The Global Commoners Roundtable

Co-creating a New Ethical Planetary Civilization and Governance

Geneva, Switzerland 6-7 December 2010
A report describing a unique International group which will contribute to and support more sustainable economies, societies and environments in China and in the rest of the world.

"When the best rulers achieve their purpose their subjects claim the achievement as their own." Chapter 17, Tao De Ching

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Preface
The New Blue Earth Roundtable was established in Switzerland in September 2009. The Roundtable is committed to co-creating an acceptable route to global governance and sustainability. It delivers this objective through three pillars; as a think tank, a forum for dialogues and by supporting and engaging in sustainable projects. Participants are carefully selected to provide a significant diversity of backgrounds and experiences; thereby honoring the principle of a true multi stakeholder event. The objective of the roundtable meetings is to dialogue, to build trust across multiple stakeholders and very importantly, to influence global processes and frameworks. Since its creation New Blue Earth Roundtable has convened four successful roundtable events in Switzerland. These are the Launch of the New Blue Earth in September 2009, the Springboard of your life in October 2009, and Dr. Steve Chen hosted a seminar on the Contribution of cloud computing in Disaster mitigation and climate change in November 2009. In December 2010, the New Blue Earth Roundtable hosted a two day conference in Geneva on the theme of Co-creating an Ethical Planetary Civilization and Governance. We invited an international group of 60 people to Geneva for two days to discuss how, by aligning and working with China, the world society could avoid the suicidal trajectory upon which it was traveling. The meeting created a profound feeling of camaraderie, collaboration and potential amongst the group and we called ourselves the Global Commoners. A pallet of sustainable projects and initiatives were discussed, from capacity building using new techniques, to creative breakthrough technologies in energy and water purification, health and education for the rural poor, peace building and conflict resolution, eco-communities, new economics and disaster relief being amongst them. Many of the group of Global Commoners are acknowledged as world experts in their field, and the dialogue was remarkable for its inspirational creativity and the opportunity it is providing for paradigm shift discussions with China. After the Conference, the Global Commoners expressed their wish that the management of the New Blue Earth Roundtable would explore ways to share and implement the results of the Geneva Group's knowledge with China to support a more harmonious societal outcome for China and global society generally.

Lawrence Bloom Vice Chairman New Blue Earth Roundtable

Sonia Liu Co-founder & Executive Chairman New Blue Earth Roundtable

Background and Introduction

Over the last few decades the world has witnessed a surge in economic globalization that has created material wealth and prosperity at a rate never seen before in the history of mankind. Hundreds of millions of people in China, Asia, Latin America and Africa have been lifted out of poverty during this period. The flip side of this increasing wealth is that we are now facing increasing systemic risks within and between nationstates. These have been made evident by recent crises, the latest being our financial system breakdown coupled with shortages and major price rises in energy and food, regional conflicts, the growing risk of a major epidemic, and the current climate change challenges. To address these systemic breakdowns and the negative externalities of our global economy, there is a clear need for a re-think of ethics, governance, global regulation and polity. The most significant challenge of this century could simply be to create enhanced global community and governance models that will support our global family to transcend the current outdated systems. In this context, on December 6-7, 2010, an international group of thinkers, doers and connectors with considerable track-records in multiple societal domains, gathered in Geneva Switzerland to dialogue, codevelop and launch a series of initiatives and projects that will serve to address many of our current and future global challenges. The key outcome of this event was the formation of a Global Commons with an initial goal of opening a dialogue and collaboration with China for the co-design and implementation of a series of sustainable and realizable projects.

China has been playing a growing and significant role in global economies and has also been addressing many issues of strategic importance for its nation, people and future prosperity. Consequently the activities of the proposed China - Global Commons Collaboration will be supported through international bridge building activities between China and the rest of the world. It is our expectation that these dialogues will serve to develop and accelerate collective global efforts to address our most pressing global and regional challenges. This collaboration will pioneer creative and resilient ideas and projects across multiple sectors of the Chinese economy and disseminate the research that it conducts, generating compelling futures for China and its partners. The methods used will ensure that all voices are heard and respected in the shaping of the projects and initiatives as well as by challenging conventional thinking and going beyond the borders of our current paradigms. 3

Recommendation
The meeting in Geneva provided a platform for many interested and informed people to exchange ideas and make proposals that would add value to the Chinese people and potentially the world. The particular streams that would add the most value were considered to be: Disaster Modeling, Prevention & Reduction and Post-Disaster Reconstruction. Global Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Holistic Societal Governance Stimulating initiatives that address balance between personal and collective responsibility Stimulating connectedness among people and change societal models through Information Technology Encouraging Institutions promoting Values, Virtues and Vision for Harmonious Living through sustainable Ethics Ethical Economics Developing Self-sustaining People, Organizations and eco-communities Stimulating Healthy living model Stimulating Education for all Stimulating sustainability through Innovation and technology Understanding the deep prerequisites for a harmonious society

Proposals for discussion have been received from the groups of participants representing these streams, which will need to be discussed with our colleagues in China to find areas of consensus.

