Better World Society

Better World Society

"Mr. Gorbachev and Mr. Reagan in alliance with a liberal political-action group known as the Better World Society? That is the image presented in a new commercial supporting the arms control treaty signed by the leaders last week [in 1987]...

"Better World Society, which was founded by a group including Ted Turner, chairman of Turner Broadcasting, and Jean Michel Cousteau, son of Jacques Cousteau, the French marine explorer."

Wangari Muta Maathai received the 1986 Better World Society Award. (For video on 1987 awards see.)

Former Trustees

 * Monkombu S. Swaminathan
 * Maurice Strong
 * Russ Peterson - Former President
 * Gro Harlem Brundtland
 * Georgy Arbatov
 * Ambassador Zhou Boping
 * Yasushi Akashi
 * Hiroaki Shikani
 * Rubens Vaz da Costa
 * Olusegun Obasanjo
 * Jimmy Carter
 * Thomas Belford - Former executive director

Documentary's Produced

 * Are We Winning Mommy? America & the Cold War
 * Voice of the Amazon. Better World Society. 57 min. New York: Cinema Guild.

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