SESSION 1
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Confronting Environmental Intolerance: Art, Action and Human Security
Unlearning Intolerance Seminars and Art Exhibit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

Art Changing Attitudes Towards the Environment
May 8, 2008

Join NWM for the 6th installment of the United Nations' Department of Public Information's Unlearning Intolerance Seminar Series. The event aims to demonstrate to the international public that art can serve as a catalyst to unite people in thought and action.

SESSION 2
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Art for Change: Vehicles for Environmental Action

For more information on the exhibit and seminars,
visit UN Chronicle or NWM Exhibits.

Kick the CO2 Habit Exhibit Premiers in Wellington, New Zealand on World Environment Day 2008

The Natural World Museum (NWM) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) produce a major exhibit for each annual World Environment Day (WED) event, launching in the host city and then traveling internationally.
WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action, commemorated annually on June 5, in a different host country each year. NWM is launching their newest exhibit: Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit, which continues their exploration of climate change via the artist’s eyes. More.