Credits and Thanks to:

Professor Wangari Muta Maathai for collecting and presenting the views of civil society

Ms. Yugratna Srivastava for providing a youth perspective

Mr. Djimon Hounsou for his dramatic recitation of the “Pale Blue Dot” passage

Ms. Ann Druyan for permission to use an excerpt from Carl Sagan’s book “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”, published in 1994

Mr. Yann Arthus-Bertrand for permission to use images and sound from his film “Home”
(“Home” can be viewed in its entirety, for free, in five languages on YouTube. It will also be screened at the UN over the coming weeks.)

Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel (producer), Ina Adele Ray (editor), Sandra McDaniel
(associate producer), Seth Brau (animation), Karl Mendonca (video engineering and
conversion) for producing the film narrated by students

For developing the film script and hand-outs to world leaders (speakers in bold):

Aisha Wadaha Abdelmula (16, Haiti/Sudan, Brooklyn Academy of Scene and the Environment, NY)
Abby Adeosun (16, Nigeria, High School for International Studies, College of Staten Island, NY)
Adetola Adeosun (14, Nigeria, High School for International Studies, College of Staten Island, NY)
Marcos Almada (17, Paraguay, White Plains High School, NY)
Simit Christian (18, India, High School for International Studies, College of Staten Island, NY)
Noni Fernandez (16, United States, High School for Global Citizenship, Brooklyn, NY)
Brianda Guzman (17, Ecuador/Mexico, Bronx Theater High School, NY)
Indy Mei Ming Li (17, Lithuania/China, White Plains High School, NY)
Shantanu Kumar Roy (17, Bangladesh, Newcomers High School, Long Island City, NY)
Syed Aown Shahzad (15, Pakistan, Middletown High School, NY)
Ho Chit Siu (16, China, The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
Dayanara Veliz (16, Honduras, The Bronx Academy of Letters, NY)
Gabriel Bien Wahab (17, Bangladesh, Brooklyn School for International Studies, NY)

Mr. Andrew Chaikin for the audio from the 1968 Apollo 8 mission

Mr. Peter Rundquist for permission to use the music he composed for the “Earthrise &
Earthset” video

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Agency) for images of the “Pale Blue Dot” and
the 1968 Apollo 8 “Earthrise” video

NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency) for the “Earthset” video

The United Nations Foundation (UNF) for providing funding for the Summit