The FSC was formed by a coalition of advocacy groups including Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth and World Wildlife Foundation.

FORBES: Connect

In 2012, he co-founded of the International Institute for Peace at Rutgers University under the auspices of UNESCO and also the Los Angeles based Peace Earth Foundation.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

It rankles a bit to hear such a marvellous explanation of the forces that created the mid-Atlantic rift that bisects Iceland on the Thingvellir plain near Reykjavik, but no hint that Europe's first parliament, the foundation of one of the most prosperous and democratic societies on earth, met just over a thousand years ago on that exact same spot.

ECONOMIST: Island life

Organizations like Virgin Unite, the Virgin Group's non-profit foundation , and the Carbon War Room have joined with groups like the Earth Day Network to tackle tough social and environmental problems and to raise awareness in the next generation.

CNN: Commentary: Let's launch the 'next revolution'

But many high-profile organisations, such as the British Dental Health Foundation, Unison, the National Obesity Forum, the British Medical Association and Friends of the Earth, believe this does not go far enough.

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