MEANINGFUL WORLD
The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
In Cooperation With
The NGO/DPI Executive Committee
Presents the 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All
5-7 September 2007
The Conference will review the scientific evidence on climate change,
including its consequences on indigenous peoples, water security, land
use and the politics of energy. The Conference aims to facilitate
individual action plans that address the threat of catastrophe posed
by climate change and inspire participants to take action to mitigate
– and in some cases – reverse the effects of this environmental
crisis.
Midday Workshop Schedule
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Conference Room A
Climate Change and the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection:
Challenges for Holistic Health and Education
Sponsored by Armenian International Women’s Association
Cosponsored by Worldwide Network for Gender Empowerment, Fielding
Graduate University; International Council of Psychologists;
Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention; Afram Global
Organization, Inc., Guinea, West Africa; and Meaningfulworld.com
This workshop will describe the interdependent relationship between
individuals and the environment. The members of this panel will
address one of the least-talked-about effects of global climate
change: its impact on the mind, body, and spirit. Panel members from
Africa, Armenia, and Indonesia will address the physical, emotional,
mental, and spiritual effects of climate change. They will also
describe how we can positively engage the challenge posed by these
effects by how we think, feel, believe, and behave. Through
interactive dialog, verbal presentation, and visual examples, the
panel will illustrate how taking care of oneself takes care of the
earth.
Moderator:
Anie Kalayjian, Armenian International Women’s Association,
Adj. Professor of Psychology, Fordham University; President,
Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention
Speakers:
Ben Daouda Toure, Afram Global Organisation, Inc., Guinea, West Africa
Arman Vardanyan, Armenian Mental Health Association, The Republic of Armenia
Hawa Traore, Afram Global Organization, Inc., Guinea, West Africa
Maria Elizabeth Arman, Atam Jaya University, Indonesia
Networking Committee Presents
Networking Breakfast Meetings
5 and 7 September at 8:30 AM
UN Cafeteria
Dr. Kalayjian is member of the Conference Planning Committee and the
Coordinator for the Networking Breakfast Meetings
The purpose of the networking breakfast meetings is to provide an
opportunity for NGOs to develop collaboration and partnership in
various ways, including:
-Processing information from the conference
-Identifying and sharing individual and collective goals, and
objectives re climate change
-Identifying and sharing individual and collective actions related to
negative impact of climate change
Networking Breakfast themes
-Climate Change: Cultural/Individual/Religious Practices & the
Indigenous People, Facilitator: Dr. Gloria Willingham
-Climate Change: Mind/Body/Spirit Perspectives, Facilitator: Dr. Inka
Weissbecker
-Climate Change: Educational Outreach, Ms. Georgina Galanis
-Climate Change: Gender Perspectives, Facilitator: Dr. Anita Wenden
-Climate Change: Ethics and Accountability, Facilitator: Dr. Kriss A. Kevorkian
-Climate Change: Update on Scientific Research, Dr. Artemis Pipinelli and Dr. June Miller
-Climate Change: Political Perspective, Mr. Ben Toure
-Climate Change: Exploring the links between NGOs that work on poverty reduction, food security, gender and livestock in the poorest parts of the world: Mr. Gary Sealey
-Climate Change: Military and Nuclear challenges, Facilitator: Dr. Frans C. Verhagen
-5 Sept. ONLY: Climate Change and Spirituality: His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Viswayogi Viswamjee Maharaj
For more general information, go to htm
Phone: 201 941-2266; Fax 212 636-7153,
E-mail: akalayjian@meaningfulworld.com,
Website:
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress