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About the Seminar:
United Nations Seminar to focus on art as
a vehicle for changing attitudes toward the environment
“Art Changing Attitudes toward the Environment”
is the sixth seminar in the Unlearning Intolerance Seminar Series
being organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information
(DPI). The Seminar will focus on the issue of humankind’s
intolerance of the needs of our earth and the attitudinal and behavioral
changes that must be made in order to protect our environment. The
forum is organized by DPI in cooperation with the Natural World
Museum (NWM) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
– Art for the Environment Initiative. The details of the seminar
are available at http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/tolerance/
The Seminar will help keep the spotlight on the issue
of climate change which is a top priority for the United Nations
and for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. It will raise awareness
of challenges of climate change and the environment from a different
and unique perspective of artists -- through their paintings, photography
and sculpture.
Since 2004, DPI has organized five seminars within
the “Unlearning Intolerance” seminar series. The series
examines different manifestations of intolerance and explores means
to promote respect and understanding among peoples. As the name
suggests, the “Unlearning Intolerance” series offers
opportunities to discuss how intolerance can be unlearned through
education, inclusion and example.
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