Green Options » World Leaders http://greenoptions.com/tag/world-leaders Posts tagged 'World Leaders' Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Diva’s Guide to a New World Vision: The Wisdom of The Elders in Action http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/23/green-divas-guide-to-a-new-world-vision-the-wisdom-of-the-elders-in-action/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/23/green-divas-guide-to-a-new-world-vision-the-wisdom-of-the-elders-in-action/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:21 +0000 Megan McWilliams http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/23/green-divas-guide-to-a-new-world-vision-the-wisdom-of-the-elders-in-action/ Wisdom of the EldersThis is not my usual blogging area with GreenOptions. I keep it on the lighter side of green (more humor and fluff than science, research and serious global news), but from time to time I get serious especially when deeply inspired as I have been with this particular group of elders.

It just may be that rock n roll/music will indeed save the planet. In 1999 Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson decided that we as a global village were missing the essential survival ingredient - the wisdom of our elders. So they set about to identify a few of them. It didn’t take long for them to approached Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel, both who have done amazing work beyond what I can even describe here in this brief blog post. If you’ve been under a rock for the past 20 years, you will want to read up on Mr. Mandela, but I would encourage everyone to please see the brief, but inspiring biography I’ve linked you to for Graca Machel.

While it took several years for them to put this group together, they launched these elders as facilitators of powerful global change last July.

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