GLOBAL PEACE The power of the powerless One spark - one massive transformation:

Our National “leaders”, represented by the G20, no longer represent the voice or the will of the majority of their people and the World’s people. They only see short-term gains and the global economic system runs on the assumption of infinite resources. We are in the most serious crisis in world history. Since the beginning of January 2020 people have been misled both by their governments, as well as by the media. —-regarding the causes and devastating consequences of this crisis, namely the covid 19 pandemic . The planet lockdown is an encroachment on civil liberties and the right to life.
Our planet is at War on two fronts. There is the silent  war between humanity and the  environment and the increasing inequity between the developing world and the developed  world tied up with overpopulation, poor resources, decreased sustainability, poverty and hunger.
One billion out of 7 billion people live below poverty levels. With the likely breach of planetary resource limits, human civilization faces an energy emergency of global proportions .The growing threats to the human future of Nuclear War and ecological disaster now severely threaten our future and all life on Earth.There is a saying that - Your lack of active participation in politics does not exempt you from the responsibility for the results. There is no time left .9. Reduction of the Wealth Gap between and within Nations;

—Restoration of Nature and the protection of Biodiversity and all Species;

—Formulating new sustainable ways of industry and agriculture to create a Sustainable World;

—Shift from Representative to Direct Participatory Democracy empowering the People of the World to have a voice in the issues that affect us all;

—Reforming educational systems based on the new ways of thinking and acting.

Further, we the People, call for the creation of the following new Institutions:

1. Annual Global Futures Index

The creation of a new, annual Global Futures Index that will annually measure progress (or otherwise) against the benchmark facts and figures that indicate our collective progress as Humanity towards a Peaceful and Sustainable World and Future and against which the People of the World will hold their national leaders accountable on an ongoing basis, which will include:

i) The reduction of national and world military expenditures annually;

ii) The reduction of conflict, war and terrorism annually;

iii) Massive deforestation and the extreme pollution of our fresh water lakes, air, soils, and oceans, continue to be ignored and not presented as urgent. There’s no doubt about it, we are destroying our mother. We have to ask ourselves, do governments really care about the well being of Earth, or are they simply using climate change for selfish purposes and ulterior motives, like big business?;

iv) The reduction of the Wealth Gap between and within Nations;

v) The restoration of Nature, Eco-Systems, and the protection of all other Species.

2. Global, Regional and Local “Wisdom Councils”

The establishment of supranational, regional and local “Wisdom Council”, made up of groups of experienced mediators and political experts to observe, analyse and defuse conflicts ahead of time, to encourage peaceful resolutions and to promote sustainable human actions in regard to Nature.

3. The Earth Corps

The establishment of Earth Corps in many parts of the world made of youth members with the mission of restoring local ecosystems and disadvantaged communities,, the funding for which would derive from reduced military budgets and taxes on ‘polluter’ companies.

About the Petition Co-Initiators:

Dr. Michael Ellis, MD is an Integrative health practitioner,Founder of The Global Peace Centre, New Paradigm Journal and Medical Renaissance Group, Buddhist and Global Peace Ambassador. He has been in the Peace movement for over 30 years and has initiated and convened many international Peace Conferences at Melbourne University in 1995 and Deakin University, Melbourne 2012 and 2014. In December 2012 over two weekends Michael co-produced a Global Internet Streaming event, “Shaping the Future Global”. He has conducted regular seminars and written extensively on a wide range of topics related to the achievement of World Peace and Global healing.

https://mindques1.wixsite.com/globalpeacecentre

International Association | The Club of Budapest | Hungary.  https://www.clubofbudapest.com/
Founder Club of Budapest Australia  https://www.clubofbudapestaustralia.com
Founder Global Transition to a Sustainable Civilisation https://www.globaltransition2030.com/
International Association of Educators for World Peacehttp://iaewp-org.blogspot.com/p/advisory-board.html

F. David Woolfson, LL.B. is a community-based lawyer in private practice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a ‘World Futures Actionist’ addressing the many unprecedented societal and ecological challenges and opportunities now before us. Beginning in 1988, Mr. Woolfson has founded, co-initiated and played a major role in numerous global / local initiatives whose core mission is to work collaboratively with like-minded individuals, groups, organizations, and networks worldwide toward the co-creation of a peaceful, sustainable world and future for all.



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The Club of Budapest

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is a group of eminent individuals dedicated to the basic mission of facilitating and providing direction to a „global shift” toward a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable world. Working toward this objective is a network of independently operating national Clubs in more than a dozen countries in America, Europe, as well as Asia. The headquarters of the Club and the seat of its President is the Club of Budapest Foundation in Budapest. The heads of the national Clubs and the Ambassadors of the international Club constitute the Club’s international Board.

