Who among you has seen materials like this in your child’s school?

My son just got home from school and saw that I had the printed ‘Vision 2050’ Poster (8 ½ x11) on my kitchen table and said – Mom ‘Where’d you get that?’ He said, ‘we got that in Science last week only it was in black and white.’

And sure enough he went and got it out of his backpack.

He’s an 8th Grader at [redacted for privacy] School.

The first two links show a mural and poster of “Vision 2050” illustrating the changes that will need to take place each decade.

http://www.mvsd-ib.org/pdf/vision2050-poster.pdf
http://www.mvsd-ib.org/pdf/Vision2050-PathwayMural.pdf (very large file)

New Rights Based Agenda from IBON International:

Global Governance, Agenda21, redistribution of wealth, translating sustainable processes into “rights”, shift in property rights to “resource ownership and stewardship”, global progressive taxation and transfer of wealth and much more. This is what the bulk of your curriculum is about in IB.

The entire document is in the pdf below.
http://www.mvsd-ib.org/pdf/gsd_agenda.pdf

Must Read from the Sustainable Development Announcement List

NEW Policy Brief from Ibon International

Dear colleagues,

IBON International is proud to present its newest policy brief on Rio+20 entitled, “Reforming global sustainable development governance: A rights-based agenda”. You may download the document through the attached link: http://iboninternational.org/resources/policy_briefs/130

Achieving sustainable development entails a global transition—away from prevailing inequitable and ecologically destabilizing patterns of development, to modes of development based on shared prosperity and environmental protection. Global governance plays a crucial role in this shift.

This Policy Brief from Ibon International argues that the general thrust of reforming sustainable development governance should be towards greater democratization and strengthening people’s rights. A reformed institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD) following a rights-based approach should help:

1. Redefine the goal of governance

2. Address power imbalances

3. Address social and economic inequities

4. Bridge implementation and accountability gaps

5. Enhance policy integration and coherence

We hope that the analysis and recommendations presented in this brief helps enrich the discussions on the IFSD towards Rio+20.

Kindly send your feedback to pquintos@iboninternational.org

Best regards,
Andrian Alfonso
IBON International

Further, Agenda 21 and the Earth Charter are specifically mentioned in these IB lesson taken straight from the www.IBO.org website: http://www.ibo.org/iba/pyp1a_1b.cfm