Joint Workshop of the Polish and German Association: "The EU at a Dead-lock?"

October 16th - 18th, 2005: The German Association and the Polish Association of the Club of Rome discussed new perspectives for European integration at a workshop organized in Hamburg in co-operation with the Europa-Kolleg. With great efforts and after overcoming many obstacles, the Constitutional Treaty had been elaborated as an design to give new momentum to the EU improving its governance within the widening community. This endeavour, even with its compromising character, was seemingly too ambitious. Its “philosophy” is not getting the needed support of the EU-citizenship as shown from “non “and “Nee!“ decisions in France and the Netherlands. Which are the lessons to be drawn? The programme is available for download.

Polish Ambassador speaking at CACOR Meeting

Piotr Ogrodzinski and E. Napke, President of CACOR

October 18th, 2005: The Polish Ambassador in Canada, Piotr Ogrodzinski, spoke in Ottawa about the role of Solidarity in the transition of Poland to a democratic government in the years 1993 to 1999. Solidarity was an unique organization, which was embedded in Polish tradition. More than half the Polish people were involved in the movement. More information is available on the website of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome http://www.cacor.ca.

24th Aurelio Peccei Lecture in Brussels by Philippe van Parijs

October 13th, 2005: Along with much of the world, Europe is converging rapidly towards adopting English as its sole lingua franca. This process is, in a sense to be clarified, inevitable. It is also, in a sense to be qualified, desirable. But it raises a number of serious questions, which was discussed in the lecture. Information on the event can be downloaded.

Uwe Moeller speaking in Salzburg

October, 6th: Uwe Möller, Secretary Gereral of the Club of Rome, spoke at a ceremony in which the Salzburg Energy award was presented. He discussed the use of alternative energy sources and the future of energy supply. The event was combined with the presentation of the e5 awards for energy efficient communities.

Annual Conference of the Club of Rome

October 2-3, 2005: The Club of Rome 2005 Annual Conference "Youth: Challenges & Promises for a Better Future - A Cross-generation Dialogue" was held at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virgina, USA on 2nd and 3rd October, 2005. For further information please have a look at the Club of Rome Website or contact Mr. Joerg Geier, Deputy Secretary General of the Club of Rome.

30th Anniversary of the US Association of the Club of Rome

Anitra Thorhaug, President of USACoR, Jerome Clayton Glenn
and Dennis Meadows

September 30th: The 30th anniversary of the
US Association for the Club of Rome was combined with an award meeting in which Jerome Clayton Glenn received the Donnella Meadows Future Award. After an introduction by Dennis Meadows there was a presentation of the Millennium Project.
Alan C. Geoghegan presented a video which reported the messages from a joint conference of Club of Rome Associations on the American hemisphere and Hazel Henderson received the USACoR Lifetime Achievement Award.

Activity Report by the European Support Centre released

September 24th, 2005: The European Support Centre of the Club of Rome has released a short report on some of its main activities and co-operations. It covers the period between the Annual Conferences of the Club of Rome in Helsinki 2004 and Norfolk 2005. The report is available for download.

ANNOUNCEMENT
Symposion "Zukunftsperspektiven der Gesellschaft"

December 2-3, 2005: a symposion on future perspectives of society will be organized in Vienna by the Austrian Chapter and the European Support Centre of the Club of Rome. The focus will be on the influence of the presently dominating ways of globalisation on the individual citizen and on the social capital of society. Among the speakers there will be Ernst Gehmacher, Esko Kalimo, Cornelia Klinger, Ewald Nowotny and Siegfried Sellitsch. Conference languages will be German and English. The preparation of the symposion is in progress, details are available from the European Support Centre.

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25th Aurelio Peccei Lecture in Brussels by Mathis Wackernagel

November 24th, 2005: The Ecological Footprint is a policy tool to drive sustainability. It is a standardized way to measure what has been immeasurable, contentious, and often misunderstood: ecological limits. Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of this tool and executive director of Global Footprint Network, showcases applications from around the world with government agencies, NGOs, businesses, cities, highlighting how they have used the tool for advancing human well-being within the means of one planet. The invitation can be downloaded here.

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World Summit on the Information Society: Three Events Planned

November 16-18, 2005: In co-operation with WorldSpace, there will be three events at the World Summit in Tunis: on "ICT for Capacity-Building" on November 16th, on "Information Technology and Environmental Sustainablity" on November 17th and on "One Laptop per Child" on November 18th. For more detailed information please contact Raoul Weiler, Roland Burger or the Europan Support Centre

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Aurelio Peccei Lecture in Rome by Jared Diamond

November 15, 2005: Jared Diamond, author of "The Third Chimpanzee", "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" and "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" will give the 2005 Aurelio Peccei Lecture in Rome. For more detailed information please contact Mr. Gianfranco Bologna.

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Ted Mosquin will speak at CACOR

November 8, 2005: "A Manifesto for Earth" by Ted Mosquin and Stan Rowe was published in early 2004 in the journal 'Biodiversity.' The text of the Manifesto is available on the web at http://www.ecospherics.net/ . At a meeting of the Canadian Assciation for the Club of Rome (CACOR), Ted Mosquin will briefly discuss the rationale behind the Manifesto, review its eleven Principles, and comment on the response to date. The invitation can be downloaded here.

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World Ethics and Sustainability - Discussion in the Dutch Association

November 3, 2005: The relationship between World Ethics and Sustainability is the topic of an event in the Dutch Association of the Club of Rome. Jacqueline Cramer will speak about sustainable enterprises, Koo van der Wal will discuss sustainability, globalisation and ethics and Toos van Noordwijk-van Veen discusses ethics after stating: "Na ons de zondvloed? Leer alle kinderen zwemmen!".