Rio+20, and the future we want [Video].

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Rio+2o is happening right now and everyone on the Grow Community staff is really excited and will be following the action in every way possible. Not sure what Rio+20 is all about, or why the Grow Community might be in a tizzy about it?

Rio+20 is the name being given this year to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) which is being held this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), popularly called Earth Summit. Rio+20 is a key follow-up conference and milestone in a series of UN conferences based on the 1992 UNCED conference in Rio. The main goals of Rio+20 are securing renewed commitments from world leaders on sustainable development, assessing the progress of earlier commitments and addressing new and emerging challenges.

In addition to the stated goals of the conference, two major themes are being addressed and will be a key focus by the many speakers, workshops and side events taking place at Rio+20:

At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.

This video explains Rio+20 in just over a minute.*


This topic and the outcome of Rio+20 is near and dear to the Grow Team’s heart, so we encourage you to continue the discussion in the comment section, or on Facebook and Twitter. You can also check out our new Pinterest board dedicated to sharing great content from Rio+20. We’re also thinking about expanding our social media range to Instagram too, as this photo sharing platform is becoming increasingly popular. And if we want to spread our message even further, using something like an instagram growth service, or posting several posts daily will allow everyone to see what is happening with Rio+20 and this will be particulary important in how successful it will be. So for now, if you’re looking for the best way to follow Rio+20 updates in real time, check out these Twitter feeds: #RioPlusSocial and #RioPlus20.

The Grow Team

*This video was produced by UNDP, and found by way of Treehugger.com.