
At a meeting in Tokyo last year it was decided that Transition World’s launch event will be linked to the launch of the Fuji Declaration, which will be presented at an event organized by The Goi Peace Foudation in collaboration with the Club of Budapest. When the sun sets behind Hamlet’s castle in Elsinore in Denmark on the 16th of May 2015 it rises on the other side of the planet – at Mount Fuji in Japan – and so turning the calendar page to the 17th of May. At this very moment we will connect the two locations via livestream and invite the world to join us in a global meditation for peace. One Earth Choir will join with choral music from different locations around the world, and the event will be monitored by the Global Consciousness Project.
MORE ABOUT THE FUJI DECLARATION
The Fuji Declaration calls attention to the infinite potential that dwells within every human being and reminds us that we are part of a living universe that exhibits boundless diversity yet embraces oneness. It calls on us to co-evolve with one another and with nature in a constructive and coherent relationship.
There are an increasing number of people working in various fields—authors, activists, scientists, spiritual leaders, politicians, business leaders, and others—who share the kind of consciousness the Declaration calls for. They have deep insight into the nature of humanity and the world and are dedicated to contributing to a better future for the whole planet. Encouragingly, almost a hundred such globally-minded leaders in all fields—including Oscar Arias Sánchez, Deepak Chopra, Duane Elgin, Jane Goodall, and Muhammad Yunus—have joined this initiative as Founding Signatories, contributing their words of wisdom to the Declaration.
Below you will find a preliminary list of endorsers. To learn more, click here – Fuji Declaration.
Yasushi Akashi (Japan) Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Oscar Arias Sánchez (Costa Rica) Former President of Costa Rica, Nobel Peace laureate, Goi Peace Award 2004 Recipient
Anna Bacchia (Swiss) Musician, ININ One Earth Choir Project Author
Constantin von Barloewen (Germany)Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Cultural Studies
Michael Beckwith (USA)Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, Minister
Michael Ben-Eli (USA) Founder of the Sustainability Laboratory
Mohammad Bhuiyan (USA) Entrepreneurship Professor, CEO World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – Atlanta 2015
Joan Borysenko (USA) Medical Scientist, Psychologist, Spokesperson for Integrative Medicine
Gregg Braden (USA) Author of New Age Literature, Science/Spirituality
Sesto Castagnoli (Swiss) Evolutant and Entrepreneur, Founding President of WSF World Spirit Forum
Raffi Cavoukian (Canada) Musician, Founder of the Centre for Child Honouring
Matteo Ceccarini (Italy) Artist, Figurative Painter
Fr James Channan OP (Pakistan) URI-Pakistan Regional Coordinator, Catholic Priest
Robert Chase (USA) Founding Director, Intersections International
Deepak Chopra (USA) Holistic Medicine, Goi Peace Award 2010 Recipient
Tracy Cochran (USA) Editor, Parabola Magazine
Jude Currivan (UK) Cosmologist, Author
Stephen Dinan (USA) CEO of The Shift Network
Larry Dossey (USA) Physician of Internal Medicine, Writer of “Healing Words”
Gordon Dveirin (USA) Organization and Human Development Consultant
Riane Eisler (Austria/USA) Author, President of the Center for Partnership Studies
Duane Elgin (USA) Author, Futurist, Goi Peace Award 2006 Recipient
Barbara Fields (USA) Executive Director, The Association for Global New Thought
Linda Francis (USA) Co-founder of Seat of Soul Institute
Marc Gafni (USA) Founder of Center for Integral Wisdom
Jagdish Gandhi (India) Founder of City Montessori School, UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
Jim Garrison (USA) Author, Theologian, Founder and President of Ubiquity University
Charlie Stuart Gay (Mexico) Entrepreneur and Social Enterprise Humanitarian
Maximilian Gege (Germany) Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the German Environmental Management Association (B.A.U.M. e.V.).
Charles Gibbs (USA) URI’s Founding Executive Director
Jane Goodall (UK) Primatologist, Former UN Messenger of Peace
Jonathan Granoff (USA) President, Global Security Institute
Stanislav Grof (USA) Psychiatrist, Founding President of the International Transpersonal Association
Rod Hackney (UK) Former President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and International Union of Architects
Hazel Henderson (USA) Economist, Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior 2010
Helena Norberg Hodge (Sweden) Pioneer of the Localization Movement, The Economics of Happiness, Goi Peace Award 2012 Recipient
Jean Houston (USA) Author, Advisor to UNICEF in Human and Cultural Development
Barbara Marx Hubbard (USA) Futurist, President of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution
Takashi Imazato (Japan) Architect
David T. Ives (USA) Executive Director, Albert Scheitzer Institute
Bawa P. Jain (USA) Secretary General, World Council of Religious Leaders
Ernesto Kahan (Israel/Argentina) Physician & Writer, Academician of Honor-International Academy of Sciences, Technology, Education and Humanities, Former Vice President of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War – Association awarded the Nobel Peace Prize)
Rev. Fumihiko Katayama (Japan) Sinto Chief Priest, Hanazono Shinto Shrine
Bibi Guru Inder Kaur & Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Hari Singh Khalsa (Italy) Co-Founders and Directors, Yoga Dharma Community, Rome, Italy
Tim Kelley (USA) Global Change Agent
Ashok Khosla (India) Chairman of Development Alternatives, Co-chair International Resource Panel
Eve Konstantine (USA) Leadership Coach and Trainer
