World Future Council

The World Future Council (WFC), according to its website, "considers itself the global advocate for the concerns of future generations in international politics. The council consists of 50 personalities from around the globe who have already successfully promoted change. Their activities range from advocating human rights and sustaining the planet to promoting political, scientific, cultural and economic justice.  The WFC’s mission is to inform and educate policy makers and opinion leaders about the challenges facing future generations while providing them with practical solutions."


 * Founder - Jakob von Uexkull
 * Director - Herbert Girardet

Member of the Council

 * Hafsat Abiola-Costello Human and civil rights campaigner; Founder, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy
 * Ibrahim Abouleish, Founder, SEKEM
 * Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan
 * Maude Barlow, Chairperson, The Council of Canadians
 * Rae Kwon Chung, Director, Environment and Sustainable Division, UNESCAP
 * Tony Colman, Director, Africapractice
 * Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger Director, The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)
 * Nicholas Dunlop, Co-founder and Secretary General, e-Parliament
 * Hans Peter Dürr, Nuclear physicist and philosopher
 * Jared Duval National Director, Sierra Student Coalition
 * HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, President and Patron of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), ISESCO Ambassador for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilisations, President of the FIIRD
 * Tewolde Berhan Egziabher, General Manager, Environmental Protection Authority of Ethiopia
 * Riane Eisler, author, historian; President, Centre for Partnership Studies
 * Scilla Elworthy, Founder, Oxford Research Group
 * Fabio Feldman Brazilian environmental legislator
 * Tim Flannery, Scientist, explorer, author and conservationist
 * Prof. Rafia Ghubash, President, Arabian Gulf University
 * Olivier Giscard d'Estaing, Chairperson, Committee for a World Parliament; Governor, Atlantic Institute
 * Prof. Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director, UBS Wolfsberg Centre
 * Cyd Ho, broadcaster, civil rights activist
 * Wes Jackson, Co-founder and President, The Land Institute
 * Bianca Jagger, WFC Executive Commitee Chair, Human rights advocate; Council of Europe, Goodwill Ambassador
 * Baroness Helena Kennedy, barrister and QC; President, School of Oriental and African Studies (London University); Member of the House of Lords, UK
 * Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives; Co-President, Club of Rome
 * Prof. C. S. Kiang, Founding Dean, College of Environmental Sciences
 * Prof. Rolf Kreibich Scientific and Managing Director, Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment
 * David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Ylva Lindberg, Founder and Managing Director, SIGLA
 * Dr. Rama Mani, Advisor, Global Center for the Responsibilty to Protect, New York
 * Stephen Marglin, WFC Executive Commitee Member, Economist, Harvard University
 * Prof. Dr. Manfred Max-Neef, Pioneer of 'Barefoot Economics', Former Rector, Universidad de Chile, Valdivia
 * Frances Moore-Lappé, founder, Small Planet Institute
 * Youssou N'Dour Musician and human rights advocate
 * Dr. Katiana Orluc, Middle Eastern expert; visiting Professor, Harvard University
 * Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in West Africa
 * Vithal Rajan, Vice-President, Oxfam India, Chairman, Governing Body/Confederation of Voluntary Associations
 * Hermann Scheer, President, EUROSOLAR; MP Germany
 * Vandana Shiva, WFC Executive Commitee Member, Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
 * Sulak Sivaraksa, Co-founder, International Network of Engaged Buddhists
 * Hans-Christof von Sponeck, Former UN Assistant Secretary General, Chairman, Centre for the UN Millenium Development Goals, Basel/Switzerland
 * Motoyuki Suzuki, Chairman, Central Environmental Council of Japan
 * Kaarin Taipale, Sustainable urban development expert
 * Pauline Tangiora, Maori elder, Rongomaiwahine Tribe, New Zealand
 * Judge C. G. Weeramantry, Former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
 * Francisco Whitaker, Co-founder, World Social Forum
 * Anders Wijkman, President, GLOBE EU; former UN Assistant Secretary General

Honorary Councillors
Accessed January 2009:


 * Walter Cronkite, Broadcast Journalist
 * Herlind Gundelach, Senator for Science and Research, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
 * Michael Otto, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Otto Group, Germany
 * Arthur N.R. Robinson, Former President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
 * Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

Executive Committee
Accessed January 2009:


 * Bianca Jagger (Chair), Human rights advocate, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador
 * Cyd Ho, Legislative Council Member, Hong Kong
 * David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Hermann Scheer, President, EUROSOLAR; MP in Germany
 * Vandana Shiva, Founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology

Directors
Accessed January 2009:


 * Jakob von Uexküll - Chair, Board of Directors
 * Farhad Vladi - Deputy Chair, Board of Directors
 * Alexandra Wandel - Member, Board of Directors

Advisory Board
Accessed January 2009:


 * Chair of BoA, Cyril Ritchie
 * Vice Chair of BoA, Dr. Barbara Doll
 * Alan AtKisson
 * Reto Braun
 * Bo Ekman
 * Maximilian Gege
 * Franz-Theo Gottwald
 * Monika Griefahn
 * Reinhard Huebner
 * Margrit Kennedy
 * Maritta Koch-Weser
 * Ruediger Kuehr
 * Sonja Lahnstein-Kandel
 * James Mancham
 * Anuradha Mittal
 * Robert Monks
 * Alexander von zur Mühlen
 * Marcello Palazzi
 * Beatrix Pfleiderer
 * John Pontin
 * Laurence Rose
 * Timo Sieg
 * Azad Shivdasani
 * Farhad Vladi
 * Arthur Zajonc
 * Hans R. Zulliger

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