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Rio + 20 Audience Experience Educational Aquatic Tour of the Dominican Republic
On Sunday, June 17, 2012, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, in partnership with the Sylvia Earle Alliance, presented “Oceans in Google Earth as an Educational Tool: A Dominican Republic Perspective,” at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Panel Discussion: The Financial Crisis and its Impact on Youth Unemployment
GFDD is joining forces with the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, the Mission of the Dominican Republic to United Nations and the Special Coordinator Civil Society Office of the President of the Sixty-Sixth Session of the General Assembly to organize the Side Event “The Financial Crisis and its Impact on Youth Unemployment,” on July 9, 2012 during the framework of the 2012 ECOSOC High Level Segment.

2012 CCNY Service Learning Program Is Underway with Dialogue and Workshops
Participants in the 2012 InteRDom-City College Service Learning Program spent the week of June 11, 2012 participating in orientation sessions, seminars, workshops and dialogues with experts to capacitate them for the important gardening project they are to perform in two semi-urban Dominican communities, Bayona and Cielo.

GFDD Partners with UBUNTU to Convene Side Event, Food, Sustainability and Global Democracy: Challenges and Perspectives, during Rio + 20 Conference
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is partnering with UBUNTU – World Forum on Civil Society Networks to coordinate the side event “Food, sustainability and global democracy: challenges and perspectives” on June 18 from 9:30 am – 11:00 am, in room T-8, in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, during the framework of the Sustainable Development Dialogues leading up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), to be convened June 20-22.

GFDD and FUNGLODE New Perspectives: Dominican Republic; Photo Exhibit Evokes Tropical Island Sensation
On June 7, 2012, a Brooklyn elementary school gym was magically transformed into an island paradise at the opening reception of New Perspectives: Dominican Republic Photo Exhibit. Principle Cristina Fuentes said that the exhibit allowed those attending to experience “the real sensation of being on an idyllic tropical Caribbean island”, especially one as beautiful as the Dominican Republic.

GFDD to Coordinate Panel on Environmental Education Tool, Ocean in Google Earth, at Rio + 20
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with Ocean in Google Earth and Mission Blue to present the panel: “’Ocean in Google Earth’ as an Environmental Education Tool: The Dominican Perspective,” during the Rio + 20 Conference in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

GFDD Strengthens Partnerships with Dominican Student Leaders from Universities and Colleges in New York City
On Tuesday, June 5, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) convened a reception with active Dominican leaders in the New York City academic community. Student leaders and faculty met with the Foundation’s executives and staff to present GFDD’s programs and projects and to learn more about the innovative and influential work being spearheaded by Dominican youth leaders.

Celebrate the Month of the Environment with the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival
In celebration of the Month of the Environment, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), is organizing screenings of films that relate to good waste and soil management practices, in various locals throughout the city of Santo Domingo.

Eleventh Edition of GFDD Global Roundtable with Oceanographer Fabien Cousteau
Seventy-three percent of our Planet is comprised of marine ecosystems, and it is an undeniable fact that human health and well-being is intrinsically linked to the health of the world’s oceans. Yet we continue to exploit our marine resources in ways that are not sustainable.

DREFF Raises Awareness of the Environmental and Human Health Risks Associated with Solid Waste
DREFF’s program on solid waste and recycling, held Wednesday, May 30th at FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, spurred much interest among attendees.