David Krieger (USA) Founder of Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Joaquin F. Leguia (Peru) President and Founder of Association for Children and the Environment – ANIA
Princess Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld (Netherlands) Princess of Netherlands, Social Reformer
Bruce Lipton (USA) Cell Biologist (Epigenetics), Goi Peace Award 2009 Recipient
David Lorimer (UK) Executive Vice-President of Wrekin Trust, Spiritual Educationalist
Lilou Mace (France) Journalist, Host of the Juicy Living Tour
Pastor Donald Mackenzie (USA) Former Minister with the United Church of Christ
Joanna Macy (USA) Environmental Activist, Author, Scholar of Buddhism, General Systems Theory, Eco-philosophy
Howard Martin (USA) Co-author of “The HeartMath Solution”
Shunkai Matsuura (Japan) Chief Priest Mibu Temple,The 85th Senior Priest of Toshodaiji Temple
Koichiro Matsuura (Japan) Former Director-General of UNESCO
Avon Mattison (USA) Peace Building, Peace Messenger of UN
Lynne McTaggart (USA / UK) Science-based Programs for Health and Growth, Media
Nipun Mehta (USA) Founder of Service Space, Jefferson Award for Public Service, the President’s Volunteer Service Award and Wavy Gravy’s Humanitarian Award, Project Incubator
Nina Meyerhof (USA) President and Founder of Children of the Earth, Evolutionary Leaders
Edgar Mitchell (USA) NASA Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14
Kamran Mofid (UK) Founder, Globalization for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI)
Lady Fiona Montagu (UK) Philanthropist, International Advisor to Nobel Peace laureate Betty Williams’s World Centres of Compassion for Children
Humayun A. Mughal (Japan) Islamic Sufi Faith Leader
Tolegen Mukhamejanov (Kazakhstan) Co-chairman of the World Forum of Spiritual Culture Organizing Committee, Senator of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Composer, Poet
Kazuo Murakami (Japan) Geneticist
Hiroshi Nakahigashi (Japan) Sinto Chief Priest, Hiraoka Shrine
Honnen Nakamura (Japan) Professor, Koyasan University
Roger Nelson (USA) Director of IONS, Coordinator of Research at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Collective Consciousness
James O’Dea (Ireland / USA) Former President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Mitsuo Ohashi (Japan) Senior Advisor,Showa Denko K.K.
Gunter Pauli (Belgium) Founder of ZERI (Zero Emissions), Author of “The Blue Economy”
Franz Josef Radermacher (Germany) Mathematician, Economist, Co-founder of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative
Jamal Rahman (USA) Co-Founder of and Muslim Sufi Minister at Interfaith Community Church in Seattle
Ocean Robbins (USA) YES!-“Young Leaders Connect, Inspire and Collaborate”
Nancy Roof (USA) Founder of the Kosmos Journal
Peter Russell (UK) Physicist, Futurist, Study of Consciousness and Contemporary Spirituality
Elisabet Sahtouris (USA) Evolution Biologist, Futurist, UN Consultant on Indigenous People
Teiichi Sato (Japan) Honorary Executive Director, Tokyo National Museum, Former Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO
Hans-Martin Schempp (Germany) Founder of the One World Family, Social Reformer
Marilyn Schlitz (USA) Founder and CEO of Worldview Enterprises, President Emeritus and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Walter Schwimmer (Austria) Former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Chairman of the International Coordination Committee of the World Public Forum – Dialogue of Civilizations
Genshitsu Sen (Japan) Former Grand Tea Master
Master Sha (Canada) Spiritual Master, Author of “Soul Healing Miracle Series”, Founder of World Love Peace Harmony Movement
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (India) Spiritual Master, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
Jagdish N. Sheth (USA) Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at Emory University Goizueta Business School
Mitsuhiro Shibata (Japan) Consultant, Ambassador of the Club of Budapest International
Karan Singh (India) Politician, Member of India’s Upper House of Parliament
John Steiner (USA) Networker, Creative Consultant, Occasional Philanthropist
Bob Stilger (USA) Co-president, New Stories
Bill Strickland (USA) President& CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, Goi Peace Award 2011 Recipient
Edward Suzuki (Japan) Architect
Ryukei Takizawa (Japan) Head Priest, Byakkosan Monjyuji Temple
Riten Tanaka (Japan) Secretary General, Kimpusen Shugenhonshu
Hiroshi Tasaka (Japan) Professor at Tama University, Founder and President of Think Tank SophiaBank, President of the Club of Budapest Japan
Jin Tatsumura (Japan) Film Director
Katie Teague (USA) Documentary Film Maker, Thoughtful Monetary Pioneer, “Money & Life”
Michael Tobias (USA) Author, Filmmaker, Parabola Magazine Focus Award
Lynne Twist (USA) Global Visionary, Founder of the Soul of Money Institute
Moriteru Ueshiba (Japan) Aikido Doshu
Takeshi Umehara (Japan) Philosopher
Steve Valk (Germany) Director, Institute of Social Choreography
Jeff Vander Clute (USA) Co-founder of Sourcing the Way
Neale Donald Walsch (USA) Author of “Conversations with God”
Jean Watson (USA) Nurse Theorist and Nursing Professor, Theory of Human Caring
Ken Wilber (USA) Integral Theory, Mysticism, Philosophy, Ecology, and Developmental Psychology, Writer, Public Speaker
Diane Williams (USA) Founder and President of The Source of Synergy Foundation, Spirituality
David Woolfson (Canada) World Wisdom Alliance (WWA), Business
Lily Yeh (USA) Artist, Founder of Barefoot Artists
Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh) Social Entrepreneur, Nobel Peace laureate, Grameen Bank, Economist
Gary Zukav (USA) Author, Co-founder of Seat of Soul Institute
Fr.James Channan OP is a voice of Peace and Interfaith Harmony in the World.