A Tree of Rio+20 Visions

By: Sunnie Groeneveld | June 24, 2012 | Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development | 2 Comments

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Located in the main conference venue for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, the “Tree of Rio+20 Visions” wall displays a collective art initiative organized by WeCanada. Conference attendees were invited to add their own vision throughout the three-day event for “the future we want.”

You can see the tree in the slideshow below.

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2 thoughts on “A Tree of Rio+20 Visions”

marina on July 1, 2012 at 9:29 pm said:

The original tree stickies were from the initiative I was with, We Canada, from our Cross Canada Consultations with Canadians! 🙂

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- Sunnie Toelle on July 1, 2012 at 11:09 pm said:
  
  Thanks for letting me know, Marina! I just edited the post and linked through to you guys! 🙂
  
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