Kia ora JFers,
Happy new year! I hope you all had a relaxing, enjoyable break and are feeling amped for 2010!!
The Just Focus team has big plans for this year and have already got off to a busy start; hanging out with awesome and inspiring ReGeneration crew at the Summer Jam in Canterbury, talking with teachers and educators at the NZ Association for Environmental Education conference in Hawkes Bay, starting work on the first Just Write magazine (exciting!) and preparing to take the short film festival Media that Matters into schools.
It’s on.
Highlights
Article - A Fair World
In this article Su’Ad Muse explores the second pillar of sustainable development - social equity - and imagines a world where there is no oppression and injustice. She has plenty of ideas about how we can make this happen!
Media Gallery - 350 - We’re not done yet
Following the failure and collapse of the 2009 Copenhagen UN climate summit, the international youth climate movement has the following message for world leaders: “You’re not done yet. And neither are we.”
New library resource - HOME
In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist. Yann Arthus-Bertrand and his team travelled around the planet over 18 months to make this film and spread the message that we have to reverse the trend, we have to change our patterns of consumption. And we have to do it NOW!
Check out the trailer on youtube.
You can borrow this amazing DVD for free from the Global Focus Aotearoa library.
Global Headlines
Costa Rica elects female president
Costa Ricans have elected their first female president, with Laura Chinchilla, the ruling party candidate, taking 47 per cent of the vote.
Read the full article at Al Jazeera.
Tribal People Appeal To James Cameron
Tribal peoples’ rights organization Survival International has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron on behalf of an Indian tribe whose story is uncannily similar to that of the Na’vi in Avatar.
Full story on Scoop.
Events
World Day of Social Justice
20 February 2010
The United Nations’ World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on 20 February to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication. It promotes full employment and decent work, gender equity and justice for all. This year the focus is on employment justice.
Find about this and other events on the Events Page.
Take Action!
Do you love a takeaway coffee, but feel bad about the throwaway cup? Are you looking for a great gift for your favourite coffee addict? Buy a keep cup! There are seven stockists in Wellington including People’s Coffee, Starfish and Coffee Supreme. For those of you not in Wellington, why not ask your local cafe to start stocking them? Or you can order then online at www.keepcup.com.au