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Global Solutions to Global Problems |
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Program Title: Global Solutions to Global Problems
Target Audience: Grades: 7-12, General Public
Presenter: Medard Gabel
Cost: $175 per session
Program Length: 45 minutes – 1 hour (pending class length)
Videoconference Availabilty: By request
Description: The purpose of "Global Solutions to Global Problems" is to increase student's understanding of global problems and their possible solutions. This program provides a global overview of basic human need problems facing the world and proposed solutions to these problems. It deals with he United Nations Millennium Development Goals and how they might be reached, using present day resources, technology, and finances.
Objectives:
- Understand the state of the world, it's needs, and how these can be met
- Understand the possibilities and capacities of our world for abundance for all, instead of wealth for some and privation for many
- Provide students with actions they can take to get involved 
About the Presenter: Medard Gabel is a noted author and speaker who co-founded World Game Institute with Buckminster Fuller. Medard also co-founded Osearth. In conjunction with the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Medard created the Design Science lab which is a workshop for developing strategies to address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Mr. Gabel has conducted workshops, consulted, and given lectures for over 400 corporations, colleges, universities, high schools, organizations, and governments throughout the world—including the U.S. Congress, United Nations, GM, IBM, and Motorola. Mr. Gabel has been designing, developing, and delivering experiential educational programs since 1970. He is currently the CEO of BigPictureSmallWorld and BigPicture Consulting, and is the author of six books on global problems, resources and strategies, the global energy situation, the global food situation, the U.S. food system, planning, and multinational corporations. National Standards:
NSS-G.K-12.2
NSS-WH.5-12.9
NSS-G.K-12.4
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