Vision & Mission

The Global Summit™ (TGS) bi-annual event series is the catalyst for a new world wide partnership of citizens, businesses and organizations dedicated to building a sustainable future.

The Global Summit (TGS) is much more than an event. It is a strategic educational outreach initiative of parent organization, Empowerment Works (EW) which has been innovating systemic approaches to global sustainability since 2001.

Uniting global Partners in Empowerment (PIE) in year-round collaborations; TGS acts as a catalyst for EW’s systemic approach to community development: 7 Stages to Sustainability.

Officially co-created Nov. 16-18, 2008 by EW and a growing, multi-sector network of Partners in Empowerment (PIE), The Global Summit is the capstone of the Empowerment Works eco-system, and an income-generating enterprise with all proceeds supporting on-the-ground, sustainable development programs.

Dedicated to occuring in a different world bio-region (and continent) every other year, TGS unites the most dedicated social and environmental change makers, powerful leaders, and grass-roots citizens to co-create global solutions, catalyze local action, and share what works for a sustainable world.

Program Elements and Outcomes

Through the following program elements, TGS delivers a whole-system approach, affecting policy making, philanthropy, and technology and elevating the primary vehicles of social, economic and environmental change.

• Civic Action – The “Global Citizen Solutions Council”, a voluntary commitment forum, allows individuals to co-create global solutions to the issues that affect them most.
  • Impact:
    - Provide new model for global policy making: Citizen input-driven format applies advances in conflict mediation and information technology for transparent, equitable and measurable results.
    
• Philanthropy – The “SEED Change Forum” unites change makers in all sectors of society, educating participants and forming a synergistic philanthropic partnership.
  • Impact:
    - Advances the Earth Charter (for a sustainable environment) and Millennium Development Goals (to half poverty by 2015) by reducing duplication and increasing collective social, economic and environmental impact.
    
• Technology – The “Sustainable Technology Expo” promotes transfer of green and grass-roots-friendly technologies, via efficiency-based awards, investment forums, and education, advancing the Kyoto Protocol/Copenhagen targets.
  • Impact:
    - Catalyzes immediate climate change solutions and sustainable economic development.
    

Action 365

Beyond its series of events, The Global Summit™ impact is assured by Empowerment Works' participatory network of Partners In Empowerment (PIE) and shared resource platform called 1PIE. Hosted on TGS & partner sites, 1PIE will serve as the follow up plan, reinforcing commitments made at TGS and facilitating participant collaboration in locally-led social, economic and environmental programs across the globe, 365 days a year.

When you participate in The Global Summit™, you take the first step in creating a more sustainable world. To learn more about finding your place in this remarkable sustainability cooperative, contact The Global Summit™ today.