Members

President

o Prof. Dr. Ervin Laszlo

Science Director

o Dr. Maria Sagi

Board of Founders

o Elemér Hankiss

o Ivan Vitanyi

o Peter Zwack †

Board of Trustees

o Dr. Etele Baráth

o Dr. Tamás Halm

o Dr. Sándor Kerekes

o Tamás Kovács

o Dr. János Schiffer

o Dr. János Szlávik

Board of Supervisiors

o Dr. Gyula Bándi

o Dr. Klára Katona

o Dr. Anna Kovács

Honorary Members:

Csingiz Ajtmatov †

Jose Arguelles

Oscar Arias

A.T. Ariyaratne

Maurice Béjart †

Thomas Berry †

Karlheinz Böhm

Sir Arthur C Clarke †

Raffi Cavoukian (“Raffi”)

Deepak Chopra

Paulo Coelho

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The XIVth Dalai Lama

Waris Dirie

Riane Eisler

Duane Elgin

Vigdís Finnbogadottir

Milos Forman

Peter Gabriel

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Árpád Göncz

Rivka Golani

Dame Jane Goodall

Mikhail Gorbachev

Stanislav Grof

Otto Herbert Hajek †

Willis W. Harman †

Václav Havel †

Hazel Henderson

Jean Houston

Bianca Jagger

Jancsó Miklós †

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan †

Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi

Gidon Kremer

Hans Küng

Shu-Hsien Liu

Marton Éva

Barbara Marx Hubbard

Princess Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld

Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Zubin Mehta

Lord Yehudi Menuhin †

Lady Fiona Montagu

Edgar Mitchell

Edgar Morin

Robert Müller

Tomyo Nonaka

Ute-Henriette Ohoven

Gillo Pontecorvo †

Ruhiyyih Rabbani †

Jean-Pierre Rampal †

Don Miguel Ruiz

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Mary Robinson

Misztyiszlav Rosztropovics

Sir Josef Rotblat †

Andrea Rost

Peter Russell

Rita Süssmuth

Masami Saionji

Michael Tobias

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Karan Singh

Sir George Solti †

Sir Sigmund Sternberg

Liv Ullmann

Sir Peter Ustinov †

Richard von Weizsäcker

Elie Wiesel

Betty Williams

Marianne Williamson

Muhammad Yunus

Ambassador

o Tamas Makray, Brasil

o Mitsuhiro Shibata, Ja



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The Worldshift 20 Council is composed of twenty prominent global citizens from diverse cultures and economies worldwide. The Council seeks to articulate and amplify the collective voice of humanity, representing the shared human interest. The Council aims to shift the attention of the global public and media from the increasingly intractable problems and deepening crises of our deteriorating world to the opportunities and vistas of a world where seven billion human beings can live in peace, prosperity and justice, in harmony with each other and with nature.Its primary mission is to give urgent attention to the emerging condition of the world and provide essential orientation so that informed, non-violent movements toward a diverse, peaceful and sustainable global society can be strengthened and sustained.


WS20 Council Members


Deepak Chopra (USA/India)

JJose Arguelles (USA/Mexico)

Deepak Chopra (USA/India)

James Garrison (USA)

Jonathan Granoff (USA)

Hazel Henderson (USA)

Jean Houston (USA)

Barbara Marx Hubbard (USA)

Min Jiayin (China)

Ervin Laszlo (Hungary/Italy)

Federico Mayor (Spain)

Edgar Mitchell (USA)

Tomoyo Nonaka (Japan)

Paul Ray (USA)

Douglas Roche (Canada)

Marco Roveda (Italy)

Peter Russell (UK/USA)

Masami Saionji (Japan)

Marilyn Schlitz (USA)

Karan Singh (India)

Hiroshi Tasaka (Jap


WS20 Council Administration


Ervin Laszlo, Convener (Hungary/Italy)

David Woolfson, Coordinator



The Group of Twenty (also known as the G-20 or G20) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. The members, shown highlighted on the map at right, include 19 individual countries—Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States—and the European (EU). The EU is represented by the European Commission and by the European Central Bank.

The G-20 summits, a series of initiatives aimed at international coordination of economic policy, takes place annually. Collectively, the G-20 economies account for around 85% of the gross world product (GWP), 80% of world trade(or, if excluding EU intra-trade, 75%), and two-thirds of the world population. Other ministerial-level G20 meetings have been held since 2010. Including Agriculture ministerial meetings; meetings of foreign ministers; trade ministers and employment ministerial meetings have taken place often annually