Seeds of Hope: Visions of sustainability, steps toward change

A joint collaboration of SGI and the Earth Charter International that has given birth to  “Seeds of Hope” an exhibition that stresses our interconnectedness with the rest of the community of life and the need to broaden our sphere of compassion and concern. It seeks to encourage viewers to overcome feelings of powerlessness and highlights the fact that a single individual can cause positive change.

It also introduces the positive vision for sustainable living expressed in the Earth Charter,  Our world is characterized by famine, drought, desertification, degradation, and chaos, seeds of hope is a forum to enlighten humanity about these dangers and the hope to change it for better. 

The message “It starts with one” is key—the slogan that the Earth Charter International have chosen for their “Earth Charter Plus 10” campaign in 2010. 

The “Seeds of Hope” exhibition contains 24 panels, including one left blank with a simple tree design so viewers can attach their own statement of what they will do toward sustainability.

The exhibition uses the “Learn, Reflect, Empower” formula outlined in SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s 2002 proposal on education for sustainable development and is a tool for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

The exhibition stresses that sustainability is not only about the protecting the environment but also ensuring social justice and peace. It gives concrete ideas of what one person can do, and provides space for people to pledge what action they will take.

The Exhibition is pack with more activities containing educational materials and ideas for activities for children. The Exhibition is happening in Ghana next month at a date to be announced later, keep visiting this blog for the date and be part of this great event for the change.

“Seeds of Hope” is a successor to the “Seeds of Change” exhibition which was created for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002, and has since been shown in 34 countries in 13 languages and seen by 1,500,000 people around the world.

Source://www.sgi.org