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South China Morning Post features Future Generations President Daniel Taylor on Afghanistan

An Action Group discusses local priorities

Engaging the people provides a powerful incentive for peace

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Using Participatory Budgeting To Meet Community Health Priorities in Peru

Las Moras Before and After

The International Budget Partnership published the following article by Laura C. Altobelli, Country Director for Future Generations Peru, in their most recent newsletter.  The IBP is a leading advocate of openness and public accountability, in order to make government budgets more responsive to the needs of low-income people.  You can read the full article text here, or in the IBP e-newsletter:

 

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Travel+Leisure Art Auction Raises $125,000 for Future Generations

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            

TRAVEL + LEISURE'S ART AUCTION, “PROJECT GLOBE:
RAISES $125,000 FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS”
- An Auction of Original Works in Support of Future Generations, a Conservation and Community Development Nonprofit -

Green Olympics Legacy: Youth Carry Torch for a More Sustainable China

Grand Canal route

Beijing, China - Students from 32 Chinese universities who completed a China-wide "Green Long March" for environmental protection this summer are encouraging China to stay on the path to sustainability post-Olympics.

"The Green Olympics and our Green Long March are both working towards better conservation awareness in China," says 23-year-old Green Long March student leader Wang Yanan. "We want to inspire Chinese youth to become the pioneers of environmental change."

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International Herald Tribune, Forbes, and others feature the Green Long March

Crossing the Desert

Through a report by Associated Press writer Henry Sanderson, the Green Long March, a national Chinese youth movement for the environment initiated and supported by Future Generations/CHINA has made international news.

Highlights include: The International Herald Tribune, Forbes, MSN news, Newsweek, and USA Today. In Asia, coverage includes the:  China Post, the Bangkok Post, and the Taiwan News.

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