News Releases
March 12, 2003
Well-Known Leader on Sustainable
Development to Speak at Youth Forum
Presentation at Antioch to Include Ceremony of Sustainable Seattle's
Sustainable Community Outstanding Leadership Awards
Seattle — David Woollcombe, founder and executive director of Peace Child International, will be the keynote speaker at a free forum on youth and sustainable development at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Antioch University Seattle (2326 Sixth Ave. in Belltown). His presentation, sponsored by Antioch's Center for Creative Change and Sustainable Seattle, will include a live Internet discussion with Peace Child International’s field office in India.
Woollcombe recently wrote and promoted a major business plan to engage young people in the achievement of the United Nation’s International Development Targets ? Peace Child's Be the Change! program (the renamed Millennium Action Fund). He is also co-director, with Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, for the second World Congress of Youth in Casablanca, in August 2003.
After Woollcombe's presentation, Sustainable Seattle will recognize the sustainability actions of outstanding community leaders in the Puget Sound region through its second annual Sustainable Community Outstanding Leadership Awards. These awards recognize organizations, individuals, businesses and government agencies for their contributions to sustainable development in the Puget Sound region. Awards highlight leadership in the following categories: business, neighborhoods, built environment, government and social justice.
Peace Child International is known for its youth-created children's edition of "Agenda 21, Rescue Mission: Planet Earth." Since its publication in 1994, Peace Child has produced a dozen more books and educational materials to assist teachers communicate the key messages of sustainable development. All have been written, illustrated, designed and edited by young people—and published by major commercial publishers.
About Sustainable Seattle
Sustainable Seattle began as a group of volunteers concerned with maintaining their community’s high quality of life in the face of increasing growth in the region. Sustainable Seattle developed a “report card" to assess trends in economic, environmental and social conditions. This report card resulted in a grassroots, multiple-stakeholder process to define the quality of life residents would like to see manifested within the next generation. Since 1991, Sustainable Seattle has issued three reports on its 40 indicators of sustainable community. The United Nations and other organizations worldwide have recognized these efforts.
About Antioch
At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find individualized, innovative programs with a commitment to academic excellence, community service and social justice. AUS is located in downtown Seattle and is one of six campuses of Antioch University, founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
