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Mitchell Gold (Peacemaker/Visionary): 1974 Founding Auditor, Canadian Foundation for Economic Education (CFEE), 1990 Contributor, Earth Day Canada; Founder, Vision Changer Project, 1992 Advocate, World Water Day initiative, 2000 Contributor to global standards: UN Global Compact and ISO 26000, 2010 Advocate for UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples), 2020 UN Plenipotentiary Envoy, Hambaj Ka’an, 2025 Launch of YUYAY on International Peace Day; Contributor to UN Digital Global Compact, 2026 Advancing YUYAY as a framework for wealth management, AI literacy, and global stewardship
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Global Education at the UN – by Mitchell Gold

A Reflection

In the early 1990s, shortly after the Brundtland Report and before environmental education became the dominant focus, there was a strong movement for Global Education. I recall attending a UN conference in 1993 where educators from across the world gathered, and each of the seven UN education agencies presented their vision of global education.

As I listened, I was struck by the sheer volume of material—44,000 pages of information. When I stood to speak, I asked the 3,500 educators present: Has anyone here read all of these pages? Not a single hand was raised. My point was simple: how can we move forward meaningfully if no one has absorbed the totality of what has been produced? Conferences must find better ways to share knowledge and distill it into usable wisdom.

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