News of Green Cross International

With 29 August marking the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Global Green USA President Matt Petersen called on President Obama to demand BP fund a $2.5 billion “Gulf Coast Clean Energy and Healthy Communities Foundation” thereby helping transform the Gulf Coast into the green coast.

Green Cross Sri Lanka has kicked off the 6th edition of the Green Lane Diary programme with the distribution of diaries to 5000 students in 46 government schools in the Colombo district.

Green Cross Australia CEO Mara Bun interviewed Global Green USA’s New Orleans Office Director, Beth Galante about the, rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, the oil spill in the gulf and the sustainable community response that is emerging as a result.

The 3rd Commission of the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations made history today by overwhelmingly adopting the draft resolution proclaiming the Human Right to Safe drinking Water and Sanitation. Presented by Bolivia and 34 other States, the resolution received 122 voted in favour with no vo [ … ]

Green Cross International strongly supports the draft resolution presented by Bolivia and 34 other States at the United Nations on the Right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

At an event at the High Council for Sport Headquarters on 8 July, GC Spain officially launched the new project “Sustainable Sport Practices for Biodiversity Conservation”. The project seeks to improve sport management in natural areas, specifically in protected areas. In addition, the project aims t [ … ]

The following op-ed by the founding president of Green Cross International, Mikhail Gorbachev, was published in the International Herald Tribune on 16 July 2010. Green Cross International has been actively promoting the right to water be recognized as a fundamental human right.

The 12th edition of GC Japan’s successful Green Lane Diary programme has gotten underway with the distribution of diaries to 110,000 students nationwide.

Global Green USA's Security and Sustainability Programme held a discussion entitled "Joint Law Enforcement and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism” on 14 July.