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Fatin’s Regular Column on Arab News: The Little Girl Who Shocked World Leaders Into Silence
Author | 02.06.2008 | Category Uncategorized
Fatin Bundagji, (MNP 2007 Saudi Arabia) writes a regular column for the Arab News - Here’s her updated column from this past week (Friday May 30, 2008) -
“There is a YouTube video clip being forwarded that is worth seeing and definitely worth passing around. Its content is an old footage from the “Earth Summit Conference” organized by the United Nations back in 1992, and the scene is taken from a plenary session under the theme, “Development and the Environment”.
The speaker is Severn Suzuki, a 13-year-old Canadian girl, and her audience is world leaders.
Two aspects of the footage got my attention: The speaker, and her message. At the age of 9, Severn started her own Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), made up of a small group of children committed to teaching other kids about the ongoing environmental crisis. In 1992, Severn and her group raised enough money to attend the Premier Earth Summit in Brazil to warn decision makers of the catastrophic results of their actions - or inactions as we see today - on future generations
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Shirlene Noordin (MNP 2007 Singapore) Organizes Much-Awaited Photography Exhibition!
Author | 01.06.2008 | Category Uncategorized
Phish Communications organizes its eagerly-awaited Month of Photography exhibition, starting on the 13th of June, 2008. Entitled ‘The Magic of Cinema’, the exhibition will cover still and moving works of art, along with the opening of the Magic of Cinema, a Magnum Photos Exhibition.
The Month of Photography Asia and the Cathay, in association with Elle’s 5th anniversary invite you to walk the red carpet on the 13th of June - If you’re in Singapore, don’t miss it!
For more details, please click on the attached thumbnail! Congratulations Shirlene!
Ratish Nanda (EF MNP 2007 India) Appointed DUAC!
Author | 01.06.2008 | Category Uncategorized
Ratish Nanda has just been appointed to the DUAC
The article in the Indian print newspaper, “The Mail Today” (attached as a jpeg for reference reading also) had this to say:
AFTER dilly-dallying for over three months, the Union ministry of urban development has finally constituted anew panel for the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) with the citys renowned urban designer, K.T.Ravindran, as its chairman. The panel also includes conservation architect Ratish Nanda, Delhi University history professor Nayanjot Lahiri and landscape architect Mohammed Shaheer. The new panel has been constituted for a period of three years beginning from the time of assumption of charge.
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