Delivering Holographic Change

We recognize that China and the world face many challenges which lead to a priority to establish self sustaining communities simultaneously with implementing Disaster Relief Management technologies. Dealing with both natural and complex disasters requires the need for rapid response, relief, rebuilding and resilience. Self-sustainability requires inputs in Health, Education and Enterprise which it is possible to manifest in eco-communities. Fundamental to all these initiatives are the development of harmonious values to deliver ethical economics and trans-generational growth in peace and harmony. In order to clarify the different proposals at the Geneva meeting, it has been necessary to integrate them into an overall framework as shown in below figure. * Holographic change is where each element of the change process is in harmony with the collective change objectives so that just as in a hologram if you break it into pieces the total picture is retained in the smallest part.

Conclusion
The legacy of three hundred years of western scientific thoughts has created a tendency to analyze rather than synthesize. The spirit of the Chinese culture is the unity of humanity and nature together with holistic thinking and it is the harmonious hybrid of both cultures. There was much inspiration and collaboration at the event which enabled us to harmonize a number of the project streams and initiatives.
In this context, the Global Commoners group is now exploring ways in which these streams can be

supported and promoted by deep collaboration throughout Chinese society in a way that could synthesize a harmonious global impact.

Contributors
The Roundtable on the Global Commoners was under the direct responsibility of Lawrence Bloom, Vice Chairman and Sonia Liu, Executive Chairman. The meeting was facilitated by Mike Anson and Greg Bernarda with the support and advice of Architects of Group Genius in Milan and Meeting Coordinators: Yi Ming Woo, Minh Lam and Sophy Moeun. This report was written by Dr. Royston Flude and Mike Anson Photographs and Video production: Shu Chen Lin. Simultaneous translators: Yi Ming Woo and WuBo.

Participants

Mr. Mike Anson, CEO of Leading Technologies Group SA, Switzerland Email: mike@ltgroup.ch Dr. Malou-Louise Anson, Co-founder of Life Quality Enhancement Organization, Switzerland Email: malou@ltgroup.ch Mr. James Anson, Psychology and Neuroscience student at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland Email: james@miracleafrica.org Ms Sophia Awa, Vice Chairman of Ecoharmony World Asset Management Co., Ltd, China Email: sophia.awa@hotmail.com Ms Margret Baier, Co-founder Joytopia Akademie und Medienproduktion, Germany Email: margret@joytopia.net Mr. Greg Bernarda, Senior Consultant of Architects of Group Genius, Italy Email: gregbernarda@gmail.com Dr. Bob Bishop, President of ICES Foundation, Switzerland Email: bbishop001@hotmail.com Mr. Lawrence Bloom, Senior Policy Advisor in Lord Bells, Chime Communications plc, UK Email: lawclive@aol.com Mr. Greg Bowman, Co-founder & President of Bhairavi Energy, Canada Email: gbowman43@hotmail.com Mr. John Bunzl, Founder of the International Simultaneous Policy Organization, UK

Email: jbunzl@simpol.org
Mr. Sesto Giovanni Castagnoli, Founder member & President of World Spirit Forum, Switzerland and International, Ambassador of Cities of Light, Guatemala Email: scastagnoli@worldspiritforum.org Ms Gabriele Castagnoli, Core team member of World Spirit Forum, Switzerland Email: gabriele@castagnoli.ch Mr. Robert Chai, Project Executor, Shanghai Maxim Garment Accessories Co.,LTD, China Email: robertchai54@gmail.com Mr. Michael Chai, Marketing Specialist, Evermax Global Resource Co., Ltd, China Email: mchai0121@gmail.com Mr. Flora Chen, Associate Publisher of Zhong Tai Sheng Ye Consult Co.,Ltd, China Email: florachen_522@hotmail.com Mr. Ivy Chen, Associate Lecturer of Zhong Tai Sheng Ye Consult Co.,Ltd, China Email: ivychen1217@yahoo.com.tw Dr. Steve Chen, Chairman of Information SuperGrid Technology Inc., USA & China Email: schen@isupergrid.com

