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International and San Francisco
Earth Charter/UNESCO International CD and San Francisco CDs
The
Earth Charter/UNESCO International CD (16 songs) and
San Francisco CDs (27 songs)
25% of the net profit from
the sale of the CDs are to be donated equally to UNESCO, Earth
Charter International and Pour la Terre. An additional 25% from
the net profit from sales of the San Francisco Earth
Charter/UNESCO CDs are to be donated to the San Francisco
Unified School District Performing Arts Department toward
musical productions promoting Sustainable Development and Earth
Charter principles.
We welcome and invite you to
review our various web pages for information about our French non-profit
association and its local and international projects, past present and
future. Should you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate
to contact us on our Contact pages. We have lots of exciting news which
you can read about in our up-to-date web page. We are pleased with the
reaction to our International Earth Charter/UNESCO CD, to be digitally
distributed to over 7500 UNESCO educational facilities in over 170
countries along with a companion school kit. Reactions from
professionals have been overwhelmingly positive, as typified by Rubén
Abraham, Strategic Marketing Manager for Warner Music México:
"Great compilations".
Our Pour la Terre/Earth Charter CD/DVD project, fully presented in our
Earth Charter CD/DVD web page, has the official sponsorship, including
logo, of UNESCO (as does the Earth Charter Initiative) and the World
Wildlife Fund (WWF-France). Our project has been recognized as
contributing to the objectives and priorities set out by the
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
(2005-2014), for which UNESCO has been designated lead agency.
UNESCO previously made the Earth Charter a major ethical framework of
the Sustainable Development program by an official resolution approving
its contents.
The concept is for the production of a CD, geared toward children aged 5
to 13, for each country or region with common language containing Earth
Charter related songs performed by major local and independent artists,
accompanied by a specially prepared school kit, recently approved by
UNESCO.
Our Earth
Charter/UNESCO CD and school kit was
produced in 2005 for distribution in the framework of the launching year
of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, and contains
major
and independent artists from throughout the world. Two CDs contain
21songs. The product is to be freely distributed to UNESCO instructors,
or available to UNESCO instructors by a secured FTP internet site, in
educational facilities throughout the world by UNESCO. We are currently
in arranging production of our French and other regional CDs. We are
excited by the enthusiastic and dedicated participation of major
internationally respected artists such as Grateful Dead, Huey Lewis,
Kitaro, Maná, Youssou N'Dour, Chico and the Gypsies, Naveen Kumar,
Zehava Ben,Tokiko Kato, Yannick Noah, Meiway, Mickey3D, Dolphin,Clear
Blue 22, Raffi, and others. Please visit our Earth Charter CD/DVD page
to read about our exciting upcoming new Earth Charter/UNESCO projects
for Mexico, Cannes and Monaco.
We have now completed production of our latest project, the San
Francisco Earth Charter/UNESCO CDs for Children and Young People,
released exclusively on iTunes. A special edition of the Young People CD
is being distributed throughout the United States commencing March 12 by
Bayside Entertainment Distribution. We are also organizaing a concert
as part of the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable
Development and an effort to raise money for the San Francisco Unified
School District Performing Arts Department for programs and events
relating to Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter principles.
25% of the net profit from the sale of the San Francisco CDs will also
be given the Peforming Arts Program.
The philosophy lying behind the project is that music touches the hearts
and minds of impressionably aged children, motivating them on both the
emotional and intellectual levels. These UNESCO/Earth Charter
Secretariat approved songs are selected for their musical quality and
the messages that they transmit. Each song helps in promoting a new
vision of the world as the key to a successful UN Decade of Education
for Sustainable Development. UNESCO was given the task by the United
Nations of coordinating efforts to implement the U.N. Decade of
Education for Sustainable Development, and UNESCO believes that Earth
Charter CDs/School Kits and concerts are an important way to deliver the
message to children. UNESCO is primarily responsible for coordinating
efforts to implement the U.N. Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development.
Contributing to the CDs are artists Maná with special SF guest artist,
Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Doobie Brothers,Huey Lewis (hard copy only),
Ozomatli, Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, Shana Morrison, Country Joe
McDonald, Billy C. Farlow, Kitaro, Tommy Castro, Dan Hicks, Maria
Muldaur, the Rowan Brothers, Shana Morrison, Luna Angel, John Stewart,
Wavy Gravy, Banana Slug String Band, Linda Arnold, Nancy Schimmel, Candy
Forest, Chis Molla, Lisa Atkinson, Blame Sally, William Florian, and
among several other major artists whose licenses are currently being
negotiated.
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For
further information regarding the project, including the making of tax
deductible contributions, or for special group ticket prices for
children's organizations, email us at
info@pourlaterre.org
You may also email us for
further information relating to to any of the above projects or your
suggestions and comments.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy planet which will depend upon the
understanding, committment, and perseverance of our youth.
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