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This August, as the Olympic torch dims, The Global Summit will light up its 5th
biennial Social, Economic, and Environmental Forum
1888 PressRelease After years of local issues being sidelined by mega events, 'THE GLOBAL SUMMIT V:
Empowering Humanity through Transparency', will illuminate solutions around climate change, economic
models that preserve ecosystems, to housing and health care, to better nutrition and transportation and equal
access to education.
Rio de Janeiro August 2326 at the Museu de Ciências da Terra, a California based social innovation
forum called The Global Summit will convene 200 community, business and cultural leaders with a focus
on the most pressing social, economic and ecological challenges facing Rio and Brazil and how that affects
the world.
Wrought out of a unique intersection of Indigenous, colonial and African culture; corruption and elitism
amidst the potential for burgeoning economic growth; and a wealth of natural resources and biodiversity
Brazil enjoys a unique national identity whose allure is punctuated by dance, soccer and the stark contrast
between rich and poor.
Indeed, the nation is a veritable melting pot of striking contrast from oil and cattle prospecting to
environmental activism; from horrendous violence to a global model for crosscultural transformation and
harmony; from breathtaking natural beauty and biodiversity to rampant urban squalor; and so on. And, as
much as the setting straddles so many human fault lines, it provides the perfect backdrop to an ongoing
dialogue from the front lines of social, economic and environmental change.
In considering the mega environmental events in Rio's history, Dr. Noel Brown, Former Director, UN
Environment Program shared, "I believe such a summit is long overdue where communities and
committed individuals have a larger voice."
In providing 30 full scholarships to youth and community leaders, the summit invites the representatives ...