Mr. Nathan Cheng, Founder of Carbon Light Ltd, Hong Kong Email: nathan.cheng@gmail.com Dr. Scilla Elworthy, founder of the Oxford Research Group and Peace Direct, UK Email: scilla@peacedirect.org Mr. Greg Fisher, Chief Economist of ResPublica, UK Email: greg.fisher@respublica.org.uk Eur Ing Dr. Royston Flude, President of CMDC-SPOC, Switzerland and Chairman of Disaster Relief: Rotarian Action Group, Switzerland Email: roystonaflude@aol.com Dr. David Foo, Founder of Holistic Energy Therapy Centre, Malaysia Email: kakhengfoo@gmail.com Mr. Peter Forrest, Founder of the Holistic Education Foundation and tgl.tv, UK Email: peter@tgl.tv Ms Julia Husermann, Founder and President of Rights and Humanity, UK Email: jhausermann@rightsandhumanity.org Mr. Kees Hoogendijk, Chairman of Vital4life Foundation, the Netherlands Email: kees@business4life.nu Mr. Bernd Hckstdt, Co-founder Joytopia Akademie und Medienproduktion, Germany Email: akademie@joytopia.net Mr. Simon Jones, Senior partner in Lord Bells, Chime Communications plc, UK Email: sjones@bellpottinger.com Mr. Yuri Kalendarev, Sound Sculptures, Sound Performance, Italy Email: kalendarev18@gmail.com Mr. Eric Kuenzi, Attorney at Law of Ekonsulting, Switzerland Email: eric.kuenzi@ekonsulting.ch Mr. Minh Lam, Co-founder and Board Member of New Blue Earth Roundtable, Switzerland Email: minh.lam@newblueearth.org Ms Lilian Lee, Executive Chairman, Asia Europe Capital, China Email: lilianlee@vip.sina.com Mr. Shu Chen Lin, Consultant of Zhong Tai Sheng Ye Consult Co.,Ltd, China Email: limsc68@hotmail.com Ms Sonia Liu, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of New Blue Earth Roundtable, Switzerland Email: sonia.liu@newblueearth.org Mr. Ray Liu, Chairman of Prolo Charitable Foundation, Hong Kong Email: ray29290@163.com

Ms Sophy Moeun, Zrcher Kantonalbank, Switzerland Email: sophy.moeun@zkb.ch Dr. Poh-Kok Ng, Founder / Managing Director of EcoPure Industries Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia Email: ecopuremy@gmail.com Mr. Sean Ong, Germany Email: sean_oye@hotmail.com Mr. Nicolai Peitersen, Founder & CEO of Ethical Economy, UK Email: npeitersen@ethicaleconomy.com Mr. Jonathan Tsu Rong Lin, Director of V. Arts Intl Consulting Co., Ltd, Singapore Email: abee1211@msn.com Ms Carrin Sew, Chairman of Karina Fashion Enterprise, Malaysia Email: carrinsew@hotmail.com Mr. Hoe Seng Soong, COO of Public Bank Berhad, Malaysia Email: soonghoeseng@gmail.com Mr. David Solomon, Cross cultural consultant, UK Email: dovsol@gmail.com Ms Felicia Tan, Design Director of De Art Hi-Fashion Specialist, Singapore Email: felicia@deart-fashion.com Ms Hong Lan Tsang, Chairman of ZhongTai Shen Ye Consult Co., Ltd, China Email: lan213@msn.com Ms Laura Utley, Founder of Global Communications for Conservation, USA Email: laurau123@aol.com Ms Shirley Wang, Director of Orion Shoes, Taiwan Email: shirly@orionshoes.com.tw Mr. Rob Wheeler, Process and Content Coordinator for the World Transforming Initiatives and a UN Representative for the Global Ecovillage Network, USA Email: robwheeler22@gmail.com Sir John Whitmore, Executive Chairman of Performance Consultants, UK Email: johnwhitmore@performanceconsultants.com Mr. Bo Wu, Simultaneous translator, Shanghai, China Email: wubo1979@yahoo.com Mr. Swee Lian Woo, President of Perfect China Ltd, Malaysia Email: wool@yahoo.cn Mr. Yi Ming Woo, Crew member of New Blue Earth Roundtable, Malaysia Email: ming@zenithpie.com