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World Centric
is a non-profit organization formed
in March 2004 with the mission to
reduce economic injustice and environmental degradation through education,
community networks & sustainable enterprises.
Environmentally and socially we are in the midst of a very
critical time. Natural ecosystems
are being
degraded, collapsing and being lost at an increasing rate; hundred
of millions of people are living with no recourse to the basic necessities
of food, clean water, housing, and education; species are becoming extinct at an
unprecedented rate; and vast amounts of money and resources being spent to support militarism, wars & conflicts. We see
increasing consumption and
population growth and the planet's carrying capacity
to sustain life being severely compromised. We have already overshot
planet's biocapacity by 20% and would need 5 planets, if everyone on this planet was to live an American
lifestyle in terms of consumption and resource use.
At World Centric we want to raise
awareness of these issues facing us and also awareness of personal choices
and how they impact our world. The values we hold
and promote, what we believe in, and our every day actions all create the state of the world we live
in. With increased awareness we hope that we can move from a
egocentric and ethnocentric way of thinking and
acting into a "worldcentric" way of being, which takes the
welfare of all the people and the planet into consideration.
Continuing with our current path of consumption, world inequities and economic growth models,
just pushes us closer to the critical juncture, where the planet's natural
and human social support systems stop functioning, leading to major catastrophes both
ecologically and socially. We hope you can join us to create a
world of sustainability and equality for all. A better world
is possible and it is up to us to create it.
We are working to:
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Raise public
awareness about the unbalanced state of our world - specifically
environmental destruction and the growing social & economic
disparities.
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Raise awareness of
ourselves as "global citizens" and the impact
of our choices and actions on the well-being and health of all the
world’s peoples and environments.
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To actively participate
in the
in
the creation
of self-reliant local community networks and sustainable and equitable
businesses providing viable alternatives to the market based material
culture.
We are currently not tax-exempt, but are working on
getting tax-exempt status. |