Global Issues Network Conference happening at Sealth March 6-7
Students in grades 6 - 12 taking part in workshops on issues affecting the world
Global Issues Network Conference happening at Sealth March 6-7
Thu, 03/05/2015
The First Annual Global Issues Network Conference is set for March 6-7 at Chief Sealth International High School.
Bringing together students from grades 6 through 12 they will participate in workshops that focus on 20 global issues.
High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them is a book describing imminent issues such as water shortages, climate change, infectious diseases, poverty, and illiteracy, that can only be solved through global cooperation.
Sharing our Humanity
- Massive step-up in the fight against poverty
- Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism
- Education for all
- Global infectious diseases
- Digital divide
- Natural disaster prevention and mitigation
Sharing our Planet
- Global Warming
- Biodiversity and ecosystem losses
- Fisheries depletion
- Deforestation
- Water deficits
- Maritime safety and pollution
- Reinventing taxation for the twenty-first century
- Biotechnology rules
- Global financial architecture
- Illegal drugs
- Trade, investment, and competition rules
- Intellectual property rights
- E-commerce rules
- International labor and migration rules
Sharing our Rule Book
