Planetary Citizens

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Planetary Citizens was set up in 1974 and no longer operates.

"PlanetaryCitizens.net's mission is to create, expose and nurture positive change in the world. We hope to give you pertinent information and relevant facts in the process. Donald Keys, speech writer for U Thant in the 60s, coined the phrase Planetary Citizen on the way to creating The New World Alliance. The Occupy Movement, a global announcement of disastisfaction in leadership and a call for change, could be seen as a call for planetary citizens. Numerous groups and organizations are adopting the 12-sector model, illustrated here, as a means toward self-organization." [1]

In 1970 the UN held a "Conference on Human Survival" which was chaired by Lester Pearson with funding coming from the Kettering Foundation. With funds left over from this conference Planetary Citizens was initiated. [2]

Another collaborative project Planetary Citizens helped launch is “The Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose.” “The original inviters of the Planetary Initiative were the leaders of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, the Club of Rome, Global Education Associates, the United Nations Association of New South Wales, and of course, Planetary Citizens.” [3]

Board of Directors (October 1975)

Accessed May 2012: [4]

Advisory Council (October 1975)

Accessed May 2012: [5]

First Endorsers

Accessed May 2012: [6]

Contact

Planetary Citizens
Attention: Zen Benefiel
925 S. Sailfish Dr.
Gilbert, Arizona USA, 85233

Web: http://www.planetarycitizens.net/contact.html

Resources and articles

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References

  1. Planetary Citizens Home, organizational web page, accessed April 21, 2012.
  2. Donald Keys, "Earth at Omega: Passage to Planetization" [1] (Branden Books, 1982) (published by Findhorn Press in 1984), p.95, p.96.
  3. Donald Keys, "Earth at Omega: Passage to Planetization" [2] (Branden Books, 1982) (published by Findhorn Press in 1984), p.103.
  4. United Nations Items-in-Secretary-General's Statements, organizational web page, accessed May 4, 2012.
  5. United Nations Items-in-Secretary-General's Statements, organizational web page, accessed May 4, 2012.
  6. United Nations Items-in-Secretary-General's Statements, organizational web page, accessed May 6, 2012.