For this homework, we decided to talk about an environmental foundation named Green cross.


This foundation has found a lot of solutions to save the environment.



1-When was the foundation created?

In 1993

2- Who is the creator of Green cross International?

Mikhail Gorbachev

3- How many country is Green cross represented?

31 countries all around the world

4- What is the mission of Green cross?

“The mission of Green Cross International is to help ensure a just, sustainable and secure future for all by fostering a value shift and cultivating a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility in humanity's relationship with nature.”

5- What are the areas of activity of Green cross international?

First of all, this foundation “promotes legal, ethical and behavioural norms that ensure basic changes in the values, actions and attitudes of government, the private sector and civil society, necessary to build a sustainable global community» . Second, it prevents and solves conflicts that are linked to environmental degradation. Third, it assists people that are affected by environmental degradation and wars and conflicts between countries.

6-What do you do to prevent and resolve conflicts over natural resources?

The foundation helps people to have access to clean water and sustainable energy. Green cross established a program named “Water for peace” to help people to have access to water and that promotes cooperation between. All the countries want the same thing: to have access to clean water.

7-Have you created a program to solve conflicts that are linked to environmental degradation?

Yes, 3 programs exist, nowadays.

1 GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL, «Mission of GCI» ,[Online], http://www.gci.ch/who-we-are/mission (page consults on November 18, 2009)

2 GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL, «Mission of GCI» ,[Online], http://www.gci.ch/who-we-are/mission (page consults on November 18, 2009)