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About GIN

GIN Mission:

"Empower global citizens to collaborate locally, regionally and globally to create project-based sustainable solutions for our shared global issues."

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GIN Achievements:

 

Impact: Created Network of Empathetic Global Citizens, Local & Regional Conferences and Networks.   

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39 Conferences spanning 9 years

80,000 students impacted

Over 100 nationalities represented

 

Local, regional and global GIN community collaboration, growth and network: South-East Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East as well as South, Central and North Americas.

 

Service Learning, Inter-school and Intra-school Action Projects: Middle & High School Collaboration & Inclusion of Elementary Students

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GIN Curriculum, GIN Action Projects & Resources: Bridges one’s accessibility to understanding the complexity and interconnectivity of global change in order to implement tangible empathetic action.

GIN Ethos:

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  • Engage empathy as Global Citizens.

  • Make our work effective and sustainable.

  • Answer our call to action as leaders of today.

  • Continually inspire and foster community empowerment.

  • Value life-long learning as a means to create positive change.

  • Innovate socio-environmental awareness, expression and action.

Sharing our Planet:

  • Natural disaster prevention and mitigation        

  • Global Warming

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem losses

  • Fisheries depletion

  • Deforestation

  • Water deficits

  • Maritime safety and pollution

Sharing our Humanity:                                                            

  • Massive step-up in the fight against poverty

  • Peacekeeping, conflict prevention,                                       combating terrorism

  • Education for all

  • Social and Racial Justice

  • Global infectious diseases

  • Digital divide

 

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Sharing our Rule Book:

  • 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

High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them is a book describing imminent issues such as water shortages, climate change, infectious diseases, poverty, and illiteracy, that can only be solved through global cooperation. Each student workshop focuses on one of these 20 global issues:

20 Global Issues
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