community
Comprising of millions of engaged citizens from around the world connected through a powerful web2.0 enabled platform whose support will be channelled and nurtured for mutual benefit & the Green2.0 Partners Network, a network of like minded funding partners, supporters and media partners. - The Green2.0 Earth Sanctuaries
Designated areas which will serve as a permanent exposition for innovation and 'best practices' in sustainable and conscious living, hubs of ethical-trading & green commerce (please request supporting documents: Humanitad Earth Sanctuaries). - The Amazonic Custodial Consortium
Comprising of supporting international nation states and multi- national corporates committed to fast-tracking a robust model for sustainable preservation of the rainforests. - The Green 2.0 Amazonic Custodial Trust
The non-profit financial engine to the Green2.0 Initiative - The Green 2.0 Complimentary Currency
A 'green dividen' incentivisation scheme to support the roll-out of activities and relationship-building connected to the Green2.0 Initiative - The Green 2.0 Angel Patrons Club
Aligning like minded organizations, corporations and individuals that subscribe to the objectives of the Green 2.0 initiative and wish to support its creation. Green2.0 patrons will be afforded
various benefits.
The Green 2.0 Initiative is Inviting…
- Governments of the world concerned with climate mitigation and Amazonic sustainability to demonstrate commitment via the:
Green2.0 Governmental Custodial Consortium - Business corporations of the world committed to meeting their Corporate Social Responsibility in the international arena via the:
Green2.0 Corporate Custodial Consortium - People in all nations of the world committed to ending the destruction of our planet's rainforests to join the Green2.0
Community. Interacting with Green2.0 will assist us in raising enormous consensus across this critical issue and making your consensus heard at all levels of government and civil society
Key Delivery Partners
- Humanitad Foundation
Green 2.0 Founders - Tribe Management
Commercial & Communication Partners - The Pachamama Alliance
Amazonic Core Consultant - BNP Paribas
Carbon Market Trading Partners
- Brazilian Foundation of America
- UNEP Green Economy Initiative
Stakeholder Benefits
- The Planet
- The conservation and preservation of millions of hectares of critical rainforest translating into less extinction of species, less pressure on our climate system, less poverty and the preservation of indigenous cultures.
- The Green2.0 Government Custodial Consortium.
- Position themselves as global thought leaders and doers in the sustainability space
- Address the development needs of local communities, freeing up resources whilst
promoting themselves as proactive & responsible eco-tourism destinations.
- The Green2.0 Corporate Custodial Consortium.
- Position their CSR agendas at the planetary centerstage of environmentalism.
- The Amazonic Local Communities.
- Secure fully funded sustainability & conservation programs to neutralize risks
they might otherwise face - providing them with positive revenue sources.
- Secure fully funded sustainability & conservation programs to neutralize risks
- The Green2.0 Community.
- Launches as a dynamic and meaningful movement enabling people to make a real
difference directly whilst enjoying some benefits for themselves.
- Launches as a dynamic and meaningful movement enabling people to make a real
- The Green2.0 Academy.
- Opportunity to use their talents, influence and access to the media for a purpose
and get paid for their services.
- Opportunity to use their talents, influence and access to the media for a purpose
